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(Site designed by Charyl Kerns Hills & supported by Council Rock's Math Specialists)

8/20/10

Lego Designs Try these designs by the month.
Build a Castle Create from stone, ice, or sand.
Sandcastle Builder Test your building skills without the mess of sand.
Surf's Up * Primary maze.
$100 Word Calculator Continue the search from Dana's Fun Night. GO DANA!!
Animal See Saw Don't tip the scale in this Count ON strategy game for 2.
CastleMouse 2000 An advanced logic game of cat, mouse, & more.
Code Breaker Turn all 25 lights on by breaking the code.
Lemonade Stand Test your business sense in honor of Alex's Lemonade Stand.
Math Cats Great math thinking games.
Rush Hour Logic sliding puzzle game.
More Rush Hour More versions of this classic.
Traffic Jam Help people exchange places from Math Forum.
Wally's Stock Ticker Learn about stocks.
   
   Classics  
Coolmath Concentration Memory concentration game.
Illuminations Concentration Multiple math concept versions.
Hare & Hounds French board game.
Blobs New version solitaire peg game.
Copy Cat Jack! New spin on Simon.
IQ Classic solitaire peg game.
Marbles Classic strategy game with a new twist.
Memory Concentration Memory concentration game.
Senet From the British Museum-an ancient Egyptian game.
Simon Classic memory game.
Slide Puzzle  Classic slide puzzle from 8 to 99 numbers.
Slider Traditional sliding Buddha puzzle.
More Sliders Electronic sliding puzzles.
Summer Slide * Timed summer slide puzzle.
Snakes & Ladders Classic counting board game for 1 or 2.
Sokoban Strategy game from Japan.
Towers of Hanoi Classic logic puzzle with 3 pegs.
   
SET A game of attributes & visual perception.
New York Times SET 4 new puzzles daily.
Quiddler Short word game.
Xactika Card game of predictions & estimation.
Pour to Score Capacity thinking game.
Math Fun  2 brain teasers from Let's Read Math.
   
   Bridges  
Brainbasher Bridges Daily logic puzzle connect the islands.
   
   Connect 4  
Connect 4 Electronic version.
Drop Digit Drop An electronic Connect 4 with palindromes.
   
Cryptarithms  
J. Soares's Cryptarithms Try 90 puzzles.
   
  Invent!  
Inventors' Workshop Log in at PBS to create inventions.
 I Was Wondering Science games promoting women scientists.
   
  Jigsaw Puzzles   
Coolmath Puzzles Early primary jigsaw puzzles.
   
  Kakuro  
Brain Basher Kakuro Daily timed puzzle with combinations given.
Kakuro Online 4 challenging levels to play on the computer.
Kakuro Another interactive version with 3 levels.
   
  Kenkuro  
KenKen NY Times 6 new puzzles daily.
Mathdoku More Ken Ken with 4 levels.
   
   
  Logic  
Flower for Marti Use logic to help Marti Mouse.
Frog Puzzle* Devise a strategy to cross frogs.
Goat Crossing Safely cross the goats.
Guess My Number Primary number riddle game.
Logic Zoo Put the wacky animals back in Logic Zoo.
Pico.. Guess the number with Pico, Fermi, Bagels.
Puzzler's Paradise Interactive logic problems.
   
  Mancala  
Mancala Snails Challenge a friend or computer with this African strategy game.
Mancala Online* Version from Math Playgroud.
   
   MasterMind  
Crack the Code An electronic Mastermind.
 Master Mind Version from Fun Corner allows you 8 guesses.
NLVM Master Mind Try this version from Utah State.
   
   
  Nim  
Disc Nim Nim with 36 discs.
Nim Challenge the computer with 16 Nim playing pieces.
Nim Coins Try Nim with 14 pennies.
Proton Nim Nim with protons. Try on various levels.
Matchstick Nim Try 3 levels of Nim with 21 matchsticks.  Reversed versions can also be played.
Scaredy Cats Nim with cats in a 4 x 4 array. Created by W. Petti
   
  Pentominoes   
Pentomino Challenges  Electronic pentomino puzzles.
Pentomino Square Create a square with pentominoes.
   
  Pic-a-Pix  
Pic-a-Pix  Logic puzzles from Conceptis.
   
  Sudoku  
Count On Sudoku 5 levels of daily puzzles.
JigSawdoku  Use color in this 6 x 6 puzzle.
Kids Shape Sudoku Printable shape Sudoku puzzles.
Sudoku 4 challenging levels to play on the computer or print out.
Sudoku Spoiler Solves any Sudoku puzzle & times itself.
   
  Tetris  
Tetris An electronic version.
Math Cats Tetris Another electronic version.
Math Playground Tetris A new version to try.
   
  Toothpick Puzzles  
 Learning Tree Puzzles Matchstick (toothpick) puzzles from the UK.
  Venn Diagrams  
Oops Hoops I SPY challenge with hoops.
   
   Yahtzee  
Electronic Yahtzee Solitary interactive version.
   
   
Aunty Math Puzzles every other week. [DuPage Children's Museum]
Brain Boosters Brain teasers from Discovery School.
Creativity Challenges PBS Parent Creativity Challenges.
Figure This! Math challenges by topic.
Kidprintables Brain Teasers Ages 8 and up.
nrich Monthly enriching games, puzzles, articles, etc.
Problem of the Week Math Contest from Columbus State.
Puzzler Puzzles from the Franklin Institute.
Word Problems for Kids Canada's SchoolNet site for grades 5 - 12.
   
   
   Math or Magic??  
Amazing Age An age card trick.
Calendar Magic Learn a calendar trick.
Magic Gopher * Decide math or magic.
Mysterious Mind Reader Follow online directions for some "magic."