This page lists all the printable math games on this site. Actually, most of the games on this site are printable, but some require significant extra preparation. So here is a list of the games on this site that are as close as possible to this goal:
Usage Instructions : Print. Play.
This set of tiles will be a great help if your child is struggling with multi-digit arithmetic (addition and subtraction). Print, cut out, and follow the steps given. Extra materials needed: scissors, to cut out the tiles.
Not a game per se, but a whole bunch of Addition and Subtraction Worksheets (up to 10 plus 10) including one that is carefully designed to teach important relationships between addition and subtraction. Extra materials needed: just a pencil!
An Advent Calendar, besides being a great Christmas tradition, helps teach younger kids counting and calendars in a fun, exciting way. Download and print this free advent calendar, make up up with a trimmer and glue, and enjoy the Christmas countdown with your child. Extra materials needed: a trimmer and some glue
Another game where a calculator might help and not hinder is the Make Numbers Arithmetic Game, where the child must generate as many numbers as possible using only the four given digits, and the basic operations of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. Extra materials needed: one pencil (although a calculator might help too).
To win this big numbers contest, your kids just need to think of the biggest number they possibly can - bigger than anyone else's! This contest closed on October 20, 2008, but the page shows you how you can organize a min-contest within a class or a school. Extra materials needed: a photocopy machine, to make lots of enrty forms
In This Challenging Math Puzzle you have to place the numbers one through eight in a grid, such that no two neighboring squares have consecutive numbers. It's possible to solve, but it can be quite tough. I've seen 4th graders baffle away for weeks at this puzzle, but its 5th grade and 6th grade kids who seem to have a more realistic chance to solve it. Enjoy! Extra materials needed: one pencil - and an eraser, or lots of copies of the grid!
This Checkerboard (or Chessboard) Jigsaw Puzzle will be a great challenge for your primary school kids. Watch them try and try to arrange the pieces until they succeed! Extra materials needed: scissors, to cut out the pieces.
I've uploaded Counting Worksheets and Math Worksheets to help the pre-school children in your care to practice reading numbers, counting, and similar. Practice makes perfect, in a loving, encouraging environment! Extra materials needed: one pencil.
In a Cryptarithm puzzle, each digit of an arithmetic sum has been replaced with a letter of the alphabet. The aim of the puzzle is to restore the original sum. These puzzles are sometimes called alphametics or crypt-arithmetics. You can get many more such puzzles from the resources available at www.cryptarithmania.com. Extra materials needed: a pencil, and lots of scrap paper!
You can use the Dot Joining Game just as a fun game for the kids while camping, or as a classroom exercise to help children realise that math often forms hidden patterns behind ordinary things. Extra materials needed: one pencil.
The Easter Date Worksheets allow a child to compute the date of Easter Sunday in any year at all, with no math more complex than long division. Alternatively, try younger kids on the simpler versions of the worksheets - fewer calculations, smaller numbers, but they only work in certain centuries. Extra materials needed: a pen or pencil, and maybe some scrap paper.
Another tool for helping kids "get" multi-digit numbers is the foldable number sheet. Print as many as you want, cut and fold, and watch the movie for tips on their use. Extra materials needed: scissors, to cut out the charts. Pen or pencil during teaching sessions.
This free "fours" contestclosed on the 20th of October, 2009. The idea was to make as many numbers as possible using the digit '4' (as many times as you like) and the operations plus, minus, divide and times. Soon I'll upload the contest results, and ideas for how you can run a contest like this one in your own classroom. Extra materials needed: just a pencil, maybe some scrap paper... oh, and a calculator might help
Print out and make this set of Fractions Dominoes. It's a fractions activity designed to help kids recognise how much of a circle each fraction represents. Unlike some other math games, winning is not just about being better at math - but the game nonetheless provides great learning opportunities. Extra materials needed: scissors, glue and some thick cardboard.
If you need free printable worksheets to give fractions practice to kids, you need to check out my page on Fractions Worksheets. There are over 4000 fractions questions in 350 worksheets on 7 different fractions topics - fraction addition, fraction subtraction, fraction division, fraction multiplication, simplifying fractions, equivalent fractions and common denominators Extra materials needed: just a pen or pencil
Here's a fun game that is almost guaranteed to make your kids love math, particularly addition. They'll love it for one simple reason - food! To play the game, you only need a printout of the colorful picture provided (there's also a black-and-white version), and a supply of small yummy snacks. Sultanas worked best for my son. Full instructions, and tips on how to avoid behavior pitfalls, are provided. Extra materials needed: yummy snacks!
The Kindergarten Subtraction Game follows naturally from the Kindergarten Addition Game. Teach math in a fun and yummy way. Extra materials needed: more yummy snacks!
In this puzzle, the goal is to cut a Heart-Shaped Biscuit into three pieces, so that each piece contains only one color of sprinkles. The cuts will be very twisty and wiggly, but that's fine for this puzzle. Because of the shape of the biscuit, this puzzle is perfect for around Valentine's Day, but it can also be used at any other time of the year. Extra materials needed: scissors, or a pen.
Print these Magic Number Cards, learn how to use them, and with a bit of practice you'll be able to amaze your friends with your number guessing skills! This page provides the traditional version of this trick, as well as a few variations of my own invention. Full instructions and a video example are available at the web page. Extra materials needed: scissors, to make the cards. Friends to baffle and amaze!
Looking for Magic Square Puzzle Worksheets? Look no further! The page contains about 30 worksheets with about 40 magic square puzzles. Also, there is a link to a page explaining how the puzzle worksheets were made. Extra materials needed: pencil. Although an eraser would probably be helpful too! Optionally, a calculator, depending what you want the child to learn.
This Math Board Game will ensure that your children get a lot of arithmetic practice, as they move their pieces from the center of the board to the goals at the corners. Extra materials needed: while playing? Just a good brain for sums!
These Times Table Mazes are good for puzzle-loving children who are learning their 7 and 8 times tables. Extra materials needed: just a pencil!
If you want sudokus to print, you can get as many as you need (I really mean that!) from my printable sudoku page. Sure, there's a few sudoku worksheets to download, with about 240 puzzles, but the page also has a printable sudoku generator that will let you print up to 1500 sudokus at a time - as many times as you like! Bookmark the page, and you'll never run out of sudoku puzzles again... Extra materials needed: pencil, eraser and brain
By working though the Rice and Chessboard Worksheets, kids can get a feel for how fast numbers grow when they are repeatedly doubled. The worksheets are based on a modern version of an old story, where a man was awarded a quantity of grains of rice for each square on a chessboard, with each square having twice as many grains as the one before. Extra materials needed: a pen or pencil, and perhaps a calculator.
The Sight Numbers exercise is designed to help kids memorise their addition, subtraction and multiplication facts in an efficient way. This exercise, even if introduced through a school classroom, would depend mostly on parental involvement - about 5 minutes a day with your child - so it's particularly ideal for the homeschooler! Extra materials needed: a pencil - and parental involvement.
This website has a host of times table charts and grids that you can download and print - even up to the 20 times tables! Extra materials needed: something to stick the charts to the wall
These timetable worksheets will give your child practice reading timetables, schedules, itineraries and the like. Extra materials needed: just a pencil!
Why not try the Traffic Jam Game (or the Online Version)? It's a collection of logic puzzles, ranging from simple to challenging. The brightly-colored playing pieces and simple rules will capture your kid's hearts. Extra materials needed: scissors to cut out the pieces. While playing? Brain!
Well, that's all for now! Don't forget to explore this site, to find out the other games available. And bookmark this site, so you can check back from time to time to see what printable math games I've added!
Yours, Dr Mike...
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