free online Math Games (Grades 3-Pre algebra)
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| Game | Rating | Content Standard | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inkster | 12 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten | Inkster is one of the Flash games on funbrain. Situated in an ocean setting, the player is prompted with a fill-in the blank math problem (a missing factor in a multiplication problem), and instead of entering the answer on the keyboard, he must use the arrow keys to steer the octopus to the right answer floating around in the ocean while avoiding crabs and piranhas. The concept is fun for students although it takes practice to be in control of your octopus |
| Order of Operations | 15 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | Order of Operations is a game where you race against the clock to fill in equations given the answer and the operations. Players are challenged with more complex equations as the game progresses. This is more than a game of basic facts. It is a game of algebraic reasoning. |
| Civiballs | 14.5 | Measurement and Data | The goal of Civiballs is to cut chains and use cannons to get all of the colored balls into the correct vases. There seems to be three different lands with ten levels each. Planning ahead is a must to be successful at a game that may appear to be juvenile. |
| Make 15 | 14 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | Make 15 is a short strategy game, where you take turns with the computer picking numbers from 1-9. The winner is the first to make a sum of 15. I was excited to see that there was a place to click for a hint, and then discouraged to see that the hint gives away the strategy of the game. |
| Maths Mix | 11 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | The math games focus on operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing). The user can choose one operation or a mix, and can also control the level of challenge. Although the focus in on operational fluency only, it is neat to see where your challenger is from and how you are advancing compared to your opponent. |
| Times Square | 15.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | Times Square is a game that combines multiplication with strategy. Challenge yourself by playing against the computer, or challenge other students playing the game anywhere in the world! |
| Make 24 | 15 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | 24 is a game where you are randomly dealt a selection of cards. You must beat the clock and combine all of your cards using any combination of operations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide) with proper use of parentheses with the result of 24. |
| Deep Sea Duel | 17 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | Okta challenges you to a duel! He wants to play you in a game where the first person to choose cards with a specified sum wins. You can choose how many cards, what types of numbers, and Okta's level of strategy. This game is awesome for many different levels of skill and strategy. |
| Fraction Frenzy 4 | 12 | Number and Operations - Fractions | In this race-the-clock matching game, the user identifies which picture of pizza represents a given fraction. The faster you go, the more points you can get. |
| Planet Blaster | 10 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | Planet Blaster is a game where students can practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing two-digit numbers. While practicing, students are also defending their planets! |
| Eggs of Destruction | 14.5 | Geometry | Eggs of Destruction is a game in which you try to beat the opposing chicken by firing eggs from your side of the hill. You can choose the angle and power of your shot based on the wind’s speed and direction. What is unique about this gave is that you can play with two players from the same computer. And the kids seem to love watching their chickens lay/lob eggs! |
| Football Math - Adding Fractions | 9 | Number and Operations - Fractions | In this football math game, students will try to pass the ball to the receiver. For each good pass, they will get to answer a math problem about adding fractions. For each correct answer they will earn 7 points, but each wrong answer will cost them 3 points. Students will need to make at least 3 receptions in 30 seconds to go to the next level. Some students had a hard time throwing any successful passes. Therefore, they weren’t even prompted with any fraction addition problems. |
| Granny Prix | 11.5 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | Granny Prix is a racing game, where the faster you answer the math problems correctly, the faster the granny travels in her wheelchair. Kids loved to be able to customize their granny. They are also able to choose the particular levels to work on, and at the end of a race are alerted which facts they need more practice with. This game is also featured on multiplication.com. |
| Railroad Repair | 14 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations – Fraction, Measurement and Data | Railroad Repair is a game intended to teach decimals. The user must fix the tracks before the Cybertrain comes through by selecting from the pieces available and dragging them to the ‘holes’ in the track. There may be 3 spaces of 1.4 on the track that need repairs, and so the user has to figure out what pieces can be combined to fix the track. |
| Tug Team : Dirt Bike Comparing Fractions | 11.5 | Number and Operations - Fractions | To play Tug Team, you must click the correct answer to power their dirt bike. How quickly you answer determines how fast the bike will tug. Whichever team tugs the other team past the flag wins. What’s neat is that up to 8 players can play at once. You just create a game and all your friends can join sides. If you want to play alone, you can join a game that is already created – that is, if there is one going on… |
| Egg Static | 9 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | EggStatic Drop! is a game where you are challenged to catch as many falling eggs that are multiples of a number that you choose at the beginning of the game. It seemed impossible to get all 25, but the game is short and addicting. The only downfall is that you aren’t alerted when you catch an egg that is NOT a multiple. Of course your score doesn’t increase but there is no signal to alert you that you were wrong. |
| Rock 'n Roll World Tour | 18.5 | Number and Operations – Fractions, Measurement and Data | Brought to you by the Arkansas Education Television Network, this game tells you to: “Get your passport and pack your bags! You and your band are jetting off on a rock-n-roll world tour to five high-spirited cities to solve real-life problems using measurement, ratio, fractions and proportion. Learn the relationship between music and math and how to build a concert stage while traveling through Barcelona, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. |
| Prism Dice | 14.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Geometry | Prism Dice seems to be hosted by Great Day Games. The directions are: “Race against the clock to match the runes on the dice with their corresponding runes on the ground. The challenges get bigger as you get farther, but so do the rewards!” Content standard: Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Geometry Process standard: Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Conceptual Understanding, Strategic Competence |
| Hex-7 | 12.5 | None | Directions for Hex-7 are as follows: The players take turns placing their pieces on any unoccupied hex. The object of the game is for each player to connect their sides of the board with an unbroken chain of their own pieces. For White, the chain of white pieces would run from the lower left to upper right edge. For Black, from the lower right to upper left. The chain may twist and turn freely on its way from one edge to the other. |
| Mastermind | 13.5 | None | This virtual manipulative is a version of the classic Mastermind game of logic. Win the game by discovering the colors of the four peg solution. You have 8 chances to correctly guess answer. After each guess you receive feedback consisting of black and white pegs. The number of black pegs is the number of correct pegs in your guess. That is, for example, one black peg tells you that exactly one of the pegs in your guess is the right color in the right place, but you don't know which one is correct. The number of white pegs is the number of pegs in your guess that are the correct colors but that are not placed in the correct positions, so two white pegs would tell you that two of your four pegs are correctly colored but not in the right locations. |
| Nim | 14.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | Nim is a game of logic and strategy. The goal of Nim is to be the player who removes the last of ten circles from the computer screen. A player must remove one or two protons during their turn. The player who removes the last proton wins. Nim can be played against a partner or the computer. Also noteworthy are the resources for teachers that accompany this game and all applets on the site. Although the game is one of strategy, the attached lesson also addresses the content topic of factors. |
| Lure of the Labrynth | 15.5 | Number and Operations – Fractions, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Ratios and Proportional Relationships, Expressions and Equations | Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game that includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters! Linked to both national and state mathematics standards, the game gives students a chance to actually think like mathematicians. |
| Math Dice | 16 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | With basic MathDice, two players compete against each other. (The game can also be played by three or more players, or by teams of players, with a slight adjustment to the scoring rules.) Players roll 5 dice: 2 12-sided and 3 6-sided. The goal to winning a roll is to make the product of the 2 12-sided dice by combining the 3 6-sided dice. You can add, subtract, multiply, divide, or use exponent. The player with the closest answer earns one point. Play continues until one player has won four points, or the best of seven points. |
| Timez Attack | 16 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | Timez Attack’s focus is to memorize multiplication facts. The game’s focus is on capturing student’s attention by providing the top-of-the line virtual world. Although there are scaffolds (2 sets of 3 circles etched in the wall for 2 times 3, for example), the game is no more than times tables situated in this virtual world. |
| Grid Game | 9 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | There are three levels of the Grid Game, a game in which the goal is to find the factors, multiples, and triangular numbers from the selection on the grid on the screen. |
| 6 Digit Nearest Number | 12 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | Prompted with a six-digit number, choose the card from the given choices that is closest. You can choose the number of digits, the number of rounds, and the level of challenge. Simple game, but students liked it. Only downfall is that across the screen it reads ‘For Evaluation Only’ and so some numbers are hard to read. |
| Monkey Money Mayhem | 16 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations - Fractions | The goal of the money is to catch a predetermined amount of money. The monkeys throw coins overboard, but they also throw anchors. Avoid the anchors and race to combine coins to create the given amount. |
| Northcott's Game | 12.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | Northcott’s Game is played on a gameboard similar to checkers. In every row of a rectangular board, there are two checkers: one white and one black. A move consists in sliding a single checker in its original row without jumping over another checker. You play white, computer plays black. As usual, the player to make the last move wins. Northcott’s game is a play off of Nim, and this version allows the user to choose the dimensions of the gameboard. |
| Colors Game | 12 | None | How the game is played: Click a colored chip, then click an empty space to move the chip. You need a clear path between the chip and the space. After you line up 5 or more chips of the same color, the chain will disappear. You earn points for every move and points for making chains. The longer your chain, the more points you'll earn. After each move, you'll find 3 more chips on the board! But if you make a chain longer than 5 chips, you'll get extra moves before new chips appear. If you don't need the extra moves, press "Skip," and you'll earn bonus points. |
| Four Sight | 16 | Geometry | FourSight is a 3-dimensional version of Tic-Tac-Toe. Need I say more? The user can choose whether they play against the computer or would like to play a friend in the two player version. You can also choose easy, difficult, or insane. |
| Animal See Saw | 16 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Measurement and Data | Animal See Saw Animal is a game for two players. Each player is given 12 animals. Players take it in turns to place an animal on their side of the see-saw - making sure that their side of the see-saw is never more than 5 kg heavier than the other side. The winner is the player who survives the game without ever being more than 5kg heavier than his/her opponent. If a player does become 5kg heavier than their opponent, the see saw falls, they lose and the game is over. If both players make it to the end of the game, the winner is the one with the most weight on his/her side. |
| ADDiction | 16 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | There are two versions of ADDiction: a timed mode and a primes mode. The player is prompted with a number and the goal is to click on adjacent digits on a gameboard that sum to the given number. There are some wild blocks, operations blocks, and freeze blocks – all to make the game more interesting. |
| Number Balls | 12 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | Number Balls is a race against the clock that consists of 8 rounds. Each round there are integers bouncing all around the screen and the user must click them in ascending order. Kids like this, and it was fun for them to hear others making mistakes when the volume was turned up. |
| St. Pat's Math Adventure | 15.5 | Number and Operations – Base Ten | There are 6 levels and 54 gameboards in this game! St. Pat's Math Adventure takes both math skills as well as video game play skills. Enter the world of St. Patricus, where as a lowly villager you must help to recover the stolen flags. You will face many dark creatures along your journey, and will also encounter special clovers that will strengthen you.To use a clover you must first remove a spell that was placed on it to protect it from falling into the hands of dark creatures. To remove the spell you must solve the math riddle. Enjoy! |
| Tom & Jerry - Fractions | 11.5 | Number and Operations - Fractions | In Tom and Jerry Fractions, you must catch the flies starting with the smallest and ending with the greatest fraction, and then visit Tom and tell him what you have captured. |
| Zap! | 13.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | You must rearrange the game tiles to create one or more sums as directed on the screen, before the time runs out! The scoring is primarily based on the amount of time remaining when the level is complete. Thus, you will obtain the best score by working very quickly. The game ends when you receive 3 ZAPs. You receive a ZAP when you click "Check" before the level is complete, or if you run out of time. |
| The Equator | 16 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | In this game, you must choose three numbers that are next to each other in a given number grid. The first two numbers can be added, subtracted, multiplied, or divided and must produce the third. The computer automatically inputs the correct operation. The faster you make equations, the more bonus points you earn. There are also ‘wild’ tiles that can change the numbers on the remaining tiles, or blow up several at once. |
| Farm Stand | 7.5 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | More of an applet than a game, users are prompted to figure out how much the total cost is of the items they want to buy at the farm stand. They use multiplication and addition, and can check to see if they are right. |
| Math Man | 15 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | Math Man is the Math version of Pac Man. The goal is to eat all of the ghosts, but you can only eat the ghost that is holding the number that answers the equation. |
| Decimal Square Speedway | 13 | Number and Operations - Fractions | The goal of this game is to get around a ten mile track before your opponent. You can play against the computer or against another player. On each turn, you choose a decimal card and also spin a spinner. You multiply to see how far your turn will take you. Then, you must also find your position on the track correctly. |
| Fraction Darts | 15 | Number and Operations - Fractions | The goal of Fraction Darts is to aim the darts and break the balloons with the least number of darts. The player is given two mixed numbers and to aim the dart you have to enter a number within the range. You can play with one or two players. |
| Connect the Dots "Squares" | 13 | None | The object of this game is to make more small squares than the computer. To play, simply connect two adjacent dots by clicking on them. Alternate turns with the computer. If you complete a square, you get another turn. |
| MultiFlyer | 12.5 | Number and Operations in Base Ten | Multiflyer was built to help anyone trying to learn or brush up on their multiplication skills. Work your way through the solar system, saving outposts on planets and space stations from gravitational anomalies. The game includes scaffolding, 11 levels, a practice mode, and a printable report to show progress. |
| Willie the Watchdog | 13 | Measurement and Data | From the web, “What kind of dog can tell time? A watchdog! Play the game. Help Willie the watchdog tell time.” In this two-player game, you click the dice to roll them and see how far you advance on the playing board. Once you land on a square, you must set the clock correctly to the given time. Take turns with your partner to see who finishes first. If you are wrong, your partner gets an extra turn. |
| Sum Sense | 15.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | In Sum Sense, you must drag and drop the number cards to make ‘sum’ sense. When you think the cards are in the correct place, you press the ‘Next’ button. You can control the number of questions and the amount of time you will allow yourself. |
| Computation Castle | 13.5 | Number and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations – Fractions, Measurement and Data | Computation Castle is a game that focuses on a variety of skills, such as exponents, place value, and fractions. The object of the game is to reverse the spells placed upon the royal family of Computation Castle by the evil witch. All five family members have been turned into various animals, and their only hope is you. Use your math skills to mix and create the correct potions to turn them back to their human forms. If you are in the middle of the game, you will receive a password to be able to start at that level when you return |
| The Frog Puzzle | 14.5 | Expressions and Equations | In the Frog Puzzle, your job is to move all the red and yellow frogs to the opposite sides of their pond. You move to open lily pads or jump over frogs to get to the an open lily pad on the other side of an occupied one. You cannot go backwards. You can choose the number of frogs of each color, and the connection to math is to produce a rule that predicts how many moves a given number of frogs will take. |
| Dice Wars | 16.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking | The objective of Dice Wars is to conquer all territories and eliminate all your opponents by attacking them with dice. The single-player game may be played with up to seven computer opponents. Each turn you may attack any opponent's territory from one of your adjacent territories as long as your territory has more than one die on it; and you may attack as many territories as you wish. The rules of combat between two adjacent territories are as follows: all dice on the attacking territory are thrown and the total number of pips are added and compared against the total of throwing all dice from the defending territory. If the attacker's total is greater than the defender's, all attacking dice (minus one) move onto the defender's territory thus capturing it, and the defender dice for that territory are all removed. If the defender's total is greater than or equal to the attacker's total, the attacker loses all but one die for that territory. At the conclusion of each turn, the greatest number of adjoining territories you have is calculated, and you are awarded a bonus of that number of dice. They are then automatically and randomly placed throughout all of your territories, up to a maximum of eight dice on a single territory. (Directions from JayisGames.com) |
| Tower of Hanoi | 12 | None | Tower of Hanoi consists of three rods, and a number of disks of different sizes which can slide onto any rod. The classic puzzle starts with the disks in a neat stack in ascending order of size on one rod, the smallest at the top. The objective of the puzzle is to move the entire stack to another rod, obeying the following rules: Only one disk may be moved at a time. Each move consists of taking the upper disk from one of the rods and sliding it onto another rod, on top of the other disks that may already be present on that rod. No disk may be placed on top of a smaller disk. You can start with as many disks as you like. |
| Plupon | 16 | Operations and Algebraic Reasoning | Plupon is a game of speed! Quickly add up the numbers as they fall and combine three numbers to total 10. You can also combine other falling numbers into one by clicking on the left mouse. |
| Sumz | 16 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Geometry | You play Sumz! Like Tetris, but the goal is to get the blocks next to each other that add up to a given sum. |
| Thrilla Gorilla | 15.5 | Number and Operations in Base Ten, Expressions and Equations | On the site, Thrilla Gorilla is introduced: “Thrilla is hungry for bananas. If you know your numbers, you can help Thrilla get to the bananas first. But be quick; Jungle Joe and Bonzo are hungry too!” In Thrilla Gorilla, you will be shown numbers. One will be a natural number such as 1518 and the other will be a math fact such as 12 X 8 X 7 X 2. You have to choose the bigger number to climb the tree to the banana, and if you are wrong you slip down. |
| Add Like Madd | 15.5 | Operations and Algebraic Reasoning | To play Add Like Madd, you are challenged to add the tiles to match the given number on the right side of the screen. Your goal is to eliminate as many tiles as possible before time runs out. Build strategy by learning you should be careful not to eliminate too many smaller numbers or you may get stuck later! The game is awesome, but you have to join to be able to see your resulting score. |
| Number Cop | 14 | Number and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations - Fractions | There are many options for play in Number Cop. You can choose to practice multiples, fractions in lowest terms, primes, perfect squares, or rational numbers. You can also choose the difficulty. No matter your choice, you will have 50 numbers to test. The goal is to move your car to travel through all of the numbers that fit the description, and avoid all the numbers that don't – so you won’t get arrested! |
| Ken Ken | 14.5 | Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations – Base Ten | Like Sudoku, even though difficulty may vary from puzzle to puzzle, the rules for playing KenKen are fairly simple: For a 3x3 puzzle, fill in with numbers 1-3, a 4x4 puzzle with numbers 1-4 and so on. You can not repeat a number in any row or column. The numbers in each outlined set of squares (called cages) must combine to produce the target number in the top corner of the cage, using the mathematical operation indicated. A number can be repeated in a cage, so long as it doesn’t repeat in the same row or column. |