Math Workout
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Brain training,
built around science.

Every workout is based on a well-studied idea from the science of learning, and we show you the papers. Quick, fun mental math games for kids and adults that adapt to you.

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Tip: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and Math Workout opens like an app.

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Made for your phone

Watch a round, then play along with Doc.

Sums that solve themselves

Keep scrolling and watch. In the app, you are the one who solves them.

Built on

The ideas from the science of learning behind our workouts. Tap one to see the research.

Newest mode

Math Run

Run with Doc through jungles, ruins and crystal caves. Every gate is a sum: swipe toward the right answer, dodge what is in the way, and stay ahead of the Muddle.

  • Starts easy, then the sums come faster as Doc speeds up
  • Practice runs work on the sums you find hard
  • A new Top Runners board every day
The science of Math Run

The daily trio

Three challenges that start fresh every day, each with its own daily board. Come back tomorrow for new ones.

Daily · Global

World Challenge

One daily 50-question challenge, identical for every player on the planet.

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New every day

Math Run

A new Top Runners board every day. How far can you run before the Muddle catches you?

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3D space shooter

Galaxy Run

A 3D arithmetic space shooter: ten planets, a boss fight, a new galaxy every day.

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Ten planets, one sum at a time

In Galaxy Run every enemy ship carries a sum. Type the answer to lock on. Each planet has its own kind of math, all the way to General Obelus at the Infinity Gate.

Clear planets to unlock Prime Raiders: 100 waves, and one rule: never shoot the green pods.

Classic workouts

Quick mental arithmetic rounds against the clock. Math Adapt AI tunes Add & Subtract, Multiply & Divide and I'm Feeling Clever to you.

Add & Subtract

Mixed adding and taking away, from warm-up to tricky.

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Multiply & Divide

Times and sharing sums, with the facts you miss brought back.

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I'm Feeling Clever

Everything mixed together, for when you want a surprise.

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Times Table Master

Times tables practice: pick your tables or let the AI coach you, with keypad or handwriting.

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Think deeper

Learn methods, hold numbers in your head and listen your way to the answer.

Method Lab

Learn 21 named mental math methods, like making ten, with animated examples. Five are free.

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Rebuilt

The Brain Cruncher

Keep a hidden total in your head as the steps flash by. Now with Memory Climb and Chain Replay.

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Rebuilt

Mental Math Master

Listen to a sum, then answer. Now with Echo rounds and Listen back.

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Brain Age Check

A quick mix of sums, handwriting and puzzles with a playful speed tier, from Turtle to Rocket. Just for fun.

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Arcade

Prime Raiders

A 100-wave space shooter: blast the ships, but never shoot the green pods. Unlocks in Galaxy Run.

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Our patent-pending adaptive engine

Math Adapt AI

It notices which kinds of sums you find hard and gives you more of those, and it offers a step up when you are ready.

  • Brings in more of the sums that slow you down
  • Offers a step up when you are fast and right
  • Shows what you know on your Progress screen
The science of Math Adapt AI
Scan to play Math Workout

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Scan to play

Point your phone’s camera at the code and you’ll jump straight into the web version. No download needed. Prefer the native app? It’s on Google Play too.

Tip: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and Math Workout opens like an app.

Free to start. On the website, an account is needed after 3 plays.

The science behind every workout

Hello, I’m Doc! For every workout I show you the idea from cognitive science behind it, link the real papers, and tell you honestly what it does and doesn’t mean.

Math Run

Based on: The challenge-skill balance

Not too easy, not too hard: where challenge meets skill is where flow tends to show up.

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The Brain Cruncher

Based on: Working memory updating

One number, lots of quick changes, no peeking: keep the running total in your head.

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Method Lab

Based on: Worked examples

Watch it, try it with training wheels, then ride solo: a well-tested way to learn a method.

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Find your way in

Go further with Pro

One payment, yours to keep. No subscription.

  • Unlimited workouts
  • Unlimited Math Run
  • Every Galaxy Run planet
  • Every Method Lab lesson
  • Hard and Very Hard levels
  • All 22 themes

The price for your country is shown in the app before you buy.

Questions and answers

Is Math Workout free?

Yes, it is free to start, with every mode to try. Pro is one payment, not a subscription, and unlocks unlimited workouts, every planet, every lesson and the harder levels.

Is there an iPhone app?

There is no iPhone app. On an iPhone you play in Safari at mathworkout.app, with nothing to download. Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and it opens like an app.

Can I play on a computer?

Yes. Math Workout runs in your browser on Windows, Mac and Chromebook, and you type your answers on the keyboard.

Who is it for?

Anyone who wants quicker mental math: children practising their tables, teens before a test, and adults who like a daily puzzle.

Do I need an account?

Not in the Android app. On the website you can play 3 times first; after that a free account is needed, and it keeps your progress. Signing in also lets you carry your progress between devices.

Your daily workout is waiting

Get the Android app from Google Play, or play in your browser straight away.

No download needed: Math Workout runs in Safari on your iPhone.

Play right here in your browser, or scan the code to play on your phone.

GET IT ONGoogle Play Play in your browser
QR code that opens Math Workout on your phoneOn an iPhone? Scan with your camera to play.

Tip: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and Math Workout opens like an app.

Free to start. On the website, an account is needed after 3 plays.