#MathGames

2025-05-18

It’s summer here in Manila and the sweltering heat is something else. After 9AM, temperatures can hit a deadly 45 degrees celsius. I myself have been on the bike less, keeping exercise indoors. I’m fine. It’s the kids I’m a bit worried about. Since school is out, I’ve been trying to get them into other activities that don’t involve the screen (good luck). They do have football practice three times a week but this is limited to late afternoons to early evenings because … heatstroke!

So as a parent I’ve been browsing online for other activities they can do to keep their minds active. As a digital parent who writes about technology I kinda have to lean into this whole thing. I previously wrote about some tech-centric toys that don’t have screens but lo and behold, while browsing some online communities, one link led to another and I was able to discover a site that had a collection of browser based games – many of which were actually educational as they sharpened the mind with math problems. 

With my kids, I would send them off to online tutors three times a week during the school year. I really wanted to give them a break from this over the next two to three months. I also realized almost immediately that browser-based games have a different feel to it. My youngest son has a tablet with a collection of his usual games (including Roblox) so being able to run these math games from my phone or laptop – yes we imposed a no tablet rule for some days during the summer – lets me curate the screen time a bit more.

Counting Money

The first game is a money counting game. I remember when my kids were in early gradeschool they were having some trouble counting coins and bills — moreso adding these up to equal a certain amount. It took a lot of practice with real world money to get them to understand these concepts of addition with coins and bills. This money counting game makes use of US dollar bills and coins but can still be played by anyone who isn’t familiar with the dollar currency symbols because of a HINTS button you can slide on or off to show the value of the bill or coin. It’s super fun for kids as they can drag currency to the highlighted box to match the total amount being asked.

Grocery Cashier

Ever wanted to experience the pressure of being a cashier at the grocery? Within the time limit, you’re supposed to punch in the items, determine the total cost, and apply special discount vouchers. Afterwards, you will need to compute the change in bills and coins. It really took us a while to get into the groove, but once you get used to punching in the items and determe appropriate change using addition and subtraction skills, the math becomes really fun.

Math and Prizes

One of the most challenging elementary math puzzles in this collection is called Math and Prizes. Not only does it combine knowledge of counting money, it also makes use of all four basic mathematical operations — addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It’s actually quite wild as the problems don’t just involve whole numbers but cents as well.

In this collection, there are actually more types of games like idle clickers and puzzle solving simulators that all run from the browser. However, as a parent I’m really more attracted to these math games as it can really help build confidence and keep my kids occupied even when we’re on the go and have a few minutes of downtime to spare, like when we are at a restaurant and waiting for food. I hope other parents can get wind of these games and share them with their kids!

https://www.abuggedlife.com/2025/05/18/fun-browser-based-math-games-for-kids-to-enjoy/

#browserBasedGames #mathGames

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-04-20

🤡 Behold, a thrilling exposé on the attention spans of 5-year-olds (spoiler: they're short). As adults reminisce about the wisdom of their youth, they unravel the existential crisis of kiddie math games. 🎲🔢 Just what we needed—a dissertation on why children don't want to play "infinite indexed family" games. 🙄
jeremykun.com/2019/03/26/atten

John M. Gamblejgamble@fosstodon.org
2025-01-17

Hexadecimal dice are back, baby!

And they're in black! With hexadecimal digits in ... white.

Damn it, they were so close.

Oh well, I'll take it. Maybe I can over-paint the digits with a CRT green.

#Dice #HexadecimalDice #MathGames

mathartfun.com/d141518.html

2025-01-01

✨ A small dream came true last year: In the past year, we developed our very own (nerd) card game: FEStokes-RePair! 🎉🃏

The game uses the finite element discretization of the Stokes equations as a metaphor.

For details see here: fe-nerd-games.github.io/FEStok (and the following thread)

#NumericalAnalysis
#MathGames
#EducationalGames
#FiniteElements
#FEStokes-RePair

KIds on the Yardkidsontheyard
2024-11-20

📓 ➕ Through interactive platforms, arts and crafts, and storytelling, math acts as a bridge into the realm of arts, linking the logical and imaginative parts of the brain. ➕📓

kidsontheyard.com/articles/by-

2024-09-28

My math game, Simbagi v0.2.0 is out! play.google.com/store/apps/det

New game modes added:
- subtraction
- multiplication
- division

#indiegame #android #mathgames #mobilegame #spaceshooter #screenshotsaturday

2024-07-26

Enemy waves incoming! 🚀 My math shooter #Simbagi is shaping up with diverse enemies, challenging levels, and more! Check out my latest devlog for a glimpse into the action. #gamedev #indiedev #mathgames #shooter #devlog

briantria.com/posts/simbagi/de

Sugar Labssugar_labs
2024-06-11

Come learn what our Google Summer of Code and Code4GovTech interns will be working on this summer! We are hosting an online event this Friday where they will be sharing their work on , , , assisted chat and coding (, ), and for kids.

Join us at 17:00 UTC (1pm Eastern) this Friday via youtube.com/live/k7eY-tkl2zw and learn more!

An image that says "Summer prelude (2 of 2): Web, RPi, and Games; presented by this year's GSoC and DMP interns". Underneath are headshots, and underneath those are names: Anurag Singh and Aayush Raj, Samarth Bagga, Kshitij Shah, Vaibhav Sangwan, Utkarsh Siddhpura, and Qixiang Wang.
2024-05-06

“How low can you go?”

Try to guess the smallest, positive whole number not guessed by anyone else today. I won yesterday!

limbo.today/

#mathematics #math #maths #MathGames #limbo

2024-05-03

geeky question time!

what are math games that you enjoy? there’s puzzle stuff like sudoku and Ken Ken, but also the class of logical puzzle games like mastermind

anything come to mind?

#MathEducation #TeachingWithGames
#MathGames

2024-03-21

Blogpost on sumfib: fractalkitty.com/2024/03/21/su

If anyone has activities, suggestions, or questions to add, please send them my way.

#mtbos #iteachmath #mathart #p5js #processing #creativcoding #codepen #openprocessing #fibonacci #pisano #2048 #threes #mathGames

screenshot of game on phone with 1597 being the highest tile. the time of 21:59 is at the top with the web address of sumfib.com shown below. 

Tiles are multiple colors depending on the value. all but one space is full.
Seedy (S double e d y)seedy@vee.seedy.gq
2023-11-21

I'm proud to announce the official release of QFire, the ultimate quick fire mental math game!
This game is inspired by Math Flash by the American Printing House for the Blind. The aim of this game is simple, to answer as many short maths questions as you can. Are you a young child developing their mental math skills? Do you want to keep up the mental math skills you already have? This awesome game is for you! The game is completely #ScreenReader #accessible, so the #blind can play as well as the sighted.
I was initially going to make this game paid, but decided against it. Though the game is free of charge, donations are highly appreciated and will help support me in creating future projects and cover personal costs.

* Download QFire on Itch: seedy360.itch.io/qfire
* Download from my site: seedy.gq/programs/QFire
#QFire #math #maths #mathematics #MentalMath #MathGames #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #IndieDev #accessibility

2023-10-12

WEARY OF MINECRAFT

Kids quickly get bored with everything, and my son is not an exception. He was tired of Minecraft after one week only.
But I managed to get him interested in Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) and ScratchJr (scratchjr.org).

At the same time, I decided to use educational games, so that there would be some variety and the child would not lose interest.
Ducksters (ducksters.com) helped me with this.

2023-10-11

CRITICAL THINKING

Another important aspect that is not given much attention in educational institutions is the development of critical thinking.

Fun Brain funbrain.com
Pocoyo pocoyo.com/en
PBS Kids pbskids.org
Coolmath Games coolmathgames.com
Math Playground mathplayground.com
BrainPOP brainpop.com
Ducksters ducksters.com
Mensa for Kids mensaforkids.org

Prof. Sally KeelyInteGreat@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-09

John Golden @mathhombre has put together a nice list of #MathGames. Many I've played; several were new to me. Check them out! mathhombre.blogspot.com/2023/0

Photo of game called Fiddlebrix.
2023-04-14

💯 We love a game focused around making 100! ⭐️ Want a free download of 100 or BUST! with student-friendly directions, tens and ones cards, and the game recording sheet? Comment below with YOUR favorite math game, and we will send you a DM! #mathgames #iteachmath #mtbos

Math Game: 100 or BUST. To play you need tens and ones cards and the recording sheet. Place all cards face down, spread out.Turn two cards over and add them together.Keep turning over cards one at a time, adding to your total. Try to get as close as you can to 100. You decide when to stop adding cards!Record your equation and count your points. 1 point for each card you used, unless you went over 100, then 0 points. Exactly 100 gets 10 bonus points.
2023-03-26

🃏 We love this simple yet powerful game for numeral recognition and sequencing! When you become an ALO Member, you access our full curated library of math games, with student-friendly directions with gameboards and cards! hubs.li/Q01GG4xT0 #mtbos #iteachmath #mathgames

Math Game: Garbage. Start with 10 cards face down in a 10 frame arrangement.Turn over the top card from the draw pile. Put it face up in its correct location in the ten-frame, replacing the card that is there.Put the new card card in its correct location. Continue until you get to a spot that is already filled. Put that card in the “garbage” pile.TAKE TURNS! On each turn, you can choose to start with your draw pile… OR …steal the top card from the “garbage” pile.
2023-02-01

📆This time of year (when Ss are stuck inside) is a great time to revisit (or teach for the first time) ⭐️Salute!⭐️
A fun game that works for any operation. Tailor the numbers to your Ss.
#Math #Math4All #MathGames #Maths
tiktok.com/@all_learners_netwo

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