Practice games

Each game matches a lesson in your child's pathway. Choose the pathway, open the block you are working on, then find this week's lesson.

Every pathway game has three levels, a clue button and a short summary for your tutor at the end. Not sure which pathway your child is on? Just ask us.

A note on screen time

The Meta-Maths Method is built on discussion: talking through ideas, explaining thinking and solving problems together, face to face. These games are a light extra to keep skills ticking over between lessons, not a replacement for that. We recommend short sessions of 10 to 15 minutes on two or three days a week, and limiting your child's overall time on devices. The best sessions are the ones where you sit alongside them and ask, "How did you work that out?"

Foundational Understanding

Typically Years 3 to 4. 9 games across three blocks.

Block 1Building Number Sense
Weeks 1 and 2Representing Numbers and Partitioning
Part BuilderBuild numbers from base-10 blocks, then split them up in different ways.
Week 3Number Lines
Pin the NumberEstimate where numbers sit on a number line. (A Core Connections game.)
Week 5Mental Add/Subtract
Column HopFind 1, 10, 100 or 1,000 more or less, even when a column has to change.
Weeks 6 to 8Formal Addition, Formal Subtraction and Exchanging Focus
Exchange LabAdd and subtract in columns, exchanging when you need to.
Week 9Estimating & Checking
Column HopFind 1, 10, 100 or 1,000 more or less, even when a column has to change.
Week 10Patterns in Operations
Column HopFind 1, 10, 100 or 1,000 more or less, even when a column has to change.
Block 2Building Fluency and Connections
Weeks 1 and 2Equal Groups & Arrays and Commutativity & Inverse
Array MakerBuild arrays, turn them round and find the fact family.
Week 3Divide as Sharing/Grouping
Share ItShare counters onto plates and decide what to do with the leftovers.
Week 5Times Tables Fluency
Array MakerBuild arrays, turn them round and find the fact family.
Weeks 6 and 7Fractions of Objects and Fractions as Division
Fair SharesUse bar models to find fractions of amounts.
Week 8Equivalent Fractions
Fraction WallMatch equal lengths on a fraction wall to find equivalent fractions. (A Core Connections game.)
Week 10Fraction & Measure Link
Measure UpRead scales carefully and convert between units.
Block 3Building Reasoning and Confidence
Week 1Add/Subtract across 1,000
Exchange LabAdd and subtract in columns, exchanging when you need to.
Week 5Division with Remainders
Share ItShare counters onto plates and decide what to do with the leftovers.
Week 6Fractions of Amounts
Fair SharesUse bar models to find fractions of amounts.
Week 7Decimals (Intro)
Decimal BuilderShow tenths and hundredths on strips and hundred squares.
Week 8Measure Reasoning
Measure UpRead scales carefully and convert between units.
Week 9Time & Money
Corner ShopPay with coins, add up prices and work out the change.
Week 10Graphs & Data
Measure UpRead scales carefully and convert between units.
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Core Connections

Typically Years 4 to 5. 9 games across three blocks.

Block 1Securing Number and Operations
Week 3Number Lines & Ordering
Pin the NumberEstimate where numbers sit on a number line.
Week 9Factors and Multiples
Factor HuntFind every factor pair and grow your number collection.
Week 10Multiplying by 10/100/1000
Digit SlideWatch the digits slide as you multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000.
Block 2Advancing Calculations and Fractional Reasoning
Week 4Understanding Fractions
Fraction WallMatch equal lengths on a fraction wall to find equivalent fractions.
Week 5Mixed Numbers
Fill the WholesPour improper fractions into jars to make mixed numbers.
Week 6Comparing Fractions
Fraction WallMatch equal lengths on a fraction wall to find equivalent fractions.
Week 10Fractions of Amounts
Bar BuilderBuild a bar model to find a fraction of an amount.
Block 3Decimals, Measure, and Spatial Reasoning
Week 2Decimals to 3 Places
Decimal DuelDecide which decimal is bigger, and prove it with place value.
Week 6Angles & Turn
Angle AceEstimate an angle first, then measure it with a protractor.
Week 8Position & Direction
Grid QuestPlot coordinates and move shapes around a grid.
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Flexible Number Thinking

Typically Years 5 to 6. 9 games across three blocks.

Block 1Developing Fluency and Reasoning
Week 2Powers of 10
Digit SlideWatch the digits slide as you multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1,000. (A Core Connections game.)
Week 3Rounding
BallparkRound numbers to estimate and check your answers.
Week 4Negative Numbers
Zero CrossingAdd and subtract across zero on a number line. (A Connected Understanding game.)
Week 7Multiples, Factors, Primes
Factor HuntFind every factor pair and grow your number collection. (A Core Connections game.)
Week 8Multiplying Larger Numbers
Grid MultiplyUse the area model to make sense of long multiplication.
Week 9Division Strategies
LeftoversDivide, then decide what the remainder really means.
Week 10Prime & Square Numbers
Prime SplitGrow factor trees and find the HCF and LCM. (A Connected Understanding game.)
Block 2Proportional Reasoning and Connections
Week 1Fractions as Operators
OverlapMultiply and divide fractions using overlapping grids.
Week 3FDP Equivalence (Intro)
Triple MatchMatch fractions, decimals and percentages that are worth the same.
Week 6Percentages of Amounts
Percent PowerFind percentages, use multipliers and work backwards to the original. (A Connected Understanding game.)
Weeks 7 and 8Intro to Ratio and Ratio & Proportion
Ratio MixerMix in the right ratio, then scale it up and share it out.
Week 9The Unitary Method
Speed RunSolve speed, distance and time problems on a double number line. (A Connected Understanding game.)
Block 3Reasoning with Measure, Shape, and Data
Week 3Missing Values & Algebra
Balance ItKeep the scales balanced to solve equations. (A Connected Understanding game.)
Week 4Area & Perimeter
Half the BoxFind the area of triangles and parallelograms from their rectangles.
Week 5Volume
Cube StackCount layers of cubes to find the volume of a cuboid.
Week 7Angles & Turn
Angle DetectiveUse angle facts to track down missing angles. (A Connected Understanding game.)
Week 9Data & Graphs
Pie SliceRead pie charts using fractions and percentages.
Week 10Averages
Average AgentCrack cases with the mean, median, mode and range. (A Connected Understanding game.)
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Connected Understanding

Typically Years 6 to 7. 9 games across three blocks.

Block 1Bridging Primary & Secondary Thinking
Week 2Negative Numbers
Zero CrossingAdd and subtract across zero on a number line.
Week 4Multiples, Factors & Primes
Prime SplitGrow factor trees and find the HCF and LCM.
Week 5Order of Operations
Order UpWork through calculations in the right order, then substitute into expressions.
Block 2Applying Connected Thinking
Week 2Ratio in Context
Speed RunSolve speed, distance and time problems on a double number line.
Week 3Percentages of Amounts
Percent PowerFind percentages, use multipliers and work backwards to the original.
Week 8Data Representation
Average AgentCrack cases with the mean, median, mode and range.
Week 10Two-Step Equations
Balance ItKeep the scales balanced to solve equations.
Block 3Reasoning with Independence
Week 1Recap & Retrieve Connections
Sequence SpotterSpot the rule, continue the sequence and find the missing terms.
Week 3Advanced Statistics
Average AgentCrack cases with the mean, median, mode and range.
Week 4Angles & Geometric Reasoning
Angle DetectiveUse angle facts to track down missing angles.
Week 6Rates & Compound Measure
Speed RunSolve speed, distance and time problems on a double number line.
Week 8Algebraic Equations
Balance ItKeep the scales balanced to solve equations.
Week 9Logic & Proof
Prime SplitGrow factor trees and find the HCF and LCM.
Week 11Real-World Investigation
Speed RunSolve speed, distance and time problems on a double number line.
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General games

Quick practice for any pathway, any week.

Times Table Face-OffA two-player times tables race. Sit opposite each other with a tablet flat between you.
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Games open in a new tab and work on phones, tablets and computers. Progress is saved on the device your child plays on, so it helps to stick to one device.

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