Five stages that take children from pre-algebra to confident, capable Algebra 2. The method is simple and steady: practice a little, check what they have learned, and practice again wherever a skill still wobbles, until every skill is solid.
Five stages, ages 10 to 17
- Stage 1 · Pre-Algebra FoundationsAvailable nowAges 10–12 · Grades 5–6Fractions, decimals, ratios, percents, negative numbers, and first expressions and equations.Go to Stage 1 →
- Stage 2 · Pre-AlgebraAvailable nowAges 12–13 · Grade 7Working with negatives, two-step equations, proportions and percents, angles, circles and probability.Go to Stage 2 →
- Stage 3 · Advanced Pre-AlgebraAvailable nowAges 13–14 · Grade 8Exponents and roots, slope and straight lines, functions, systems of equations and the Pythagorean theorem.Go to Stage 3 →
- Stage 4 · Algebra 1Available nowAges 13–15 · Grade 8 or 9A full Algebra 1 course: linear and exponential functions, systems, polynomials, factoring and quadratics.Go to Stage 4 →
- Stage 5 · Algebra 2Coming soonAges 15–17 · Grades 10–11Every major function family, from polynomials and logarithms to trigonometry, leading into precalculus.
Ages are a guide. Children move on when they have mastered a stage, not when the calendar says so: a confident 10-year-old can start early, and anyone can go back to fill a gap. UK families: add one to the grade for your school year (Grade 7 is Year 8).
Practice makes perfect
Real mastery comes from doing a little, often, and doing it again. Every skill on the path has its own short skill check of 5 questions, and your child can take it any time, as often as they like.
- Fresh numbers every time. Each check is new, so repeating it is real practice, not remembering answers.
- Learn from every answer. After each quiz, every question shows a worked solution, step by step, whether the answer was right or wrong.
- Practice until it feels easy. Each skill has a gauge that fills from Not yet to Shaky to Mastered, so your child can watch it grow.
- Go back any time. Finished units stay open. Tap Practice on any skill to keep it sharp.
- Fix it before moving on. A skill below 80% in a unit quiz is marked Fix it. A short check brings it up and finishes the unit.
- Ten minutes is enough. A skill check takes 5 to 8 minutes, an easy fit for a daily routine.
How it works
- Find where to start. On the stage page, take a starting assessment. The full one checks every topic of the stage with one question each (about 50 questions, fine in two sittings). Or choose a topic assessment, such as Fractions, decimals and percents, to check just the areas your child already knows. You see which units are already known and where to begin.
- Work through one unit at a time. Each unit ends with a quiz of 12 to 15 questions. A unit is passed when the quiz is 80% or more and every skill in it is at 80% or more.
- Fix the gaps. A skill below 80% gets a short skill check, so there is no need to redo the whole quiz. Any skill can be practised again whenever you like.
- Make it last. A module test at the end of each module mixes everything learned so far, so new skills stay sharp before the next module opens.
What families get
- Online or on paper. Take quizzes on screen, or print them with an answer key and enter the results afterwards.
- Progress you can see. A skill map and a printable report show what is mastered, what is shaky and what comes next.
- Private by design. Progress is saved in your browser and in a progress code you keep. Nothing about your child is stored on our site.
- US and UK versions. Dollars or pounds, feet or metres, math or maths. Pick yours on the first visit.