Manifest
An exciting and thought-provoking number placing game for two players or one player versus the computer.
Mathematician Pairs
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game requiring the ability to recognise some of the great mathematicians.
Novel Games
Great tests of skill and speed. These online activities include classics such as Tangram and Water Jars.
Prime Pips in Pots
This is a version of Wari, one of the oldest known games to still be widely played today. It involves small prime numbers.
Strategy Games
Strategy games that require some mental arithmetic, creativity or logic.
The Rowcol Game
A strategy game based on claiming tokens in specific rows and columns.
Fifteen
A strategy game. Play against the computer to select three numbers that add up to 15.
The Subtraction Game
This basic version of Nim is a mathematical game of strategy in which players take turns removing sticks from a pile.
BIDMAS Game
An online interactive game celebrating the order of mathematical operations.
Number Crunch Saga
A lively numeracy game requiring you to align three numbers to create the given target sum or product.
23 or Bust
A game involving mental arithmetic and strategy for two players or one player against the computer.
Pairs Twenty One
Find the pairs of numbers that add up to 21 in this collection of matching games.
Pairs Eleven
Find pairs of playing cards of the same suit which add up to eleven.
Equivalent Fraction Pairs
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of equivalent fractions.
Algebra Pairs
The classic Pelmanism or pairs game requiring you to match equivalent expressions.
Tables Grab
A one or two player game. The objective is to grab all the multiples of the chosen times table faster than the other player.
Tables Dash
Revise multiplication facts by racing across the screen to match the times tables question with the correct answer without getting hit by lightning.
Flabbergasted Game
This game for one or two players is an exciting challenge to demonstrate an understanding of factors and multiples.
Square Pairs Game
A game for two players who take turns to select two numbers that add up to a square number.
Tables Conga
Use the arrow keys to collect all the multiples in order while avoiding the Conga Virus!
Discombobulated
A fun game requiring you to find numbers which add up to the target number as quickly as possible.
Path Puzzle
A great puzzle requiring you to use all of the cards to create a continuous red line from start to finish.
Fizz Buzzer
The digital version of the popular fizz buzz game. Press the buzzers if they are factors of the counter.
Equatero
Find the expression from a series of guesses and clues.
Inertia Racetrack
A racing game for two players in which they use vectors to control the movement of their cars.
Connect 4 Factors
This a game for one or two players. The winner is the first to line up four numbers with a common factor.
Boxed In Fractions
The classic dots and boxes two-player game with the addition of some fractions which determine your score.
Nevertheless
Players decide where to place the cards to make an equation with the largest possible solution.
Clock Times Pairs
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test the ability to compare analogue and digital times.
Double Take
Merge two tiles into one tile to make a double. What is the largest double you can make?
Fraction Decimal Pairs
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of simple fractions and their equivalent decimals.
Fraction Percentage Pairs
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of simple fractions and their equivalent percentages.
Pick The Primes
Pick the prime fruit from the tree as quickly as possible. Practise to improve your personal best time.
Hi-Low Predictions
A version of the Play Your Cards Right TV show. Calculate the probabilities of cards being higher or lower.
Indices Pairs
The traditional pairs or pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of indices.
Pairs 240
Find the pairs of numbers that multiply together to give a product of 240 in this collection of matching games.
Don't Shoot The Square
You will need to be quick on the draw to shoot all of the numbers except the square numbers.
Alpha Twist
Develop your skills and understanding of rotation in this fast-paced challenge.
Transformation Tetris
Develop your skills translating and rotating shapes in this fast paced classic game.
DiceGebra
An online board game for two players evaluating algebraic equations and inequalities.
Dump-A-Dice Race
An online board game for two players involving prime and square numbers and making choices.
Circle Pairs
Find the matching pairs of circle diagrams and circle properties in this interactive online game.
Rounding Snap
If the last card put down equals the previous card to the nearest whole number then all players race to shout SNAP!
Watsadoo
Rotate the cogs to catch the flying numbers in the correct sections.
Numerate
Earn points by creating equations on the grid in this game of equations.
Choose Your Average
This is a game for two players. You should know how to find the mean, median and range of a set of numbers.
Rotational Symmetry Pairs
The traditional pairs or pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of rotational symmetry.
Mine Find
Find where the mines are hidden without stepping on one.
Boxed In Numbers
The classic dots and boxes game with the addition of some positive and negative numbers which determine your score.
Cat Apult
Use the catapult to fire the cats onto the shelves according to the number sequence instructions.
Prime Pairs Game
A game for two players who take turns to select two numbers that add up to a prime number.
Hexblock Hunter
The mathematical version of TV's Blockbusters game show. Find the mathematical words from the clues.
Where's Wallaby?
Find the hidden wallaby using the clues revealed at the chosen coordinates.
Pi-Mon
Memorise the digits of pi with help from some musical notes.
Cliff Diving Monkeys
Test your timing skills by clicking on the monkeys so that they jump off the cliff at just the right time to land in the boat.
Remainder Race
A game involving chance and choice requiring an ability to calculate the remainder when a two digit number is divided by a single digit number.
Superior
A game for two players who compete to make the largest possible number from randomly selected cards.
Snail Race
A race between 12 snails. Which snail is most likely to win? This is the students' version of the race simulation.
Great Expectation
An interactive online activity requiring logical thinking and a certain amount of luck to place the digits on the correct side of the inequality sign.
Vocabero
Find the mathematical word from a series of guesses and clues.
Polybragging
The Transum version of the Top Trumps game played online with the properties of polygons.
Shark's Dinner
The mathematical version of the classic hangman game. Guess the letters that are contained in the words.
Graph Equation Pairs
Match the equation with its graph. Includes quadratics, cubics, reciprocals, exponential and the sine function.
Tantrum
A game, a puzzle and a challenge involving counters being placed at the corners of a square on a grid.
Sum Game
A game against the clock to find the numbers which add up to the target number.
Hard Times
The hardest multiplication facts (according to Transum research) are presented in the form of pairs games.
Digital Darts
An online darts game for one or two players requiring skill, strategy and mental arithmetic.
Circle Theorem Pairs
A pairs game based around ten theorems about the angles made with chords, radii and tangents of circles.
Tug of War
A game for two players or teams testing their speedy reactions to mental arithmetic questions.
Formulae Pairs
Find the matching pairs of diagrams and formulae for basic geometrical shapes.
Snooker Angles
An online game for one or two players requiring an ability to estimate angles as bearings.
Mathopoly
A game of buying and selling property with maths questions thrown in for good measure.
Tran Towers
An adventure game requiring students to solve puzzles as they move through the old mansion.
Threes and Fives
A game for two players who take turns to add a domino to the line in order to score threes and fives.
Congruent Pairs
Match the congruent shapes, those with the same shape and size.
Venn Diagram Pairs
The traditional pairs or pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of Venn diagrams.
Nim
Nim is a mathematical game of strategy in which two players take turns removing objects from groups of objects.
Loci Construction Pairs
Match the description of the loci to the diagram of the construction.
Tran Tunnels
A mini adventure game containing maths puzzles and problems. Find your way through the maze of tunnels to find Goldberg's magic harpsicord.
Math vs Maths Pairs
Match the British and American words for mathematical concepts.
Yes No Questions
A game to determine the mathematical item by asking questions that can only be answered yes or no.
Trilett
A strategy game requiring you to select three words with a common letter before the computer does.
Tantrum
A game, a puzzle and a challenge involving counters being placed at the corners of a square on a grid.
Songkran Game
Where should you stand in the circle to win the Songkran game?
How to Play War Cards
This video shows how to play War cards tweaked just a little to turn it into a maths game.
Mathino Card Game
Introducing Mathino. A number facts card game.
Maths Kim's Game
Kim's Game requires you to remember a number of items and in this version the items are all mathematical. Improve your recall skills by playing along with this three-part memory challenge.
Fractions Kim's Game
A memory game to be projected to help the whole class recognise basic fractions.
Skunk
A game for the whole Maths class to play involving chance and choice.
Maths Bingo
This application will pick the bingo numbers for you and present each of the numbers as a mathematical expression.
Circle Parts Kim's Game
A memory game to be projected to help the whole class revise the names for the parts of a circle.
Rounding Snap
If the last card put down equals the previous card to the nearest whole number then all players race to shout SNAP!
Angle Theorem Kim's Game
A memory game to be projected to help the whole class revise the circle angle theorems.
Playing Card Maths
Imagine you are on a desert island with nothing but a pack of playing cards. Do you have to stop learning mathematics?
Uniqueness Game
A whole class game. Find examples for each of the categories that no other person has found.
Plane Bearings
A visual aid designed to help pupils estimate three figure bearings.
Pesto
Students classify numbers randomly appearing on the screen by holding up cards
Lobster Pots
A strategic risk-and-reward dice game in which players act as lobster fishermen trying to maximise profits.
Treasure Hunt
This page is for a teacher to use to generate clues for a treasure hunt around school.
Dice Bingo
Choose your own numbers for your bingo card. The caller uses two dice and adds the numbers together.
A Very Strange Game
Four different actions depending on the number which appears.
Calc-A-Hundred
A game for two players requiring a calculator and thinking skills.
Calculator Nim
A game in which players take turns to add a single-digit number to what is already in the calculator. The winner is the player who makes the display show 30.
Kim's Game 1
This is the Maths version of the traditional memory game. Memorise 10 mathematical facts then recall them as they disappear from view.
Kim's Game 2
This is the Maths version of the traditional memory game. Memorise 10 mathematical facts then recall them as they disappear from view.
Kim's Game 3
This is the Maths version of the traditional memory game. Memorise 10 mathematical facts then recall them as they disappear from view.
Simple Nim
The classic game of Nim played with a group of pens and pencils. The game can be extended to the multi-pile version.
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Teachers might find the complete Games Topic List useful.
Make drill and practice fun by turning it into a game! Playing against a friend adds an extra incentive to do well. The memory game (Kim's game) can be used for general revision as it involves a number of different mathematical topics.
See also Fun Maths and the main Games page.
We also have a number of Strategy Games which, while not being explicitly mathematical, involve similar thought processes to solving mathematical problems. They are ideal for two people sharing one computer.
