Primary Games and Puzzles for Summer 2021
Seeing Squares
Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a square.
Less Is More
Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?
First Connect Three
Add or subtract the two numbers on the spinners and try to complete a row of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?
Got It
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
Junior Frogs
Have a go at this well-known challenge. Can you swap the frogs and toads in as few slides and jumps as possible?
Incey Wincey Spider
You'll need two dice to play this game against a partner. Will Incey Wincey make it to the top of the drain pipe or the bottom of the drain pipe first?
Factors and Multiples Game
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
Dicey Operations in Line
Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?
The Remainders Game
Play this game and see if you can figure out the computer's chosen number.
Countdown
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
Train Tactics
A train building game for two players. Can you be the one to complete the train?
Treasure Hunt
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
Fruity Totals
In this interactivity each fruit has a hidden value. Can you deduce what each one is worth?
The Number Jumbler
The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?
Four Go
This challenge is a game for two players. Choose two of the numbers to multiply or divide, then mark your answer on the number line. Can you get four in a row?
Dicey Perimeter, Dicey Area
In this game for two players, you throw two dice and find the product. How many shapes can you draw on the grid which have that area or perimeter?
Tug of War
Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?
Missing Multipliers
What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?
Play to 37
In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
Nice or Nasty
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Board Block Challenge
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
Strike it Out
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
Stop the Clock
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?
The Twelve Pointed Star Game
Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more likely to win?
Board Block
Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?
Dotty Six
Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.
Reach 100
Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.
Escape from the Castle
Skippy and Anna are locked in a room in a large castle. The key to that room, and all the other rooms, is a number. The numbers are locked away in a problem. Can you help them to get out?
A First Product Sudoku
Given the products of adjacent cells, can you complete this Sudoku?
