Fun Math Games & Puzzles

Please note that the name of the game is a link and it will download the instructions as a PDF.  The Spanish translation is sometimes contained in the same document as the English translation, you may need to scroll down.  Some of the PDF’s have additional links inside them for game boards.

Tenga en cuenta que el nombre del juego es un enlace y descargará las instrucciones en formato PDF. La traducción al español a veces está contenida en el mismo documento que la traducción al inglés, es posible que deba desplazarse hacia abajo. Algunos de los PDF tienen enlaces adicionales dentro de ellos para tableros de juegos.

 

GRADE LEVEL A C T I V I T Y E N   E S P A Ñ O L D E S C R I P T I O N HOW MANY PLAYERS?
1-6 Which Number Wins? ¿Qué número gana? Practice addition; learn about probability of two-dice sums 1+
1-6 Two-Dice Sums Sumas de dos dados Practice mental addition and learn about probability 2+
2-6 Criss-Cross El juego del Criss-Cross Draw line segments between dots without intersecting 2+
3-6 Squaring & Subtracting Puzzles Acertijos de cuadrados y resta Add/subtract to find dimensions of squares inside rectangle 1+
3-6 Palindrome Grab! El juego de agarrar palíndromos Play with checkers, remove palindromes in sequence 2
3-6 Super Tic Tac Toe Super juego del gato Play 9 games of Tic Tac Toe to win 3 in a row 2
4-6 Game of Pig Juego de Cerdo Practice mental addition and strategic thinking 2+
4-6 Difference Engine La Maquina de restrar Repeat the subtraction process between end points of squares 1+
4-6 Star Polygons Polygonos estrella Build star polygons using a continous path 1+
4-6 Cookie Monster El Monstruo come galletas Help Cookie Monster follow math rules to eat cookies 1+
4-6 ConHex ConHex Build a path across the game board through hexagons and polygons 2
5-6 Switching Light Bulbs Cambiando focos Follow math rules to determine which light bulbs would be on/off 1+
5-6 Primes in Evenland Primos en Evenland Visit Evenland, where there is no number one 1+
5-6 Music with Math   Did you know
that every song has Math behind it! Let’s explore that idea.		 1+
5-6 Tower of Hanoi La torre de Hanoi – y mas alla Move disks from one rod to another 1+
6 Make Your Own Tower of Hanoi Construyendo tu propia torre de Hanoi Construct a Tower of Hanoi (requires ADULT SUPERVISION) 1+
6 Estimation Games Juegos de estimación Have fun estimating with pennies 1+
4-5 Judy’s Fractions Las fracciones de Judy Reinforce understanding of fractions and mixed numbers 3-8
4-5 Fraction Flip It Voltea la fraccion Use a deck of playing cards to create and multiply fractions 3-5
3-5 How Long? How Many? ¿Cuánto tiempo? ¿Cuántos? Game of probability and strategy using Cuisenaire Rods 2+
3-5 Fraction Wall Game Juego de pared de fracción Practice equivalent fractions with unlike denominators 2
3-4 Fraction Fiasco Fiasco de fracciones Add and subtract fractions using a common denominator 2-4
3-4 Fraction Kit Games Juegos con el kit de fracciones Create a fraction kit to use with a variety of activities 2-6
K-8 Acing Math Card Games Juegos de cartas de matemáticas Over 60 math card games for various age levels 1-6