Magic Missions

Missions online

Math Magic Missions: play them online

All six missions from Math Magic Missions, Book 1: Squaring Secrets are ready to play here. The answers check themselves and the games keep score. Missions from Books 2 and 3 will be added as those books launch.

Free to play. No sign-up needed.

Start with Mission 1

Screenshot of the online Big-Five Blaster mission showing four squares of numbers ending in 5 and the question "What do all four answers end in?"
Mission 1, The Big-Five Blaster: children spot the pattern before the rule is revealed. Play it →

Later in the series: adding and subtracting, percentages and checking, and challenge tricks like square and cube roots.

One new mission every week

Subscribe free to Patterns and Proofs and I’ll send a new math mission for your child each week, plus a note the moment Books 2 and 3 are ready.

  • A 15-minute activity, no prep needed
  • Written for Grades 5 to 8
  • Free. Unsubscribe any time.

Don’t have Book 1 yet?

The online missions are the games. Book 1: Squaring Secrets holds all six squaring tricks, the reason each one works, and Bronze, Silver and Gold practice with a full answer key.

A 32-page printable PDF for Grades 5 to 8. ₹399 in India, $4.99 elsewhere. Instant download after payment.

Ready for the full Quest?

Inside the Patterns and Proofs membership, your child works through chapter-length quests with missions chosen to match what they need next.