Check out these Web sites for interactive math activities that may help improve your kids' grades:
Funbrain
A trip to this site’s Math Arcade begins with choosing a skill level from first through eighth grade. Players must then beat the games in a certain order to advance and win.
Multiplication.com
Titles such as "Timez Attack" and "Space Shuttle" put an element of adventure into learning math facts.
PrimaryGames.com
In Math Search, kids must first solve the equation and then find it in a grid of numbers, Word Search style. Also on tap is Sudoku, the hot logic game that even grownups can’t get enough of. All games are timed for added excitement.
Math Fact Cafe
Parents can print pre-made fact sheets or create their own. There’s also a spot where kids can work with online flash cards targeted to their skill level.
A+ Math
The game room includes a combination bingo-math game, a math version of hidden picture and the ever popular "Planet Blaster." The site also offers a homework helper, where students can input a problem and their answer, and the Helper will tell them whether they’re right.
Math Cats
In addition to unique games and cool math art projects, Math Cats offers a tool that allows students to figure out exactly how old they are down to the second.