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Math Playground
By Math Playground LLC. Visit Math Playground
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
A long-running website of free math games, logic puzzles, word-problem stories and brain-break games for kindergarten through grade 6. A child picks a game by grade or topic, such as fractions, times tables or addition, and plays in the browser with no account. The free site is paid for by ads; teachers and families can pay to remove them. A separate paid site, Math Playground PLUS, adds academic games and tools for classrooms.
Our take: Handy for a few minutes of free math play at home or school; families who want no ads or a structured program should pay for ad-free or pick another tool.
Checked in a browser
A browser check on 2026-10-25: what loads, the ads and trackers we saw, and what a child meets first. Not a hands-on test.
| Child safety: 2 out of 5 | Programmatic ads from exchanges such as Amazon, Rubicon, OpenX and Criteo loaded before any consent; one ad slot was on the home page. |
|---|---|
| Data: 1 out of 5 | 8 known ad networks (Amazon, Google, Rubicon, OpenX, Criteo, The Trade Desk, plus RTB House and Yahoo) and the Lotame data broker (crwdcntrl.net) fired on the first visit. |
| Ease: 4 out of 5 | A tidy grid of game pictures sorted by grade (K to 6+), though names are cut off on a phone. |
| Cost honesty: 3 out of 5 | 'Subscribe', 'Sign In' and 'Go Ad-Free!' appear at the top, and some games carry a lock icon (Math Adventure X). |
What we found
- 37 third-party hosts on 28 sites; 23 cookies, 6 of them from outside ad domains (criteo.com, openx.net, adsrvr.org, doubleclick.net, turn.com, yahoo.com).
- crwdcntrl.net (Lotame, a data broker) was contacted before consent.
- The ad label reads 'Advertisement | Go Ad-Free!', linking to the paid plan.
- A padlock marks at least one game in the Math Challenges row.
From the test: Good-looking math games by grade, but the first visit loads 8 ad networks and a data broker, and nudges toward a paid ad-free plan.
| Ages it suits | about 5-12 (grades K-6) |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | Not stated in terms. The privacy policy says the site collects no personal information from children and has no contests or chat. (terms) |
| Price | Free, with paid extras. Free with ads (Oct 2026). Ad-free access is $10 a month or $60 a year; Math Playground PLUS is $60 a year. |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | No account needed |
| Ads | Yes |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI. |
What's good
- Free, no sign-up, works on school computers
- Large set of games sorted by grade and topic
- No chat and no data collected from kids
- Good for quick practice or brain breaks
Watch for
- Ads appear on the free site, including in front of children
- Many games are arcade-style, with light math
- No learning path or progress tracking on the free site
Data and privacy
The site says it collects no names or emails from children and uses cookies and IP addresses only for site operations, analytics and contextual (not behavioral) ads from one ad partner that must follow COPPA. There are no chat features. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No studies found; the maker's own description of the games is the only claim.
In the Big Index
- On the list Top 50 free game sites for kids (2026)
- On the list 20 best free learning game sites for kids
- On the list 20 best math games for kids (apps, web and board)
- Math Playground
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Where these facts come from
- https://www.mathplayground.com/
- https://www.mathplayground.com/privacy_policy.html
- https://www.mathplayground.com/terms_of_service.html
- https://www.mathplayground.com/subscribe.html
- https://www.mathplayground.com/about.html
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