How long does it take to brush your teeth? Can you find the matching length of time?
A game for 2 people. Use your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to blast the asteroids.
Some Games That May Be Nice or Nasty for an adult and child. Use your knowledge of place value to beat your opponent.
Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?
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.
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?
A game for 2 or more players with a pack of cards. Practise your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to hit the target score.
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?
A game for 2 people using a pack of cards Turn over 2 cards and try to make an odd number or a multiple of 3.
Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
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?
Play this game and see if you can figure out the computer's chosen number.
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
This is a game for two players. What must you subtract to remove the rolled digit from your number? The first to zero wins!
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.
A game for 2 players. Practises subtraction or other maths operations knowledge.
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?
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.
A game for 2 players. This could be played outside with people instead of counters. Try to trap or escape from your opponent.
Practise your tables skills and try to beat your previous best score in this interactive game.
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.
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
A game for 2 or more people. Starting with 100, subratct a number from 1 to 9 from the total. You score for making an odd number, a number ending in 0 or a multiple of 6.
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and play.
Here are a collection of games from around the world to try during the holidays or the last few weeks of term.
What might your first lesson with a new class look like? In this article, Cherri Moseley makes some suggestions for primary teachers.
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.
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
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.
Can you spot the similarities between this game and other games you know? The aim is to choose 3 numbers that total 15.
A shunting puzzle for 1 person. Swop the positions of the counters at the top and bottom of the board.
Calculate the fractional amounts of money to match pairs of cards with the same value.
This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?
Here are some more upper primary strategy games for you to play.
This is a challenging game of strategy for two players with many interesting variations.
Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
Advent Calendar 2010 - a mathematical game for every day during the run-up to Christmas.
This article outlines how strategy games can help children develop logical thinking, using examples from the NRICH website.
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.
A game for two people that everybody knows. If you play correctly you never lose!
Practise your number bonds whilst improving your memory in this matching pairs game.