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Daisy
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players. Draw a daisy with at least 5 petals. Shade 1 or 2 petals next to each other. The winner shades the last petal.
Games from Around the World
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Here are a collection of games from around the world to try during the holidays or the last few weeks of term.
First Connect Three for Two
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
First Connect Three game for an adult and child. Use the dice numbers and either addition or subtraction to get three numbers in a straight line.
Noughts and Crosses
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for two people that everybody knows. If you play correctly you never lose!
Incey Wincey Spider
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
You'll need two dice to play this game against a partner. Will Incey Wincey make it to the top of the drain pipe or the bottom of the drain pipe first?
More Upper Primary Strategy Games
Age 7 to 11
Here are some more upper primary strategy games for you to play.
Gotcha
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players. This could be played outside with people instead of counters. Try to trap or escape from your opponent.
How Long Does it Take?
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
How long does it take to brush your teeth? Can you find the matching length of time?
Incey Wincey Spider for Two
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Incey Wincey Spider game for an adult and child. Will Incey get to the top of the drainpipe?
Welcoming Your New Class
Age 3 to 11
What might your first lesson with a new class look like? In this article, Cherri Moseley makes some suggestions for primary teachers.
Going for Games
Age 5 to 11
In this article for teachers, Liz Woodham describes the criteria she uses to choose mathematical games for the classroom and shares some examples from NRICH.
Totality for Two
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Totality game for an adult and child. Be the first to reach your agreed total.
Counters
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be removed. Click to remove them. The winner is the last one to remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?
Jumping Reindeer
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for 1 person to develop stategy and shape and space awareness. 12 counters are placed on a board. Counters are removed one at a time. The aim is to be left with only 1 counter.
Dicey Perimeter, Dicey Area
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In this game for two players, you throw two dice and find the product. How many shapes can you draw on the grid which have that area or perimeter?
Making Maths: Happy Families
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.
Roundabout
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This is a game for 2 players. Each player has 4 counters each, and wins by blocking their opponent's counters. A good follow-on from two stones.
Tug of War
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?
Matching Time
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.
Primary Advent Calendar 2010
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Advent Calendar 2010 - a mathematical game for every day during the run-up to Christmas.
Tac-tickle
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
This is a challenging game of strategy for two players with many interesting variations.
Dicey Operations in Line
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
Developing Logical Thinking: the Place of Strategy Games
Age 5 to 11
This article outlines how strategy games can help children develop logical thinking, using examples from the NRICH website.
Asteroid Blast
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for 2 people. Use your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to blast the asteroids.
Chocolate Bars
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
An interactive game to be played on your own or with friends. Imagine you are having a party. Each person takes it in turns to stand behind the chair where they will get the most chocolate.
Less Is More
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?
Line of Four
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
A game somewhat similar to 'noughts and crosses' on a much larger space.
Diagonal Sums Sudoku
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
Solve this Sudoku puzzle whose clues are in the form of sums of the numbers which should appear in diagonal opposite cells.
Learning Mathematics Through Games: 3. Creating Your Own Games
Age 5 to 7
Not all of us a bursting with creative game ideas, but there are several ways to go about creating a game that will assist even the busiest and most reluctant game designer.
Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 2.types of Games
Age 5 to 14
This article, the second in the series, looks at some different types of games and the sort of mathematical thinking they can develop.
Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 1. Why Games?
Age 5 to 14
This article supplies teachers with information that may be useful in better understanding the nature of games and their role in teaching and learning mathematics.
Tug Harder!
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the number line first?
Strike it Out
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Traffic Lights
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
The game uses a 3x3 square board. 2 players take turns to play, either placing a red on an empty square, or changing a red to orange, or orange to green. The player who forms 3 of 1 colour in a line. . . .
Double or Halve?
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Throw the dice and decide whether to double or halve the number. Will you be the first to reach the target?
Low Go
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players. Take turns to place a counter so that it occupies one of the lowest possible positions in the grid. The first player to complete a line of 4 wins.
Fifteen
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you spot the similarities between this game and other games you know? The aim is to choose 3 numbers that total 15.
Sliding Game
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A shunting puzzle for 1 person. Swop the positions of the counters at the top and bottom of the board.
The Twelve Pointed Star Game
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more likely to win?
Crocogator
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
A game for two players. You'll need some counters and somewhere to draw a board.
Nim-7
Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Matching Numbers
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Can you find different ways of showing the same number? Try this matching game and see!
Latin Lilies
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
Have a go at this game which has been inspired by the Big Internet Math-Off 2019. Can you gain more columns of lily pads than your opponent?
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