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.
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
See how many numbers you can make with just basic arithmetic operations and the four given digits! A great puzzle for stretching the mathematical creativity of young children, and reinforcing their arithmetic skills. 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
The Challenging Math Puzzle 8 Game is a great puzzle that will baffle your 10 to 12 year olds, and even your adult friends, for hours! Print as many gamesheets as you like, read the instructions, and then? "If at first you don't succeed..." heh heh! Extra materials needed: one pencil - and an eraser, or lots of copies of the grid!
In the Chess Jigsaw Puzzle, a chessboard has been broken into eight pieces - can you join them back together again? Can your child? Extra materials needed: scissors, to cut out the pieces.
Another worksheet for practicing counting and reading numbers. This time, the child must match the printed number against the box with the correct number of circles. Try it! 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!
The Dot Joining Game is a simple paper-and-pencil game, with many hidden mathematical formulae to discover. You can play this game with your kids, and lead them (I show you how on the page) how to help them unlock its hidden mathematical patterns. 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!
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.
There's a Math Board Game that will teach kids arithmetic skills as they aim for a goal. Extra materials needed: while playing? Just a good brain for sums!
These Math Mazes are good for puzzle-loving kids as they learn their 7 and 8 times tables. They may look like ordinary mazes, but knowing your times table will help you reach your goal! Extra materials needed: just a pencil!
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.
Try Sight Numbers for a tool to help drill your kids on addition, subtraction and times tables until these basics become automatic! 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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