Ready for a challenge?

Keep your brain in shape this summer by taking advantage of these great math websites.

Make sure you do not work only on the exercises you feel comfortable with. In order to be challenged and stretched, you need to review a variety of exercises! We recommend that you record how long you spend on each site.

There are different sections so that you can try a different section each day. Go back to a previous section after a few days.

CoolMath.com (Find great games, lessons and other fun stuff)

http://www.coolmath.com/home.htm

A+ Math (Flashcards on basic facts & other review activities)

http://www.aplusmath.com/

Games Wheel

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/gameswheel.html

The Fruit Game (Practice Logical thinking and discovering patterns)

http://www.2020tech.com/fruit/

Simple Coordinates Game

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/pcoords/index.html

GameQuarium.com

http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm

Pattern Blocks (Exploring Fractions & Shapes)

http://arcytech.org/java/patterns/

Cinthia Lanius Fractals (games & activities) (Double click on “The Mandelbrot Set” to see the fractal image change)

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/index.html

Fun Brain (Arcade Style Game)

http://www.funbrain.com/

Figure This! Math Challenges for Families

http://www.figurethis.org/

The Place Value Game

http://education.jlab.org/placevalue/index.html

Create a Graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

ImagiWare Game Zone (Interactive Challenges & Games)

http://www.imagiware.com/index_funandgames.html

Basket Math Interactive (Practice Basic Skills at different levels)

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html

Kids.com (Tangram Games)

http://www.kidscom.com/games/tangram/tangram.html

Word Problems for Kids (arranged by grade level)

http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html

Interactive Math – 36 Games and Puzzles (Start with the visual illusions)

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml

Math Cats (Games & Activities)

http://www.mathcats.com/contents.html

Maze Game

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/coords/index.html

Ohio Math Works (Links Math with Careers)

http://www.ohiomathworks.org/

The Lemonade Stand Game

http://www.lemonadestandgame.com/

If you forgot how to do something, try these sites to get extra help or to review a concept:

1. Ask Dr. Math

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

2. Tricks for Learning Math:

http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.tricks.html

3. Math Lessons that are Fun:

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/

4. Mrs. Glosser´s Math Goodies (Lessons on Number Theory)

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol3.html

5. Visual Fractions (A tutorial that models fractions with number lines or circles)

http://www.visualfractions.com/

6. Pre-Algebra and Algebra Lessons & Games

http://www.321know.com/alg.htm

7. Free Math Help

http://www.freemathhelp.com/

Try These if You Want An Additional Challenge:

A. MathCounts (Try these great challenging problems!) http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=196&z=60

B. Math League

http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm

C. Mrs. M’s Math Mania

http://www.tlgrant.r9esd.k12.or.us/math/magill/mania/mathmani.html

Click HERE to read a letter to parents from the Middle School Math Coordinator.

If you have questions or comments about this site, please email Mrs. Garcia at mgarcia@dccs.org.