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{{Infobox website
| name = Cool Math Games
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| screenshot = File:Cool Math Games screenshot.png
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| caption = A screenshot of ''www.coolmathgames.com'' on September 5, 2020.
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| location_city = [[New York City]]
| location_country = U.S.<ref name="whois">{{Cite web |title=Coolmathgames.com WHOIS lookup |url=https://who.is/whois/coolmathgames.com |url-status=live |access-date=2020-09-05 |website=who.is |archive-date=2023-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404075659/https://who.is/whois/coolmathgames.com }}</ref>
| industry = Education
| parent = Coolmath.com, LLC
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'''Cool Math Games''' (branded as '''Coolmath Games'''){{efn|The name spelling is often alternated between, though this is the name used on company documents.}} is an online [[web portal]] that hosts [[HTML]] and [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] web [[browser game]]s targeted at children and young adults. Cool Math Games is operated by Coolmath LLC and first went online in 1997 with the slogan: "Where logic & thinking meets fun & games.".<ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://www.coolmathgames.com/about-us|title=About Us|website=Coolmath Games|access-date=2019-09-13|archive-date=2019-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913203730/https://www.coolmathgames.com/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uu.nl/onderzoek/freudenthal-instituut|title=Freudenthal Instituut|date=2014-07-09|website=Universiteit Utrecht|language=nl|access-date=2019-09-13|archive-date=2019-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114224119/https://www.uu.nl/onderzoek/freudenthal-instituut|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Harbison |first=Cammy |date=2019-06-03 |title=No, Cool Math Games Isn't Shutting Down: Company Confirms Adobe Flash 2020 Shutdown Won't Kill The Site |url=https://www.newsweek.com/cool-math-games-shutting-down-players-fear-adobe-flash-2020-shutdown-will-end-favorite-1441919 |access-date=2019-09-13 |website=Newsweek |language=en |archive-date=2021-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104104315/https://www.newsweek.com/cool-math-games-shutting-down-players-fear-adobe-flash-2020-shutdown-will-end-favorite-1441919 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/5/18653689/coolmath-games-shutting-down-hoax-rumor|title=Despite rumors, Cool Math Games is not shutting down in 2020|last=Haasch|first=Palmer|date=2019-06-05|website=Polygon|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06|archive-date=2019-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905215340/https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/5/18653689/coolmath-games-shutting-down-hoax-rumor|url-status=live}}</ref> The site maintains a policy that it will only host games that the operators believe are [[non-violent]] and [[education]]al and is partnered with '''coolmath.com''' and '''coolmath4kids.com'''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="about" />
In November 2019, ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' listed Cool Math Games as one of its "50 most important websites" since the internet was created.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/web/a29666144/favorite-websites/|website=[[Popular Mechanics]]|date=1 November 2019|access-date=22 November 2019|title=The Sites That Mean the Most to Us|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212003651/https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/web/a29666144/favorite-websites/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2022, Coolmath Coding<ref>{{Cite web |last=Co |first=Sandbox & |date=2022-09-20 |title=Sandbox Launches Coolmath Coding to Teach Kids How to Code |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519278/0/en/Sandbox-Launches-Coolmath-Coding-to-Teach-Kids-How-to-Code.html |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172922/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519278/0/en/Sandbox-Launches-Coolmath-Coding-to-Teach-Kids-How-to-Code.html |url-status=live }}</ref> was launched to teach kids how to code in [[Roblox]] and [[Minecraft]].
==History==
===Shutdown hoax===
===Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic===
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Cool Math Games' popularity has
==Reception==
Coolmath Games has received generally positive reception. ''[[The Daily Dot]]'' called the website's library of content
==See also==
*[[Fireboy and Watergirl]]
==References==
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[[Category:Browser-based game websites]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1997]]
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