Improve your students’ math facts with this magical missing number game.  By selecting the missing multiplier to complete the equation, kids practice their math skills and build their algebraic thinking. Multiplication and division won’t be so tricky after solving these math equations.

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Can you beat the clock?

Add a bit of excitement to learning multiplication facts with this fun game. The timer element puts just the right amount of pressure on students without making the game impossible.

To play the magic multiply game, simply answer the multiplication problem at the top of the screen by clicking on the correct number. Make sure you find the answer before the timer runs out! You may have to move around the playing area to find the correct answer. With a wide range of answers, students really need to know their facts! Once you find it, the magician, Kilala, will cast a magic spell to create a treasure for you. How many gems can you collect? Each time you answer correctly, your score in the top left-hand corner will increase. If the timer runs out, your score will be erased and you’ll have to start a new game.

This online multiplication game is best for students who have had some practice with multiplication. The timer helps encourage quick thinking for students who need to polish their multiplication facts. With this skill under their belts, students will be ready for multiple-digit multiplication problems and division.

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Get ready to lasso some cows, cowboys and cowgirls! This western-themed online multiplication game is great for introducing this important topic in math.

To play, aim and click to lasso and catch the cows. But, watch out for the bulls! If you accidentally hit a bull, the level will start over. So, giddy up and catch the cows, which will be displayed in an array. Then, count up the cows or multiply to find the correct answer. Each level will grow more challenging with the addition of more bulls and cows moving at different speeds.

Encourage students to use repeated addition and skip counting when determining the number of cows. This helps students understand multiplication on a concrete level. For example, ask students:

• How many cows are in each row? How many rows are there? Can you multiply to get the answer?
• Can you add each row, one after the other (eg. 3+3=6, 6+3=9)?
• Can you use skip counting to count the cows (eg. 4,8,12)?

With this approach, you can use this beginner multiplication game as a fun and engaging way to introduce multiplication. Simply project your screen and walk your students through the various ways to determine the number of cows in the array. Students will love taking turns lassoing a cow! Afterward, students can play the game individually for extra practice.

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Start your engines! It’s time for a race. In this fun game, students practice skip counting.

To play, simply solve the addition equations below the racetrack by clicking on the correct number on the track. If your answer is correct, your truck will advance. If not, your truck will move back one turn. Hurry and answer the questions to beat the other truck! Each level is slightly more difficult than the one before.

Skip counting is an essential math skill that lays the ground for multiplication. With this game, students can practice skip counting with the support of a number line. Using the number line, students can count the additional squares to add to the previous number. The addition equations make the process of skip counting clear for students. Finally, the fun of racing encourages students to build fluency.

Use this fun game as a center, fast finisher work, or during a rainy recess day. You could even assign it as homework! No matter how you use it, this online skip counting game will help your students learn.

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Be a pinball wizard with this fun multiplication game. Use the yellow buttons to bonk the monsters, then answer a question about them using multiplication. Teachers trust Toy Theater to provide safe & effective educational games for elementary school classrooms.

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Start your engines! It’s time to play an exciting multiplication race car game.

Will your car be able to beat the others?

In this game, answer multiplication problems to give your car a boost of speed. For each problem, you’re presented with four possible answers. If you answer incorrectly, your car won’t move faster. Once you win the race, attempt the next level! Or, if the other car wins, you can try the level again. There are five total levels, with each competing racecar getting faster and faster. Can you beat all five levels?

Students need lots of multiplication practice to build fluency. This race car game helps make this important task fun and interesting! Once students master their multiplication facts, they’ll be prepared to conquer more difficult math skills. Assign this online multiplication game as homework, or have early finishers play it to reinforce their knowledge.

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Are you looking for a fun way to learn multiplication facts? Bring out this fun space-themed game to make learning the times tables exciting and engaging.

Here’s how to play Mission Multiply. Your goal is to destroy the meteors by shooting them with a missile. First, aim at a meteor by moving your rocket to the left or right using the arrows. Then, shoot a missile by selecting the correct answer to the multiplication equation written on the meteor. When you hit a meteor, you’ll earn points that are added to your score at the top of the screen. But, you’d better hurry! If the meteor hits your rocket, the game is over. If a meteor hits the bottom of the screen, the points will be subtracted from your score. You must maintain a score above zero to keep playing.

Mission multiply is a great game to play in small groups or to use as individual work in a math center. You might even assign mission multiply as homework! Once students master their multiplication facts, they’ll be ready to move on to more complex multiplication problems, division, and more. This times table game adds some pizazz to multiplication practice so that students are engaged and excited to learn. Plus, as the game advances, students must answer faster and faster to keep up, which reinforces fluency.

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It can be tricky to evaluate students’ knowledge of basic math operations. Sometimes, students copy each other’s answers. Or, some students are at different levels of mastery than others. Our math tests make it easy to meet each student where they are and evaluate their progress.

To get started, choose the type of operation you want to test and the range of numbers you’d like to use in the operations. For example, to test basic times tables, choose “Multiplication” and “1 to 9”. Selecting “1-19” will involve multiplying two-digit numbers. Then, a unique set of 16 problems are displayed on the screen. Students select each problem and choose the correct answer from four possible answers. When they’re ready, they select “done” and see their test results. Any wrong answers will be highlighted in white, and students can click on the problem to see the correct answer.

As students learn more, you can slowly give them harder and harder assessments and track their progress. Plus, students can complete the tests on their own as practice!

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Have fun digging into a math mine by solving multiplication & division equations. Smash through blocks to find hidden gems deeper in the mine’s layers.

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Are you trying to get your 3rd graders to learn their multiplication tables?

Or perhaps you are pushing your 1st graders to achieve fluency in addition and subtraction. When it comes to building math skills, knowing basic facts can make a big difference.

Once students know basic math facts, they can focus on analysis, critical thinking, and attempting more challenging work such as word problems.

Our online math flashcards offer the perfect practice for students of a wide range of levels. All you have to do to practice basic math facts is select the operation on the left hand side. Then, the student must choose the correct answer for each flashcard. Their score is kept at the top of the screen, helping motivate students to try to get as many answers correct as possible. Students can cycle through the operations as desired and still keep their scores. Refresh the browser to restart the score.

Play the flashcard game as a whole class by having students vote on answers or use it for independent work. Any way you use the online math flashcards, your students are sure to love it!

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