Times tables

Fishy Times Tables

Choose to practise any times table from 2x to 12x (there is no mixed option). For each times table there are two levels. The first level presents the questions in order, e.g. 1 x 2, 2 x 2, 3 x 2, which makes it a great game for when you are just starting to learn a new multiplication table. There is no timer. Questions go up to 12 x the chosen number. What2Learn.

Addition

Number Bond Machines

You can choose to practise number bonds to 5, 10 or 100. The machine gives you one number and you have to type in the number you would need to add to it to make 5, 10 or 100. Click the button to check your answer and see how high your score can go. Ambleside Primary.

Ghostblasters Game

A two-player game from Oswego. First choose the total you want to practise, from 5 to 99. When you see a pair of ghosts that add together to make your target number, player one hits the Z key and player two the M key. Whichever player hits the key first gets the point. If you press your key when the ghosts don't make your target number, you lose a point. Great spooky sound effects.

Safe Cracker Game

Use the X and Z to turn one dial and the left/right arrows to turn the other dial. Can you crack the safe by finding two numbers that add up to make the target number? If you answer enough questions correctly you will get a bonus asteroid-style game. ICT Games.

Speed Grid Challenge

On the first screen you can choose how many questions you want to set the challenge to and how much time you want to do it in. Then you have to choose from the grid two numbers which add up to the required total. The image on the left links to Level 1, but if that's too easy, you can always try Level 2 or Level 3. Oswego.

Test the Toad

In this game from BBC Schools Numbertime you have to click on the answer to the addition or subtraction sum shown at the top of the screen. You can use the people numberline to count along and help you find the answer. The toad will then hop along to right number.

Addition Surprise

This game uses an addition grid with the numbers 0 to 9 along two sides. Drag the number tile to a place where it fits on the grid, e.g. you could put the 10 where the 6 column and 4 row intersect. When you have uncovered enough squares the picture will be revealed. Harcourt School Publishers.

Flight for Fuel

Fly your spaceship into the fuel pods, making sure you don't pick up too much fuel. This game introduces the idea of adding more than two numbers to make a total as you collect the fuel bit by bit. ICT Games.

Sum Sense

First you can set the number of sums to do and a time limit. When the game starts you have to drag the tile digits into place so that you end up with a sum which makes sense. In this game you will be adding single digits. Sometimes the answer is one digit and sometimes two. Oswego.

Mystery Addition Choose a UFO with a sum on it and click, then click the answer in the grid. A picture is slowly revealed as you clear the correct answers. A fun way to practise single digit addition from Dositey.

Powerlines This is a great problem-solving game from Oswego that challenges your brain. You have to drag the numbers onto the grid, making sure that the total of each line matches the target number. If you do well you will get a password to the next level. Add 10 Submarines This is a two-player game, although it could be played by one person or with two teams using an interactive whiteboard. You have to add 10 to the number shown. Get it right and your submarine will fire at the other player's. ICT Games. Adding Machine You can choose from three levels which will take you from single to double-digit addition. Flick one of the level switches to see a sum, then type in the answer and click the red button to check your answer. Ambleside Primary School. Callum's Addition Pyramid In this game you have to add the two numbers below to build up the pyramid. You can choose from easy, medium or hard levels. If you score 1000 pyramid points you can open the mummy's tomb. This game was designed by a Year 4 pupil at Ambleside Primary School!

Fractions and Decimals

Mendel’s Magic Math Market Decimal Game

In this fun food-themed game, Mendel the glowworm will help you to discover fractions and decimals. If you complete all the magical fun activities in Mendel’s market, he’ll make you a Master Mathemagician! This is a brilliant game for people who are completely new to fractions and decimals. The cute pictures of fruit illustrate the concept of fractions and show you how to find the matching decimal, for example, 1/2 and 0.5. From e-learning for kids.

The Decimal Detectives

The Decimal Detectives need your help. Join the detectives and their band of animal helpers to catch the suspect, the Crooked Decimal! Choose your skill level, Rookie or Sergeant, or pick the two-player option. As a Rookie, you’ll be working with 1 decimal place to corner the criminal and put him behind bars. When you progress to Sergeant mode, you will be working with numbers up to three decimal places to chase the Crooked Decimal through the back alleys. Make sure you stay hot on his trail! From LINKS Learning.

Fraction Booster

An excellent fractions booster activity from BGFL. There are five levels to work through. In level 1 you simply type in the number of children to share the pizza and the pizza will be cut into fractions for you. At Level 2 you drag fractions to complete a fraction wall. In Level 3 you have to count the number of shaded squares and the total number of squares then type in the fraction (use a slash e.g. 1/4). Level 4 introduces a fraction numberline for you to drag the fractions onto. Level 5 uses a pizza to illustrate fraction equivalences.

Dolphin Racing

You can choose from easy or hard levels. The aim of the game is to compare the fractions and click on the one with the highest value. In the easy level you have four to choose from, but in the harder level you have six fractions to choose from. BBC Skillswise.

Fraction Ordering Game

In this BBC Skillswise game you have to drag the fractions into the correct order, from the smallest at the bottom to the largest at the top. There are three different levels. At the easiest level all the fractions are one part, e.g. 1/6, 1/3, 1/4.

Equivalent Fractions

Use the buttons to make the shape on the left match the shape on the right using a different, but equivalent, fraction. As well as the game there are also some useful fraction equivalence demonstrators at the same site.