"Math Fact Practice" is s game available at the Play Kids Games.com website. Players can select the type of problem they want to practice, such as addition, subtraction and multiplication. They can also select the difficulty: a set of easy questions can help them reinforce their knowledge while harder questions can challenge them. "Dynamic" difficulty changes the difficulty as they go. Kids can use the keyboard to type in their answer and click the "answer" button to input the answer. They can skip a problem if they want to. The game keeps track of correct answers, wrong answers and skipped answers. Students set the number of minutes they want to play before they start.
"Timenator" is a math game available at the Cool Math Games.com website. Use this game with very young students. Kids can pick from two different types of addition problems, from 1 through 10 problems to yardstick problems. The game displays a question students must answer. They type in the correct number and click the question mark button. The game will display a new question immediately. The game keeps track of the number of questions missed and the number right. Youngsters have one minute to play the game.
"ArtithmeTick" is a game that starts with 30 seconds to answer each round and rewards the player for extra time for right answers. Youngsters can play this game at the Arcade Diner.com website. They can choose from four difficulty levels: easy, normal, hard and genius. They click the boxes next to the four types of problems to select the types of problems and click start. They answer the questions by clicking on the number boxes with the mouse. The game automatically accepts the answer if it is right and clears it if it is wrong. Students should play as long as possible, with as few seconds spent on each problem as they can. Reach the end or run out of time, and they can post their score online to compete with other game players.
Write math problems on flash cards or buy a set of math flash cards for your classroom. Split these cards up among your students and have each student pair off with another student. Set a timer for two minutes and let your students go through the flash cards. Make them collect a pile of "right" and "wrong" cards. Repeat this process with the other teammate.
Another in class game can be "Math Fact Jeopardy." Split your class into three equal groups and give each group a small bell. Draw a "Jeopardy" gaming board on the blackboard and divide it into five groups of five questions. These groups should consist of categories such as "Addition" and "Multiplication." Assign points to each question ranging from 100 to 500 points. Write down a list of math facts from the math textbook and assign them points based on their difficulty. Harder questions should be worth more points. Award the answering team the question's points. Keep track of each team's points by writing them down on the blackboard. Give the winning team a small prize at the end of the game.