Free maths games

What makes a good maths game

A good maths game gives you a reason to work out a number. You count ladybirds to fill a garden, cut a pizza into quarters for a customer or race a clock for a higher streak. The sum is the same as on a worksheet, but now something happens when you get it right.

The maths games on Kiloo cover a wide range. Four of them are learning games for ages four to ten, each with three levels marked 4+, 6+ and 8+, so a child can start with counting to five and move on to times tables, fractions and the hundred square. They have no clock and no way to fail, need little or no reading, and reward practice with stars and a sticker book. The other two suit older children and grown-ups: a fast quiz against the clock and a number puzzle about powers of two.

Maths games to start with

For the youngest players, Number Garden is the place to begin. A friendly snail acts out every task while you count creatures, plant as many seeds as the sign shows and put number stones in order. At the higher levels it moves on to one more and one less, tens and ones, a hundred square and skip counting.

Sum Slide is mental arithmetic on a snowy mountain. A sum appears on the signpost, three penguins hold up answer cards, and the right one whooshes down its slide. It starts with adding within ten using dots and reaches times tables, sharing and make-the-target puzzles. Fraction Pizza has a chef mouse who needs help with orders: cut pizzas and cakes into fair halves, thirds, quarters, sixths and eighths, compare two shares and slide a slice along a number line from 0 to 1. Clock Shop teaches telling the time. An owl runs the shop, customers bring a time on a card, and you drag the hands round until the clock chimes, from o'clock and half past up to exact minutes and 24-hour clocks.

For older players, Maths Blitz flips sums onto a split-flap board and gives you sixty seconds. It has five modes, including a Daily set and a two-player Duel, and ten levels from adding inside twenty to percentages and negative answers. 2048 is a calmer puzzle: slide the tiles, merge matching pairs into the next power of two and keep going until you build a 2048 tile.

Controls and tips for parents

Every maths game works with a mouse, a keyboard or a finger. In the learning games you click or tap to count and pick answers and drag to move stones, cards, slices and clock hands. Number keys pick an answer in Number Garden, Sum Slide and Clock Shop. In Maths Blitz you type the digits and press Enter, or tap one of four buttons. In 2048 the arrow keys or a swipe slide every tile at once, and U undoes a move.

If your child gets an answer wrong in Sum Slide, a number line, fish on plates or a glowing penguin helps them see why. Each learning game has a learned meter for every level, which is a simple way to see when it is time to move up. A daily sticker in all four gives a reason to come back for a short session.

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