Check out some of the math board games available, such as the Addition board game, a race-to-the-end-first game with question squares that require players to solve addition math problems. The game's special cards can mean a player has to move forward, backward, skip a turn, get an extra turn or swap player pieces. The Times Table board game is played on the same board as the Addition game but requires players to solve multiplication tables instead of addition problems. These games are available through Dr. Mike's Math Games for Kids.
Printable math puzzle worksheets are available through teachers' resource sites such as The Teacher's Corner, Dr. Mike's Math Games for Kids and Super Teacher Worksheets. Puzzle worksheets include magic square worksheets featuring 40 magic square puzzles including three by three and eight by eight puzzles. Math cross number addition and subtraction puzzles and cross number multiply puzzles are also options as are spelling, sports and holiday-themed puzzles from sites like Soft Schools.
Play math games with the whole class such as Guess My Rule, an algebraic reasoning skills game for grades 2 to 5. Start by writing a number on the board, then applying a "secret rule" to the number. Write the rule on the board next to the number and have the students try to figure the rule out. Examples of secret rules include double the number and add one, subtract the number from 100, multiply the number by nine and divide the number by two and round up.
There are an endless variety of online math games for kids, such as Mathteroids, an asteroid shooting game. Kids must only shoot the multiples of the given number as their rocket ship zips through space or face "dire consequences," according to Dr. Mike's Math Games for Kids. Mastermind is an online game concerning logical deduction. The first player selects a secret code and the second player tries to guess the code. Following each guess the first player gives clues about how the second player did, such as how many digits in the code are correct.