Essentials
GCSE Foundation maths for students working at grades 1–3, in school or college.
When your teaching mentor from your first teaching job asks you for resources for a GCSE Foundation class, you jump to it. That's why this section exists: to support students who are working hard for that magical grade 4, and the many doors it opens. If you'd like another game added, just drop us a line. We're here to help.
Each card says what the game practises, its references on our spec map, and which level to choose for Foundation content.
Number
Six Sevens, Bruv
Times tables to 12 × 12, typed answers, with a grid that lights up as each fact is learned.
GCSE spec: N2
One level
Free Daily Pizza
Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, with a new round every day.
GCSE spec: N10–N11, N12, R9, R3
One level
Negative Number Line
Placing, ordering and calculating with negative numbers on a number line.
GCSE spec: N2, N1
One level
Decimal Detective
Ordering, rounding and placing decimals on a number line.
GCSE spec: N14–N16, N1
One level
Think of a Number
“I think of a number” puzzles, solved by undoing each step.
GCSE spec: N3
One level
Factor Race
Two numbers: pick the one with more factors.
GCSE spec: N4
Opens at: Starter
Prime Sprint
Building a number’s prime factorisation, one prime at a time.
GCSE spec: N4
Opens at: Starter
Estimation Engine
Rounding each number to 1 significant figure, then estimating: a mark for each step.
GCSE spec: N14–N16
One level
Estimation Golf
Estimating answers: the closer the estimate, the nearer the hole.
GCSE spec: N14–N16
Choose: Foundation
Unit Converter
Converting units of length, area and volume.
GCSE spec: N13
Choose: GCSE
Algebra
Formula Plug-In
Substituting values into formulae.
GCSE spec: R11, A2, G16
One level
Like Terms Collector
Collecting like terms, building up to full simplification.
GCSE spec: A4
One level
Linear Equation Solver
Solving one- and two-step equations by choosing the inverse operation at each step.
GCSE spec: A17
Choose: GCSE
Equation Builder
Turning a word problem into an equation or formula.
GCSE spec: A21
Choose: Foundation
Four Quadrant Explorer
Plotting and reading coordinates in all four quadrants.
GCSE spec: A8
One level
Formula Unlocked
Changing the subject of a formula, with hints when needed.
GCSE spec: A5
Choose: GCSE
Formula Forge
Rearranging formulae, step by step.
GCSE spec: A5
Choose: GCSE
Sequence Solver
Next terms, term-to-term rules and the nth term.
GCSE spec: A23–A25
Choose: Foundation
Ratio, proportion and percentages
Split It
Ratio: simplifying, sharing, scaling recipes and unit pricing. Pick a mode first.
GCSE spec: R9
Choose: Foundation
Proportion Blaster
Direct and inverse proportion, and sharing in a ratio.
GCSE spec: R9
Choose: GCSE
Better Value
Comparing deals to find the better value.
GCSE spec: R11
Choose: GCSE
Percentage Flip
Percentages of amounts, worked out mentally.
GCSE spec: N10–N11, N12
Opens at: Starter
Geometry and measures
Geometry is the thinnest section for now. More games are on the way before the June 2027 exams.
New Shapes
Area of parallelograms and trapezia, and volume of prisms.
GCSE spec: G16
One level
Angle Ace
Finding missing angles and giving the reason.
GCSE spec: G1–G3
Choose: Starter
Shape Shifter
Translating, reflecting and rotating shapes on a coordinate grid. Pick a mode first.
GCSE spec: G7
One level
Just Pythag It, Bruv
Pythagoras' theorem: find the missing side, from whole-number triangles to ladders and ramps. Calculator required (one is on screen).
GCSE spec: G20
One level
Probability
Probability Pioneer
The probability scale, simple probabilities, and true-or-false statements.
GCSE spec: P3–P4, P7
One level
Expected Damage
Using probabilities to work out expected outcomes and pick the better option.
GCSE spec: P2
Opens at: Foundation
Given That
Probabilities from two-way tables, Venn diagrams and frequency trees.
GCSE spec: P6, P9
Choose: GCSE
Statistics
Distinctly Average
Mean, median, mode and range.
GCSE spec: S1–S4
Choose: Foundation
Stat Attack
Grouped frequency tables: modal class, median class and estimated mean.
GCSE spec: S1–S4
Choose: GCSE
Chart Interrogator
Reading and comparing statistical diagrams. Pick a diagram type too.
GCSE spec: S1–S4
Choose: GCSE
Correlation or Coincidence?
Correlation and causation: does one cause the other, does something else cause both, or is it chance?
GCSE spec: S6
One level