Question types

Inside a lesson, questions show up in a few different formats. Your child won't pick the format. The lesson does that as it goes, so a single lesson can mix all of them. Here are the three core ones and how a child answers each.

Type the answer

The child sees a problem with a blank, like 7 + 5 = ?, works it out in their head, and types the number on the on-screen number pad. When they're happy with it, they tap CHECK. The number pad has a delete key, so a slip is easy to fix before checking.

Select the answer

Same kind of problem, but instead of typing, the child taps one of a handful of answers shown on screen. They tap the one they think is right, then tap CHECK. Tapping a different option before checking just changes the selection.

Follow the pattern

This one shows a short sequence and asks what comes next. For example:

7 x 1 = 7
7 x 2 = 14
7 x 3 = ???

The child reads the pattern, figures out the missing value, and taps it from the options below. Then CHECK, same as the others.

The one extra try on typed answers

Type the answer questions are a little more forgiving, because typing the wrong digit is an easy mistake. If the first try is wrong, the child gets one more attempt at the same question. Only if that second try is also wrong does it cost a heart.

The two tapping formats, select the answer and follow the pattern, don't get a second try. A wrong tap costs a heart right away, since the right answer is already on the screen to choose from.

There are some newer question formats too, like story problems and missing-number puzzles. Those work a bit differently and have their own help articles.