Strategy Games

The Nrich website has lots of great strategy game to play. Some just have the rules so you can play against a friend, others have an online version so you can play against the computer!

Femto

Nim

Nim-7

Achi

Traffic lights

Daisy

Sumo

Two stones

Square it

Got it

Factors and multiples

Logo

Here's a great logo program.

It's a good idea to start your program with:

clear
home

This way the screen will clear and the turtle with return home before starting to draw your shape.

Telling the time

Stop the clock 1 - match analogue to digital (o'clock, half-past)

Stop the clock 2 - match analogue to digital (o'clock, half-past, quarter past and to)

Stop the clock 3 - match analogue to digital (5 minute increments)

Stop the clock 4 - match analogue to digit (all increments)

Time 1 – pairs game - match analogue to digit (5 minute increments)

Bang on time – stop the clock at the correct time (12 hr analogue)

Addition practise

Two 1-digit numbers

A 2-digit number and a 1-digit number

Two 2-digit numbers

Two 3-digit numbers

Two 4-digit numbers (or more!)

Three or more numbers with 4 or more digits

Up to 5-digit numbers

Addition practice

A variety of basic addition practice here (select Numeracy and number facts).

Pascal's Triangle

Some of the children in year 6 have been finding out about Pascal's Triangle. Each number is made by adding the two numbers above it. There are loads of different patterns that can be found when the triangle gets bigger. Check out this website for some of them.

Fraction games

Frosty fractions - game for 2 players - add fractions (halves, quarters, eighths) by converting fractions to those with common denominator. If the answer is an improper fraction it needs to be converted to a mixed number.

Melvin's make a match - match fractions to pictures - they start easy then get harder including equivalent fractions.

Dolphin racing - choose the biggest fraction to race your dolphin and move it the furthest each go (2 levels)

Tug team fractions - compare fractions using <, > and =

Dirt bike proportions - play with up to 4 player (you join a game or create one for others to join) - equivalent fractions

Ratio blaster - finding equal ratios

Bridge builders - use what you know about equivalent fraction etc to help fill the gaps in the path (it gets harder!)

Triplets - match equivalent fractions and pictures of fractions (each round gets harder!)

Escape from fraction manor - solving fraction puzzles

Spring flowers - a game for 1 or 2 player - using halves, quarters and eighths