This page lists all the grade 3 math games on this website. If you are a teacher or parent of third graders, you'll surely find something useful here! You might also like to check out my lists of fourth grade math games or second grade math games, or see a complete list of all the elementary math games on this site.
The 1 to 9 game, being
a two player game, is just perfect for the home environment. The game's
page shows how to vary the rules to make it suitable for any age group.
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.
If you are using flashcards, try this simple game with your child. It's quick to set up, and will add a bit of variety to the normal flashcard routine. The goal of the game? Travel along a trail of flashcard stepping stones to obtain a special prize!
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.
MathGolf is played on the computer, and the high scores for each month are recorded
on the website. However, as the tips for parents and
teachers explains, your children will do better if they spend time away from the computer with a pencil and paper, before coming back to the computer to enter their play.
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.
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.
Or play a game of Math Hangman? "Three strikes and you're out" is the rule as kids try to guess the hidden math word or sum! Good for almost any grade level!
These Math Mazes should be good for kids who love mazes, and need a bit of encouragement with their 7 or 8 times tables.
Math Lines is like 'Zuma' with a math twist. A twisty row of colorful numbered marbles winds its way across the screen. If they get too far, that's the end of the game. Blast away with marbles of your own, and if you join two marbles that add to 10, they'll explode and give you more time to win. Can you make it to the next level?
In Math Pathways you do a sequence of arithmetic sums, over and over on different numbers, and this shows you the way across a grid of numbered balls. In the hardest level, you aren't even told what sums you need to do, but have to figure this out from the numbers in the grid!
Playing Mathino is a card game you canm play with an ordinary pack of cards, which will make your children keen to practice their mental arithmetic!
This money counting memory game allows kids from the United States, UK, Australia, the EU and Singapore to practice counting money in a familiar game
In the Pizza Cutting Puzzle kids try to cut up a square pizza to make it fit in a round tray. Try to cut as few pieces as possible!
These Sight Number exercises, inspired by "Salisbury Sight Words", are designed to help your kids memorise their addition, subtraction and multiplication tables in the optimal way.
Sliding Block Puzzles are a very broad group of puzzles. This pages explores some simple ones, with questions about what makes a certain puzzle solvable. There's also a java applet allowing people to play with the puzzles mentione don the page.
Is your child artistically inclined? Try him or her on this Spirograph Applet. As they enjoy themselves making swirly whirly designs, they are actually picking up some math too.
Times Tables Memory is a memory game that will help transfer times table facts from short-term to long-term memory. It can be played solo, or with a friend.
If your kids like more action, and they are at the same level with their times tables, try Times Tables Snap!
Looking for a Times Table Board Game? Print out the playing board and the question cards, and start rolling the dice! Good for small or medium groups of kids, from grades 2 to 4.
This website has a host of times table charts and grids that you can download and print - even up to the 20 times tables!
These timetable worksheets will give your child practice reading timetables, schedules, itineraries and the like.
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.
Well, that's all for now. But visit back often, so that you'll always be the first to see any new grade three math games that I put on this site!
Yours, Dr Mike....
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