Third Grade Games and Activities
Number Sense	Arithmetic Four practices addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts Choose whole number addition hard OR whole number subtraction medium OR whole number multiplication and whole number division easy Hungry Frog students match the answer with the problem. (Parameters can be adjusted to very large number equations in all operations) Number Puzzles solve the puzzle by creating that same sum on each side with the given numbers Line Jumper - Number line activities Broken Calculator Number Line Multiplication Matho students are timed as they solve multiplication basic facts trying to get a Matho on a bingo board Hidden Picture a picture is hidden under products and revealed as students answer basic multiplication equations correctly Table Mountain Challenge students select a multiplier (or can choose mixed review) and solve 20 basic fact problems climbing toward the top of the mountain once they reach the top they can print a dated report listing the problems they missed (There is even 2 player Table Mountain Challenge) Factor Game (good for reinforcing the word factor) students pick a number then pick all of the factors of that number on a game board Product Game The Product Game is a fun interactive game that exercises your skill with factors and multiples. Timed Tables - Select your table and then try to answer 20 questions correctly in under 1 minute. Teachers this site provides a printable feedback sheet. Matching Game Match the products with the factors Magnetic Numbers (challenging) a basic multiplication facts activity Beat the Computer students race the computer to solve multiplication facts Baseball Multiplication Game students use dice to make multiplication facts Speed Math - Addition and Subtraction Fractions Naming Fractions Virtual Pattern Blocks - can be used for playing the Fraction Cookie Game at home
Measurement	Measure It students use a centimeter or inch ruler to measure line segments Ladybug Mazes students navigate through a maze using angles and arrow directions Perimeter and Area - measuring with a ruler Get the Turtle to thePond Time Telling Time Willy the Watch Dog students play in pairs on a game board, setting the time on a clock according to where they landed Beat the Clock students read clocks to the nearest 5 minutes Money Counting Change Matching students match the value of several coins with their total Ch-Ching students pretend to sell items to customers and figure out the change owed Exact Change Please students count out money to pay for an item Money Count students count actual coins and submit the total
Geometry	Tangrams with flips and turns Tangram Challenges helps with geometric shape terms Symmetry a tutorial of rotational and mirror symmetry with moving examples, but the Test Bite has a lot of questions Symmetry - pictures, interactive projects, descriptions
Algebra	Function Machine Mastermind Late Delivery simple equations with a variable in each Speed Math - Inequities Pan Balance - balancing equations model
General Links	Rainforest Maths - interactive activities Cyberchase - check out Games Central National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Math Forum - student center Math Dictionary For Kids Create a Graph SPLAT - interactive 100s chart: great for patterning, skip counting