If you loved the classic asteroid video (arcade) game by Atari, you'll love to introduce your kids to Mathteroids! In this (free!) math asteroid shooter game (scroll down to play!), the player controls a rocket using the arrow keys or the mouse. At various times, asteroids float across the screen, and when hit, they break into smaller fragments.
That's 1 week, 6 days, 8 hours, 16 minutes and 10 seconds of Mathteroids
played since 1st March 2008!
Why is this a math game? Because in Mathteroids (should I have called it Matheroids), the asteroids have numbers on them! The player must only shoot asteroids labeled with multiples of a given number. For example, if you are supposed to hit asteroids with multiples of 6, then you could safely shoot at asteroids labeled 6, 12, 18, 24, or so on. But be careful not to hit asteroids with the wrong numbers! If you do, you'll get no points, and swarms of angry blue asteroids will burst out and chase your rocket!
Mathteroids the Math Asteroid game is written in java, so if your PC prompts you to download something called the 'java plugin', just say yes. Then you'll be able to play away! At last! A fun action game that also boosts your math skills!
The latest version of Mathteroids includes
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