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FIND THE RIGHT KIND OF PRACTICE

Addition

Combine values, complete sums and connect equations with answers.

Addition is more than remembering an answer. Games can ask players to choose values that make a target, recognize an equation, or explain why two quantities fit together.

Choose a game that matches the kind of practice you want: visible target sums, equation-and-answer matching, or a guided curriculum. Movement and memory add different demands, so the same arithmetic can feel very different in each game.

How to choose

  • Math MatchMatch an addition equation to its answer, with time to reason before turning the next card.
  • Egg ConveyorChoose incoming values that complete a changing target.
  • Math 'n' HatchUse the Addition & Subtraction curriculum for question rounds and progression.

A suggested discussion

pause before a choice and ask the player to describe the two parts and their total.

  • What total are you trying to make?
  • Can you find a different combination with the same total?
  • Which part of your strategy uses addition?

Adapt this suggestion to your learner. It is not an implemented game feature or curriculum standard.

Games connected with addition

13 games

2048 game artwork

Number patterns

2048

Slide numbered eggs across a 4 by 4 board. Combine equal numbers, keep space open, and work toward a 2048 egg.

  • Double equal numbers
  • Predict the result of a whole-board slide
  • Plan several moves while preserving empty spaces

Ready for: Recognize equal numbers

Math with movement or planning
2048 Eggsponential game artwork

Number patterns

2048 Eggsponential

Steer an egg chain around an arena, collect numbered eggs, and let equal values merge. Compare your head's value with rival eggs before approaching.

  • Recognize doubling and halving patterns
  • Compare numerical values before contact
  • Distinguish a highest value from a total

Ready for: Read whole-number values

Math with movement or planning
Balance the Scales game artwork

Equality & balance

Balance the Scales

Plan how to divide one shared tray of weighted eggs so that all three scales equal their targets.

  • Build exact sums from several addends
  • Find the difference between a current total and a target
  • Plan three disjoint groups using a shared set of numbers

Ready for: Add small whole numbers

Math with movement or planning
Cascade Theory game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Cascade Theory

Swap neighboring eggs to make straight groups totaling ten. Cleared eggs fall and can set off more clears; aim to empty the board in twenty moves.

  • Identify adjacent numbers that total ten
  • Predict the result of swapping two neighboring positions
  • Consider how gravity and column movement change the next board

Ready for: Add small whole numbers to ten

Math with movement or planning
Close the Carton game artwork

Addition

Close the Carton

Roll two dice, then close a group of numbered eggs whose values make the rolled total. Try to leave the smallest total behind.

  • Add two dice values
  • Find different groups with the same sum
  • Compare the remaining options before choosing a group

Ready for: Read the numbers 1 to 12

Math with movement or planning
Drop 20 game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Drop 20

Move falling numbered eggs among six columns and complete touching groups that add to exactly 20.

  • Find complements to 20
  • Add several adjacent numbers
  • Plan placement while preserving room in a column

Ready for: Add whole numbers from 1 to 9

Math with movement or planning
Egg Conveyor game artwork

Addition

Egg Conveyor

Catch numbered eggs from a moving conveyor and put together the target sum. Exact cartons keep the run going; three overshoots end it.

  • Keep a running sum of selected values
  • Find the amount still needed to reach a target
  • Choose a combination from the values currently available

Ready for: Read whole numbers

Math with movement or planning
Egg or Not? game artwork

Number patterns

Egg or Not?

Follow a skip-counting sequence and choose the lane holding its next number. Each run chooses a counting step from your selected tier.

  • Continue sequences by adding a fixed step
  • Connect repeated addition with multiples
  • Track the next term while choosing a lane

Ready for: Read whole numbers

Direct math practice
Egg Pool game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Egg Pool

Aim a neutral cue ball to make numbered eggs collide in pairs totaling ten. Clear all three pairs from the board.

  • Recognize two values that make ten
  • Plan a direction of travel and a collision
  • Adjust an aim using the cue's new position

Ready for: Read numbers 1 to 9

Math with movement or planning
Math 'n' Hatch game artwork

Addition

Math 'n' Hatch

Answer ten arithmetic questions to progress along an Adventure map. Each player profile follows its chosen Addition & Subtraction or Multiplication & Division curriculum.

  • Calculate the answer to an arithmetic prompt
  • Find a missing value in an equation on applicable tracks
  • Use related facts and place value as later tracks unlock

Ready for: Read whole numbers and the operation shown

Direct math practice
Math Match game artwork

Addition

Math Match

Turn over cards and match each equation with its answer. Find eight pairs at your own pace.

  • Calculate the answer to a displayed equation
  • Match equivalent equation and answer cards
  • Use the positions of cards you have already revealed

Ready for: Read whole numbers and the symbol for the chosen operation

Direct math practice
Odd Snakes game artwork

Number patterns

Odd Snakes

Steer a continuously moving snake toward odd-numbered eggs. Avoid even eggs, boundaries and rival snake bodies while building your score.

  • Distinguish odd and even numbers
  • Classify numbers using the ones digit
  • Add collected values and plan safe routes

Ready for: Read numbers from 1 to 50

Math with movement or planning
Tres Huevos game artwork

Number bonds & target sums

Tres Huevos

Make 3 by joining a 1 and a 2, then combine equal eggs into larger numbers. Each move shifts eggs just one cell.

  • Recognize 1 + 2 = 3
  • Double equal values from 3 onward
  • Plan one-cell moves and incoming eggs

Ready for: Read small whole numbers

Math with movement or planning