Premise and setting
Number City has lost power, and Pi-Bot needs a resourceful partner to restore it. Rebuild the Number Gates, reconnect the workshop and station, and bring the market and fraction bridges back to life.
The next district is preparing a city exhibition. Design shape signs, reflect illuminated patterns, measure strips and floors, label deliveries, read water levels and organise tram journeys. Finally, collect a shape survey and interpret travel data to prepare the City Showcase.
In Grade 5, Discovery District is preparing a festival. Connect six-digit signal towers, estimate delivery routes, power the solar factory and plan the market. Fraction bridges, geometric designs, cargo cubes and transport surveys bring the final Discovery Festival to life.
Innovation Harbour brings a new Grade 6 challenge. Balance large energy accounts, pack cargo, connect prime-number locks and calibrate decimal instruments. Transform designs, fold nets, measure gardens and storage boxes, plan overnight deliveries and interpret research evidence before the harbour launch.
Grade 7 climbs to Research Ridge. Decode signed signals, calculate powers and roots, compare budgets, describe growing arrays, substitute into expressions and balance equations. Journey graphs, angle beacons, scale drawings, triangle terraces and research data help open the final observatory.
In Grade 8, Pi-Bot connects Skyline Lab. Restart integer reactors, synchronise factor switches and decode algebraic signals. Guide coordinate couriers, align parallel beams, calculate Pythagorean spans and plan circle decks and prism cargo pods. A research-and-chance investigation completes the network.
In Grade 9, Pi-Bot launches Horizon Station. Decode negative-exponent signals, plan compound-growth budgets, factorise airlock codes and repair algebraic fractions. Calibrate gradients, compare similar supports, build cylindrical tanks and investigate compound probability with trees and tables.
Grade 10 opens Infinity Summit. Factorise cubic locks, connect simultaneous signals and set inequality boundaries. Coordinate surveys, parabolic reflectors, reciprocal crossings and exponential launches lead to trigonometric sighting tasks. Plan festival savings and solid cargo, then interpret quartiles, grouped data and Venn surveys before Pi-Bot opens the summit festival.
What you can learn
Grade 10 practises selected CAPS Mathematics skills using the DBE teaching plan retained for 2026: real numbers and accuracy, rational exponents, cubic products and factorisation, algebraic fractions, quadratic and simultaneous equations, inequalities and intervals, linear sequences, coordinate geometry, straight-line, quadratic, reciprocal, exponential and trigonometric functions, special angles, right-triangle applications, simple and compound growth, midpoint geometry, solids, quartiles, grouped data and Venn probability.
Grade 9 practises selected CAPS skills informed by the DBE 2026 plan: real numbers, integer exponents, scientific notation, proportion, compound growth, patterns, binomial products, factorisation, algebraic fractions and restrictions, linear and zero-product equations, gradients and intercepts, similarity, polygons, Pythagoras, coordinate transformations, cylinder measurement, outliers, sampling and compound probability.
Grade 8 practises selected CAPS skills informed by the DBE 2026 plan: signed multiplication and division, three-digit HCF and LCM, ratio changes, exponent laws and scientific notation, rational powers and roots, decimal calculations, finance, patterns, functions, like terms, distributive expressions, equations, Cartesian points and transformations, graph features, angle relationships, Pythagoras, circles, composite area, triangular prisms, data summaries and probability.
Grade 7 introduces selected Senior Phase skills: integer addition and subtraction, exponents and roots, HCF and LCM, fraction operations, three-place decimals, percentages and simple interest, ratio and rate, geometric patterns, functions, variables and substitution, equations by inspection, global graphs, lines and angles, circle parts, enlargement, triangle area, surface area, volume, data summaries and fair samples.
Practise selected Grade 4 CAPS skills: place value, calculations, patterns, money, common fractions, 2-D shape properties, line symmetry, length, area by counting squares, mass, liquid measures, time intervals, tallies and graph interpretation.
Grade 5 adds six-digit place values, rounding, five-digit calculations, three-digit by two-digit multiplication and division, factors and multiples, number and dot patterns, equivalent fractions, fraction calculations and quantities, money and rates, angles, 3-D objects, symmetry, unit conversions, area, cubic units, time and scaled pictographs.
Grade 6 adds nine-digit place value, larger whole-number calculations, prime factors, ratio and rate, unlike-denominator and mixed fractions, decimal place value and calculations, percentages, rules, protractor readings, transformations, nets, rectangular area and volume, unit conversions, overnight time, pie charts, frequency tables, mode and chance investigations.
All seven paths practise selected CAPS skills. They are learning resources rather than complete grade courses or formal assessments. The selected grade and activity topic are visible during play.
Frequently asked questions about Math Sprint Arena
How many levels or missions can I play?
Grades 4–10 each have 20 missions, 100 Adventure activities and 100 alternate practice activities: 140 missions and 1 400 activities in total. The separate Sprint has 52 levels. These paths practise selected CAPS skills rather than complete school courses.
Which grades and topics are included?
Grades 4–10 each have twenty missions and 200 Adventure and practice activities, covering selected CAPS number, pattern, geometry, measurement and data skills. Grades 6, 8 and 9 include chance investigations. These are practice resources rather than complete grade courses or formal assessments. Sprint is a separate mixed-topic timed game.
Do I need to finish earlier grades before starting Grade 10?
No. Select Grade 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 from Learning grade on the home screen. Each begins with its first Adventure mission available and unlocks later missions through its own progress. Switching grades preserves separate checkpoints.
How do I enter a mixed-number answer?
Use an equivalent improper fraction, such as 7/4 for 1 3/4. The keypad includes / for fraction calculations, and equivalent fractions are accepted.
What does Review with Pi-Bot do?
Review creates a saved five-activity revision session from practised topics within the selected grade, prioritising completed questions that used hints or retries. A new player starts with that grade’s first topic. Review does not change Adventure results or submit Sprint scores.
How can I get different practice questions?
After completing a set, choose Try a fresh practice set. Every mission has a guided bank and an alternate bank of five activities. Practice keeps its own checkpoint and does not unlock Adventure.
Will my original ten-mission progress remain?
Yes. Existing results, hints, drafts, checkpoints, settings and the earlier Sprint best-score record are retained. Players who completed the original ten missions can continue with Shape Workshop.
Can I enlarge a graph or measuring diagram on my phone?
Yes. Tap the diagram or focus it with a keyboard and press Enter or Space. The enlarged view retains the same data and labels. Close it to answer the activity.
Do mistakes end my learning session?
No. Adventure, Learn and Review are untimed and allow retries. Answers completed after a hint or mistake are recorded as supported. Sprint is the optional mode with a timer and lives.
Will progress survive a refresh?
Yes, when browser storage is available. Each grade and learning mode retains its own checkpoint on the same browser and device. If storage is blocked, the game remains playable and shows that saving is unavailable.
How do I answer algebra, interval or exact-root questions?
Choose one of the displayed options for symbolic expressions, intervals and exact roots. Use the number pad for numerical answers, including signed integers or fractions when their keys are provided. Coordinate questions use the labelled point selector.
