🧮Kieran's Algebra Game
Algebra disguised as a game

You can do algebra.You just don't know it yet.

Solve emoji puzzles, balance scales, and number riddles — then watch each one reveal the equation you just solved.

🎮8 puzzle types
📈5 difficulty levels
⏱️90-second rounds
Try it in your head
🍎 + 🍎 + 3 = 9

What is 🍎 worth?

2x + 3 = 9

That's algebra. You just did it.

The puzzles

Six flavors of algebra

Every puzzle type is secretly teaching a different algebra skill. Kids just think they're playing a game.

🍎

Emoji Equations

If 🍎 + 🍎 = 6, what is 🍎?

⚖️

Balance Scales

Keep both sides equal. Find the missing weight.

🔢

Pattern Sequences

2, 4, 8, 16, ... what comes next?

🎯

Number Riddles

I'm thinking of a number. Here are your clues...

📊

Function Machines

Something goes IN, something comes OUT. Find the rule.

🎨

Hanging Mobiles

Shapes hang in balance. Figure out what each one weighs.

The learning arc

From puzzles to equations

Three stages. By the end, equations are just compressed puzzles.

01

Play

Just puzzles. No math notation.

Solve visual puzzles — emoji equations, balance scales, number riddles. Your brain does algebra without knowing it.

🍎 + 🍎 = 6
🍎 = ?
02

See

The equation appears.

Same puzzles, but now the hidden equation shows up alongside. You start seeing the connection between the puzzle and the math.

🍎 + 🍎 = 6
x + x = 6
03

Solve

Equations are just puzzles.

Pure equations. But by now they're just compressed versions of puzzles you already know how to solve.

2x = 6
x = 3
Built for learning

Not a worksheet.
Not a lecture.

⏱️

Timed rounds

5 puzzles, 90 seconds. Fast enough to stay in flow.

📈

Adaptive difficulty

Get better → puzzles get harder. Struggle → they ease up.

🧠

Intuition first

Start with what you know. The math labels come later.

👨‍👧

Student profiles

Track progress per child. See where they shine.

⚖️Balance Scale
Difficulty 2
⭐ + ⭐
8
8

What is ⭐ worth?

4
?
x
=

Ready to prove you can
do algebra?

Pick a puzzle type, set your difficulty, and see how far you get. No textbook required.

Start playing free