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Olympic Cards
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Design your own scoring system and play Trumps with these Olympic Sport cards.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Twinkle Twinkle
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
A game for 2 people. Take turns placing a counter on the star. You win when you have completed a line of 3 in your colour.
Using Games in the Classroom
Age 7 to 16
Gillian Hatch analyses what goes on when mathematical games are used as a pedagogic device.
Online
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for 2 players that can be played online. Players take it in turns to select a word from the 9 words given. The aim is to select all the occurrences of the same letter.
Games Related to Nim
Age 5 to 16
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.
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.
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.
Coordinate Cunning
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
A game for two people that can be played with pencils and paper. Combine your knowledge of coordinates with some strategic thinking.
More Upper Primary Strategy Games
Age 7 to 11
Here are some more upper primary strategy games for you to play.
Play to 37
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
Scissors, Paper, Rock
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
Play this well-known game against the computer where each player is equally likely to choose scissors, paper or rock. Why not try the variations too?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Tac-tickle
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
This is a challenging game of strategy for two players with many interesting variations.
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.
Fractions and Coins Game
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Calculate the fractional amounts of money to match pairs of cards with the same value.
Making Maths: Snake Pits
Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level
A game to make and play based on the number line.
Learning Mathematics Through Games Series: 4. from Strategy Games
Age 5 to 14
Basic strategy games are particularly suitable as starting points for investigations. Players instinctively try to discover a winning strategy, and usually the best way to do this is to analyse. . . .
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.
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.
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.
Making Maths: Birds from an Egg
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?
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.
Winning Lines
Age 7 to 16
An article for teachers and pupils that encourages you to look at the mathematical properties of similar games.
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. . . .
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.
Tangram Pictures
Age 5 to 14
Challenge Level
Use the tangram pieces to make our pictures, or to design some of your own!
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?
Multiplication Tables - Matching Cards
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Practise your tables skills and try to beat your previous best score in this interactive game.
Slippery Snail
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
A game for two people, who take turns to move the counters. The player to remove the last counter from the board wins.
Totality for Two
Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level
Totality game for an adult and child. Be the first to reach your agreed total.
Board Block Challenge for Two
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
Board Block Challenge game for an adult and child. Can you prevent your partner from being able to make a shape?
Dominoes
Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level
Everthing you have always wanted to do with dominoes! Some of these games are good for practising your mental calculation skills, and some are good for your reasoning skills.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.