For ages 4 to 6
Small fighters, first numbers
Math Max isn't just times tables and trigonometry. The youngest players get their own downsized version — simple sums, taking away, and spotting which number is bigger — in rounds short enough for a 4-year-old's attention span.
No account needed.
What they actually learn
The first steps, one round at a time
Bigger or smaller?
Is 7 more than 4? Comparing numbers is where number sense starts — and in Math Max, picking the right one powers the next move in the fight.
First sums
Simple adding, at their pace: 2 + 3, then a little more. Small wins, again and again, until the answers come without counting on fingers.
Taking away
Minus sums made friendly. Start tiny, build slowly — the game never jumps ahead of what your child is ready for.
Math Max · Ages 4 to 6
Made to fit
A version sized for ages 4 to 6
- ◆Downsized and easier to navigate — bigger targets, simpler choices, nothing to get lost in.
- ◆Short rounds that fit a young child's attention span. Five minutes is a real session, not a failed one.
- ◆It grows with them. The moment bigger/smaller and first sums feel easy, move them up a tier — the full Math Max world is already waiting. Same game, ages 4 to 99+.
Why start now
Number sense starts before school does
Children aged 4 to 6 are in exactly the phase where number sense forms: knowing that 8 is more than 5, that adding makes more and taking away makes less. Playful repetition — lots of small, happy encounters with numbers — can help build the foundation they'll lean on when formal math starts at school.
Math Max turns that repetition into a game they ask for. No flashcards, no drilling, no “one more exercise, please.” Just rounds they want to play — with the practice hidden inside.
— Straight answers —
Questions parents of little ones ask
- Isn't Math Max too hard for a 4-year-old?
- Not this version. Young learners get a downsized game built around comparing numbers, simple sums and taking away — the full curriculum (times tables, fractions, and eventually calculus) only appears when they've grown into it.
- What exactly does my child practise?
- Three things: which number is bigger or smaller, simple adding, and simple minus sums. That's the core of early number sense, and it's all solved mentally, in playful rounds.
- Can they play on a tablet?
- Yes. Math Max runs in any tablet browser — nothing to install, and tablets are perfect for small hands.
- Do I need a separate subscription for this?
- No. It's part of the same game. Play free to start, and on the Family plan every child gets their own saved progress — your 5-year-old and your 11-year-old can each play at their own level, on the same household plan.
- Can I see how they're doing?
- Yes. On the paid plans, your account shows each child's progress, so you can watch first sums turn into real fluency.
Start with bigger or smaller. End up at calculus.
Every Math Max player starts somewhere — some just start smaller. Play free today, no account needed.
Ready for the whole household? See the Family plan.