Dr Mike's Math Games for Kids

Magic Hexagon Worksheets

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:45:18 -0500

A Magic Hexagon Worksheet is just like a magic square worksheet - students need the same set of skills to solve each one - the difference is that most students will never have seen a magic hexagon before. This website has a Magic Hexagon Worksheet Generator that lets you generate randomized magic hexagon worksheets with the answer key. The worksheet will be different each time you come back to this site, so you know there's no way for students to drop by themselves and cheat by downloading their own answer key.

Function Integrator

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:32:21 -0500

My Definite Integration App lets you check integration questions from your smartphone. Available for iPhone or Android, it's a great tool for calculus students (or teachers!) who need to check their work. Key in the formula, and it uses an "adaptive numerical quadratre" technique to work out the integral quickly - in most cases, almost instantly!

Matheroids for iPhone

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:18:39 -0500

Matheroids for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch is the mobile version of Mathteroids, the Math Asteroid Game. On your iPhone or iPad, blast away at asteroids numbered with the correct multiples - shoot the wrong one, and tiny blue asteroids will appear and harass you. Collect power-ups to help you succeed, and see your high scores in Apple's Game Center.

Highway Jam

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:03:26 -0500

Highway Jam is a puzzle game for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. There are cars scattered all over a highway, you have to get your blue car from one end to the other end far far away. The full version comes with 7 highways (the free version has 3), which will give you hours of brain-wracking puzzle fun.

Sugar Sugar

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:56:55 -0500

Sugar Sugar is a cool geometry game. Sugar pours out from a place near the top of the screen, and your goal is to make the sugar fall into the correct cups. You do this by drawing on the screen with the mouse, and watching as sprinkles of sugar trickle down the lines you draw. Challenging and fun!

Nets for Paper Polyhedra

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:58:36 -0500

Design and make your own Paper Polyhedra right in your web browser with this java applet. You can design beautiful symmetric shapes with an interactiove 3D view, then print out a plan to help you make a model of the shape out of cardboard or paper. Finally, you can share your net with your friends by email, facebook, or whatever, so they, too, can enjoy your masterpiece.

Polyhedron Puzzle

Sun, 08 May 2011 09:42:18 -0500

In this Polyhedron Puzzle Magic Trick, you are told just the number of edges of a mystery polyhedron. Using your mathemagical powers, you are able to figure out the total number of faces, edges and vertices! This web page shows you how to perform this trick, explains why it works, and explains briefly a similar trick relating to maps.

Dinosaur Dodger

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:37:00 -0600

Dinosaur Dodger is inspired by a paradox in probability, called the Absent Minded Driver Paradox. You need to advise some lost explorers whether to go straight or turn off the track. You choose how likely each choice is, and see if your choice helps get more explorers safely home. Helps develop kids' intuition for probability, and (if they look up the strategies and tips blog post) fraction arithmetic too.

Primary Colors Puzzle Game

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:20:00 -0600

In the brain game Primary Colors players are presented with a grid of colored beads. By jumping bead over bead, every bead must be changed to red, green or blue. There are 24 built-in puzzles to try, or you can ask the computer to generate random puzzles, or even design your own puzzles and link to them from facebook, twitter or your blog.

Peg Solitaire

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:35:00 -0600

Peg Solitaire is a classic logic puzzle. At the start, you have a board full of pegs, with just one empty hole. The pegs jump over each other one by one, and when you jump over a peg, you remove it. The goal is to have just one peg left at the end. It's a very challenging puzzle, with very simple rules.

Volume Measuring Puzzle

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:30:00 -0500

The Volume Measuring Puzzle is a classic puzzle. The goal is to measure out the a certain volume of water. You have two cups you can use, unfortunately, neither cup is the correct size for the job! So you need to pour water from one cup to the other, and back to the water source repeatedly until finally one of the cups contains the correct amount. This web page contains two playable versions (one with two cups, one with three) and some tips for offline play.

Mancala

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:50:00 -0500

Play Mancala Online at this page! Mancala is a traditional game, played in many variations (with many different names) all over the world. This online mancala game lets you pit your wits against your computer - making the computer as smart or as silly as you like first, of course! The rules of mancala are simple - pick up some seeds out of a hole on your side of the board, then drop them one by one in successive holes around the board.

Interval Of Time Worksheets

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:40:00 -0500

Get Interval Of Time Worksheets here - as many as you need, all different if you like. This worksheet generator allows you to create randomized worksheets, but still bookmark a particular worksheet (and its solutions) so that you can come back to it later. The worksheets cover adding or subtracting an amount of time to a particular time of day, or finding the time interval between two times of day.

Worksheets for Multiplying and Dividing by Powers Of 10

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:21:00 -0500

Does someone need Practice Multiplying Or Dividing By Ten, Hundred or a Thousand? This worksheet generator lets you create as many practice questions as you like for manipulating powers of 10. Create easy or difficult worksheets, long or short ones, or even create individual worksheets for each member of your classroom to prevent copying...

Printable Sudoku

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0500

Use this Printable Sudoku Generator to create as many printable sudoku puzzles as you like, or download the ones I've already generated for you. You can choose the difficulty level, the number of puzzles to print, and whether or not to print the solutions.

Play Sudoku Online

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0600

Want to play sudoku online? You can at this page. The page also has links to some printable sudoku for kids, and a sudoku solver. If you're a sudoku fan, make sure you visit this page and try out the puzzles it provides. Puzzles can be symmetric, and there are five difficulty levels.

Sudoku For Kids

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0600

One of my former math lecturers made a set of Sudoku Puzzles for Kids. Each printable puzzle has clues, showing which squares are the easiest to fill in first. It provides a good guide for helping kids get started solving sudoku puzzles.

Printable Color Switcher

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:35:00 -0600

To complement the online version, I've prepared a Printable Version of Color Switcher. Color Switcher is a puzzle game - you start with some beads on a board, and the goal is to change the colors of all the beads using a series of jumps. This web page has ideas for how you can prepare your own color switcher puzzle set, and has links to printable puzzle booklets with dozens of puzzles to try to solve.

Color Switcher

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:35:00 -0600

Color Switcher is a single-player puzzle game. A collection of colored beads is arranged on the board. Jump over a bead and it changes color. Can you switch the color of every bead on the board? This game, playable online, comes with hundreds of pre-set puzzles for you to match your wits against. Have fun!