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 can be used to help teach kids how to add and subtract numbers of more than one digit. Good for, say, first to third graders, or anyone who just doesn't 'get' the idea of carrying and borrowing 1's. Extra materials needed: scissors, to cut out the tiles.
There's enough Addition and Subtraction Worksheets here to last a month of Mondays, including one special one, carefully designed to teach the important links 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
The Kindergarten Addition Game provided here is great for teaching basic addition. And your kids will love it! Why? Because it's yummy! Extra materials needed: yummy snacks!
If the Kindergarten Addition Game worked well for the kids you care for, the Kindergarten Subtraction Game is a natural follow-on. Subtraction becomes fun as happy bees feed a hungry hippo! 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 kids get a lot of mental arithmetic practice! Good for grade 4 and up. This site also has a Times Table Board Game... see below! Extra materials needed: while playing? Just a good brain for sums!
These Math Mazes should be good for kids who love mazes, and need a bit of encouragement with their 7 or 8 times tables. Extra materials needed: just a pencil!
There is a famous story about the inventor of chess, who was offered a reward by the emperor of India. He chose a reward that seemed to the emperor very cheap - just a few sacks of rice - but in reality came to more rice than India could produce in a million years. This site has worksheets to help kids work through a Modern Rice-And-Chessboard Story and see for themselves how rich the reward was. 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!
The Traffic Jam Game is one of my favorite amongst the elementary math games on this site. It's a great puzzle for teaching logical thinking and boosting problem-solving ability. Yet, the rules are simple enough that a four-year old can understand them. First, second and third grade kids will enjoy the simpler puzzles. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders will enjoy the challenge of the harder ones. Try the printable version or the online version. 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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