How to Play Hit the Button Maths

1. Choose a maths topic

Choose times tables, division, number bonds, doubles and halves, square numbers, mixed maths, or the dedicated Multiplication Tables Check practice mode. On the Times Tables and Number Bonds pages you can also pick a specific table or range to focus on.

2. Choose your difficulty

Easy is a good starting point. Medium and Hard provide a bigger challenge with bigger numbers and less time.

3. Start the game

Press Start Game (or hit Enter) and hit the correct answer as quickly as you can. On a keyboard, the number keys 1–4 pick an answer without needing the mouse.

4. Beat your score

Play another round with Restart and try to improve. Your best score for each topic and difficulty is saved on this device, so there's always something to beat.

Sound and vibration

Sound can be switched on or off with the Sound button — the game uses browser audio and doesn't need separate sound files. On phones and tablets, a short vibration also confirms correct and incorrect answers; switch it off with the Vibrate button if you'd rather not have it.

Full screen mode

Press the Full Screen button (or the F key) to expand the game to fill the whole screen, with the browser's address bar and other distractions out of the way — useful on a classroom display or when a child is prone to getting distracted by everything else on screen. Press Esc, or the same button again, to exit.

Streaks and your best score

Consecutive correct answers build a streak, shown next to your score during play. Both your best score and best streak are saved for each topic and difficulty on this device, so there's always a personal best to try to beat — nothing is uploaded or shared.

Practise my mistakes

Tick "Practise my mistakes more often" on a topic page and the game will start bringing back facts you've previously got wrong more frequently than brand-new ones. This is based on retrieval practice — research on how memory actually forms consistently finds that deliberately revisiting things you got wrong builds faster, more durable recall than only ever seeing fresh questions. At the end of a round, any facts missed that round are listed so you know exactly what to look at again.

Install it like an app

On most phones and some desktop browsers, you can add Hit the Button Maths to your home screen from the browser's menu, so it opens like an app and keeps working even with a patchy connection.

Play Hit the Button Maths

Ready to practise? Open the main game and choose your topic.