HT Games
Online Number Games
Play Teddy Numbers to learn numbers up to 15. Fill up the teddy's stomach with the right amount of candy and the teddy's face will tell you if you are right. Choose between games with numbers or where the numbers are written out. This game is suitable for young children and can be found at Top Marks. com (topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=TeddyNumbersv2).
Feed Fribbit Addition can be played together with a friend and you can laugh together at the crocodile hiding in the grass. One of the players can add the numbers together and the other is the frog who eats the bugs while looking out for the crocodile. Eating bugs is a fun way to learn math and it is hilarious when the crocodile appears with his big teeth.This game can also be played by one player at the online site Cool Math.com (coolmath-games.com/0-feed-fribbit-addition/index.html). There is also a Feed Fribbit Subtraction Game.
Shapes
Primate Pile Up is an online shape game where you have to stack primates in different ways so that they can reach the bananas hanging in a tree. If you fail, the primates fall down and you have to start all over again. Putting a chimpanzee on a the gorilla's head to reach the bananas is an comical way to learn about shapes.There are several different levels and this game is a fun challenge for young as well as older children. Game can be found at Cool Math.com (coolmath-games.com/0-primate-pile-up/index.html).
Fractions and Multiplies of Ten
Click on the right fraction and watch it splat. Fraction Splat is an amusing online game to help you understand fractions and make fast decisions while avoiding clicking on other fractions. There are three different rounds. The first one is with mixed numbers and the second with fractions that are greater than or equal to one. You have to find fractions that are less than a half in the last round. Cool Math com.(coolmath-games.com/0-fraction-splat/index.html) has this game and it is suitable for older children. On the same site you can also find you find Ghostblast, which helps you understand the multiplies of ten. Quick left clicks on the unfriendly funny looking ghosts, which are multiples of ten, will increase your score.
A Challenge
Computation Castle can be found at Mr.Nussbaum. com (mrnussbaum.com/compcastle.htm) and this game is a fun challenge where you use several math skills. The aim is to reverse spells placed on the royal family by the evil witch. The royal family members have been turned into animals and by mixing the correct potions, you can turn them back into humans again. Watching the transformations into different animals is hilarious. You need to use various math skills to solve, such as mixed numbers/improper fraction, equivalent fractions, metric conversions, exponents, rounding to the nearest thousands and thousandths and place value.