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Below the listing of games that follows, you can find more detailed explanations of each game. 
About These GamesEntrapment: One of the most popular games on the site, Entrapment requires you to trap each of the computer's red dots midway between two of your gray dots. Some puzzles have several solutions.Adders!: This addictive little 'arcade' style game is popular among students. You are a snake (an adder!), and you race around the game field gobbling up correct answers. But don't hit the walls, or yourself! Great for refreshing your memory on basic math facts. Subtraction Triangles: Rearrange the numbers in the inverted triangle so each number is the difference between the two numbers above it. This is a problem solving activity which can be quite challenging; even the "Easy" mode can be difficulty. One To Ten: If you've ever played the game 24, the premise of this game will be familiar. You'll be given four numbers, and you must combine those four numbers using multiplication, division, addition, subtraction (and exponents and parenthesis, if you want!) to form each of the numbers from one to ten. Great for practicing order of operation, this game is a favorite among school teachers My Secret Number: This is one of the very oldest games on the site. The computer picks a random number between 10 and 99. You must ask questions to determine what the secret number is. This game forces the player to think about a variety of math concepts, including: prime numbers, divisibility, perfect squares, and more. My Secret Number II: This is a variation on 'My Secret Number'. The computer's secret number has three digits, and the computer tells you all the information you need to determine the number. Great problem solving practice! Side By Side Math Puzzle: A set of three games in which you are given a list of seven numbers in a row, and you must rearrange the numbers according to the rule of the game. 'Side By Side' includes the following: Side By Side Addition, Side By Side Factors, and Side By Side Expert. Fraction Concentration: This is similar to the very familiar game of Concentration. Flip cards to find matches. Except, in this game, the matches don't look like matches. Matching cards have equivalent fractions. So you'll need to evaluate and reduce fractions. This game can be played as a one player game or a two player game. Magical Squares: In a magic square, all the numbers in each row, column and diagonal add up to the same number. In this game, the squares aren't magic, but they're still "magical". Each row and column adds to different numbers, but the challenge is the same: can you place the numbers so they add to the correct values? Fractional Hi-Lo: This game is similar to 'Hi-Lo', except that you are guessing fractions between 0 and 1. A bit more challenging, since you are dealing with both numerators and denominators! Math Scramble: Fill in the blanks in an addition problem or a multiplication problem to obtain the correct solution! There are two versions of this game: Addition Scramble and Math Scramble Monty Hall Game: Are you familiar with Monty Hall's Three Door Dilemma? It's an interesting probability question, and it's amazing how many people don't believe the truth when they hear it! Play the probability simulation to convince yourself of the truth. Tile Puzzler: This is a website in Virtu Software's family of Puzzler Websites. This family of sites also includes Quote Puzzler and The Puzzler Store. Ask Doug: Doug, the designer and administrator of this site occasionally fields questions about mathematics. Sometimes these questions arise as a direct result of playing the games on this site! The Puzzler Store: This is a great place to find out about fun educational games, and puzzles. All reviews are written by members in good standing at one or more of the Puzzler Sites. This site also includes the The Puzzler Blog. Site Features
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