Smart Starters · Ages 8 to 10
Mixed Number Speed Dash
Race between frozen research stations by adding and subtracting mixed numbers against a friendly timer, for ages 8 to 10.
5 levels+40 XP
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Smart Starters · Ages 8 to 10
All Smart Starters gamesMultiples Maze Runner
Step only on tiles that are multiples of the target number. For ages 8 to 10.
ArcadeMultiples of a target number~8 min per level5 levelsAll devices
- Free · no account required
- COPPA compliant
- +10 XP per level
- 5 levels
- Plays on all devices
- Curriculum-aligned
The learning journey
Every activity is one step. Here is where this one fits.
- Play(you are here)Learn the idea in a game
- PractiseLock it in on paper
- ReviewCome back and keep it sharp
- MasterTake on a harder challenge
- AchieveEarn a certificate
About Multiples Maze Runner
Multiples Maze Runner puts a number on the floor and asks whether it belongs to a given times table. Stepping only on multiples of 6 means recognising 42 as one of them and 44 as not, quickly, without chanting up from six every time. That recognition is the useful end of times-table knowledge: a child who can only recite forwards has to run the whole table to check a number, while one who recognises multiples can answer immediately, and the difference shows up in every question about common multiples, lowest common denominators and simplifying fractions later on. This is the partner game to our Factor Pair Fishing, and the pairing is the point. Factors and multiples describe one relationship from two ends — 4 is a factor of 24, and 24 is a multiple of 4 — and children mix the two words up constantly, largely because the words arrive in separate lessons and are never put side by side. Playing both, with the same number ranges, is how the two settle into place. The wrong tiles are deliberately one or two either side of a true multiple, because a child who is skip counting and lands just short has made a different and much more informative mistake than one who has picked at random. Every distractor is checked before it is used, so a tile that is wrong is never accidentally a multiple as well. Tiles drift slowly and stop entirely for anyone using reduced motion. Free, no sign-up, no advertising to children.
Where to go next
Chosen by the skills this activity practises.
Next — more of the same skill
Printable worksheets for this skill
A hand for grown-ups
- Before you start
- Think of it as groups: "4 × 3" is four groups of three. Have something you can arrange into equal groups.
- While they work
- Skip-counting (3, 6, 9, 12…) is a solid way in before facts are memorised. Let them use it — speed comes later.
- Afterwards
- Spot arrays in real life together — eggs in a box, tiles on a floor. Rows-and-columns is multiplication you can see.
- Watch out for
- Treating it as harder addition and losing track. Grouping objects physically keeps the "equal groups" idea in view.
- Away from the screen
- Lay out objects in rows and columns and count them two ways. Cooking with doubled recipes is multiplication too.
How to play
A question appears on screen
A maths question is shown in large text at the centre of the play area. A timer bar begins counting down from 75 seconds.
Choose the correct answer
Answer options are shown as large buttons. Tap or click the correct option. Any input method works — touch, mouse or keyboard.
Build your streak
Each consecutive correct answer increases your streak. A longer streak lights up the flame icon and adds a bonus multiplier to the XP you earn for the level.
Finish the level
Each level has 6 questions. Complete them to earn the full level reward (+10 XP, plus up to +10 XP for a perfect run). Progress is saved locally and shown on the Parent Dashboard.
Curriculum alignment
Mapped to national curriculum frameworks so teachers and parents can match practice to school standards.
- United StatesCommon Core State Standards for Mathematics · multiplication, skip-countingAligned to multiplication, skip-counting number and operations objectives.
- United KingdomNational Curriculum for England — Maths · multiplication, skip-countingAligned to multiplication, skip-counting number and operations objectives.
- AustraliaAustralian Curriculum v9.0 — Mathematics · multiplication, skip-countingAligned to multiplication, skip-counting number and operations objectives.
- CanadaPan-Canadian Provincial Standards · multiplication, skip-countingAligned to multiplication, skip-counting number and operations objectives.
Common questions from parents & teachers
Everything you need to know before your child starts playing.
- A number you reach by counting up in steps of another. The multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18, 24 and so on, so 42 is one and 44 is not.
- A child who can only recite has to run the whole table to check a number. Recognition answers immediately, which matters in every question about common multiples and denominators.
- They are the same relationship from two ends. Playing both, over the same number range, is how the two words stop being confused.
- No. Every distractor is checked before it is used, so exactly one tile on the board is ever correct.
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