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Equation Games for the Classroom

48 multiplayer math games that practice equation skills, for 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade and more. Students play together on one shared screen with no logins, and every game has a free demo.

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Screenshot of Algebra Wizards
Grades 6โ€“8 ยท Expressions & equations

Algebra Wizards

Cast Spark, Fireball and Lightning by simplifying expressions and solving equations. Duel other wizards, or team up to beat the Algebra Dragon with systems of equations.

Screenshot of Angle Avengers
Grades 7โ€“8 ยท Angles

Angle Avengers

Complementary, supplementary and vertical angles, parallel lines and triangle angles in a game-show showdown.

Screenshot of Around the World Math
Grades 3โ€“8 ยท Real-world problems

Around the World Math

Fly from Oklahoma to Japan, France, Kenya and more. Solve each trip's money, distance, time or measurement problem to earn a passport stamp, then race home.

Screenshot of Balance It!
Grades 7โ€“8 ยท Expressions & Equations

Balance It!

Play the right step card to keep the scale balanced. Miss, and the next player can steal the equation.

Screenshot of Beat the Buzzer
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Beat the Buzzer

The class shouts answers together to build a streak before the buzzer. Every right answer makes the clock a little faster. Can you beat the class record?

Screenshot of Circle Spinners
Geometry ยท Circles

Circle Spinners

Central and inscribed angles, tangents, arc length, sector area and equations of circles in a game-show spin.

Screenshot of Complex Cove
Algebra 2 ยท Radicals & Complex Numbers

Complex Cove

Radicals, rational exponents, radical equations and complex numbers in a game-show treasure cove.

Screenshot of Cornucopia Mystery Picture - One-Step Equations
Grades 6โ€“7 ยท Thanksgiving ยท One-step equations

Cornucopia Mystery Picture - One-Step Equations

A self-checking Thanksgiving mystery picture. Students solve 12 one-step equations problems, and every correct answer reveals part of the picture. Easy, Medium and Hard levels, with new problems every time.

Screenshot of Escape Pods
Grade 8 ยท Practice game

Escape Pods

A single-player linear equations game for 8th grade. Solve multi-step equations to rescue the crew, sort equations into one, no, or infinitely many solution pods, and finish with a skills report for 8.EE.C.7a and 8.EE.C.7b.

Screenshot of Estimation Station
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Estimation Station

A picture flashes for a few seconds: a pile of apples, a shaded bar or a big multiplication. Students make their best estimate and the closest guess wins.

Screenshot of Fact Fiesta
Grades 1โ€“3 ยท Fact fluency

Fact Fiesta

A game show for addition and subtraction fluency: facts, strategies, fact families, missing numbers and bigger numbers.

Screenshot of Four Corners Math
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Four Corners Math

Four answers, four colored corners of the room. Students walk to the corner with the right answer before the timer runs out.

Screenshot of Function Frontier
Algebra 1 ยท Interpreting functions

Function Frontier

An Algebra 1 game show about reading functions: key features of graphs, average rate of change, comparing functions, interpreting expressions and story graphs.

Screenshot of Function Junction
Grades 7โ€“8 ยท Functions

Function Junction

Build the longest train by spotting functions and matching tables, graphs, equations and stories. Collect all five car types for a caboose bonus.

Screenshot of Harvest Scale
Grades 3โ€“8 ยท Thanksgiving ยท Algebra logic puzzles

Harvest Scale

The Thanksgiving edition of Scale Sleuths. Every pumpkin, pie, apple and ear of corn has a secret weight. Use the balanced market scales to figure out what each one weighs.

Screenshot of Laser Line Up
Algebra 1 ยท Linear Equations

Laser Line Up

Answer to charge your laser, then choose a slope and y-intercept to fire a line through as many targets as you can.

Screenshot of Logarithm Lodge
Algebra 2 ยท Logarithms

Logarithm Lodge

Logs and exponentials: log form, properties, solving equations, interest and growth with e. Ski down to the lodge.

Screenshot of Make It!
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Make It!

Four number cards and a target. Students use every card once, with any operations, to make the target, then stand up and shout โ€œMake it!โ€

Screenshot of Math Simon Says
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Math Simon Says

Simon says hop on one foot if 6 ร— 7 = 42! Students do the move only when Simon says it and the math is true. Trick rounds keep everyone listening.

Screenshot of Mystery Number
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Mystery Number

Clues appear one at a time: I'm even, I'm greater than 40, my digits add up to 9. Students stand up when they think they know the number.

Screenshot of Number Line Hop
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Number Line Hop

Students hop left and right on the spot to move a frog along the number line, then call out where it lands. Then watch the frog jump to check.

Screenshot of Pattern Freeze Dance
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Pattern Freeze Dance

Music plays and students dance while a number pattern builds on the screen. When the music stops, everyone freezes and calls out what comes next.

Screenshot of Proportion Pipes
Grade 7 ยท Practice game

Proportion Pipes

A single-player proportional relationships game for 7th grade. Test tables and graphs, find k, write y = kx, explain what points mean and match pipe pieces, then finish with a skills report for 7.RP.A.2.

Screenshot of Ratio Rummy
Grades 7โ€“8 ยท Ratios & Proportions

Ratio Rummy

Collect tables, graphs, equations and word cards that show the same unit rate. Call out the non-proportional imposters.

Screenshot of Rational Rescue
Algebra 2 ยท Rational Functions

Rational Rescue

Simplify and solve rational expressions and equations, asymptotes and holes, and work problems. Rescue every swimmer.

Screenshot of Reindeer Mystery Picture - Two-Step Equations
Grades 7โ€“8 ยท Christmas ยท Two-step equations

Reindeer Mystery Picture - Two-Step Equations

A self-checking Christmas mystery picture. Students solve 12 two-step equations problems, and every correct answer reveals part of the picture. Easy, Medium and Hard levels, with new problems every time.

Screenshot of Rock, Paper, Math
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Rock, Paper, Math

Partners count โ€œRock, paper, MATH!โ€ and throw out fingers, then race to add or multiply the two hands. The rule changes with each level.

Screenshot of Rule Rangers
Grade 6 ยท Dependent & independent variables

Rule Rangers

Claim squares by finding the rule: dependent and independent variables, tables, equations and graphs. Get 4 in a row to win.

Screenshot of Scale Sleuths
Grades 3โ€“8 ยท Algebra logic puzzles

Scale Sleuths

Crack balance-scale logic puzzles: every shape has a secret weight. Use the balanced scales to figure out what each mystery shape weighs.

Screenshot of Stand Up, Sit Down
Grades 1โ€“8 ยท Brain break

Stand Up, Sit Down

A math sentence appears on the screen. Students stand up if it's true and sit down if it's false, then the answer pops up.

Screenshot of Systems Showdown
Grade 8 & Algebra 1 ยท Systems of Equations

Systems Showdown

Solve systems of equations by graphing, substitution and elimination in a wild-west showdown.

Screenshot of Systems Showdown Thanksgiving Edition
Grade 8 & Algebra 1 ยท Thanksgiving ยท Systems of Equations

Systems Showdown Thanksgiving Edition

The Thanksgiving edition of Systems Showdown: solve systems by graphing, substitution and elimination with word problems about parade tickets, pie fundraisers and the drive to Grandma's.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: 1st Grade Math Review
Grade 1 ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: 1st Grade Math Review

A team review game for every 1st Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: 6th Grade Math Review
Grade 6 ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: 6th Grade Math Review

A team review game for every 6th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: 7th Grade Math Review
Grade 7 ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: 7th Grade Math Review

A team review game for every 7th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: 8th Grade Math Review
Grade 8 ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: 8th Grade Math Review

A team review game for every 8th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: Algebra 1 Math Review
Algebra 1 ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: Algebra 1 Math Review

A team review game for every Algebra 1 math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: Algebra 2 Math Review
Algebra 2 ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: Algebra 2 Math Review

A team review game for every Algebra 2 math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: Geometry Math Review
Geometry ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: Geometry Math Review

A team review game for every Geometry math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: Precalculus Math Review
Precalculus ยท Review game

Turf Takeover: Precalculus Math Review

A team review game for every Precalculus math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Screenshot of Turkey Trouble
Grades 6โ€“8 & Algebra 1 ยท Thanksgiving ยท Functions & input/output rules

Turkey Trouble

The Thanksgiving edition of What's My Rule? Feed numbers into the pie oven, study the last 10 inputs and outputs, then crack the secret recipe as an equation like 2x + 3 = y.

Screenshot of Unit Circle Spin
Precalculus ยท Unit Circle & Identities

Unit Circle Spin

Exact trig values, inverse trig, identities, sum and double-angle formulas, trig equations and the Laws of Sines and Cosines.

Screenshot of Weigh-In Pairs
Grades 3โ€“8 ยท Algebraic reasoning

Weigh-In Pairs

The gym scale only weighs two balls at a time. Use the pair readings to figure out what every ball weighs, with live needles that show when your numbers match.

Screenshot of What's My Rule?
Grades 6โ€“8 & Algebra 1 ยท Functions & input/output rules

What's My Rule?

Feed numbers into the rule machine, study the last 10 inputs and outputs, then crack the rule by writing it as an equation like 2x + 3 = y. Extreme mode adds exponents.

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