Online Games and Puzzles Menu
These online games and puzzles provide authentic contexts that invite mathematical thinking and the application of every maths knowledge and skills.
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Castle Defence
A playful subetising and groupitising practice challenge from Think Square which tests your ability to count and estimate groups of objects.
Protect your castle from the enemy!
Fried Circuits
A fun and challenging puzzle that requires you to join number bonds to ten without crossing over the paths of others!
Starts easy and then gets much challenging. How far can you go?!
A clever challenge by Think Square.
Tumbling Towers
Use your knowledge of place value and numbers to 100 to build a tower that doesn’t tumble!
Starts easier and gradually gets more challenging.
Explore and play here.
MathemaTic-Tac-Toe
Practise adding three numbers to make 15 in this clever variation on Tic-Tac-Toe.
Can you find a winning strategy as the Attacker?
What about when you’re the Defender?
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Who am I?
Put your general number knowledge to the test by using sets clues to guess each robot’s mystery number.
Start with Puzzle #1 and see how far you can get.
Sudo-Clue
Put your general number knowledge to the test by using a range of mathematical clues to correctly place the numbers 1 to 9 in the boxes.
Start with Level 1 and see how you go!
Explore and play here.
Snappy Math
Practise addition, subtraction or multiplication facts in this snappy game.
Find and click the equivalent pair before the computer does.
Algebra See-Saw
Build your multiplicative thinking muscles by thinking about equivalent multiplication facts to make the balance beam balance
e.g.
10 x 2 = 5 x 4
20 Card Dash
Choose which multiplication table to practice and get 20 questions.
Use creative strategies to solve tricky facts. Repeat practice of the same set and notice your improvement by noting the time taken to complete each round.
Solve Me Mobile Puzzles
Use your multiplication and division facts, to develop your algebraic thinking muscles.
These mobile puzzles are great ones to have-a-go at and discuss with a friend.
Be careful - once you get your head around these puzzles, they may become addictive!
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