Math Games for Kids

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   1. Kids Math Easy

   Entry-level sums aimed at children who are still counting on their fingers. Small numbers, plenty of repetition, and no pressure to move up before they are ready.

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   2. Comparing Numbers? – Quick Math Game

   Pick which of two numbers is larger, again and again, with the pace picking up. Straight practice for the greater-than idea before the symbols arrive at school.

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   3. Find the Missing Number

   A sequence appears with one number blanked out and your child fills the gap. Useful practice for counting patterns and, later, for skip counting.

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   4. Math Multiply Two

   Times table practice built around choosing between answers, so a child who is unsure still has a route in. Fits the seven-to-ten stretch when tables are being memorised.

All 117 games shown here are free and play instantly in the browser — on phones, tablets and Chromebooks.

Matching a game to what your child is learning

The quickest way to use this collection is to choose by skill rather than by artwork. Counting and number-recognition games suit reception and kindergarten, addition and subtraction fit roughly ages 6 to 8, and times tables plus comparison games land around ages 8 to 10.

Sudoku and number-merge boards sit above all of that and are better thought of as logic practice than as arithmetic. They are often the ones that keep an older child interested once basic sums have stopped being interesting.

How much of this counts as real practice

These games are supplementary. These games repeat the same number facts over and over, but nothing here follows a school curriculum, and nothing is marked or tracked. Treat them as extra repetitions, not as a measure of how a child is doing. Ten minutes of number-fact practice while dinner cooks is the realistic use case.

If a child is struggling with one specific topic, treat the games as extra repetitions around whatever their teacher has already set, rather than as a replacement for it. Our guide to educational games for kids covers the same idea across other subjects.