🧮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 🍎?

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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.

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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
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Built for learning

Not a worksheet.
Not a lecture.

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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.

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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