Two-player math games for parent and child
MATH GAME FREE has free two-player games that a parent and child can play in the browser. Nothing to download, no ads, and you can play without an account.
Sit side by side and share one screen, or send a room link to a grandparent or a cousin far away. After a game, open the math page for that game and talk about why it ended the way it did.
If your child already plays on Cool Math Games or Math Playground, these are a different kind of math game. You play each one against another person, or against the computer when no one is around, and each one has a page on why the game works the way it does.
Kakooma
Ages 6+
Find the number that is the sum (or product) of two others. First to the goal wins.
Play Kakooma · The math inside Kakooma
Sprouts
Ages 6+
Two players take turns joining dots. A new dot grows on the line. Each dot allows three lines. Whoever plays last wins.
Play Sprouts · The math inside Sprouts
Franco maze
Ages 6+
Each of you builds a maze for the other, then walks it blind. Hit a wall and you lose the whole turn. First to the finish wins.
Play Franco maze · The math inside Franco maze
Ultimate tic-tac-toe
Ages 5+
Every cell of the big board hides a small tic-tac-toe. The cell you play sends your opponent to that board.
Play Ultimate tic-tac-toe · The math inside Ultimate tic-tac-toe
Penny Wise
Ages 6+
Put a coin down, take back a little less in change. The last one holding coins wins.