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Test for how quick you fit do maths

How many arithmetic questions you fit solve for one minute? Type the answer and the next one go show. Na free, no sign-up.

Na Helibrain team write amRobert(English), PhD student for biophysics, don review amDem publish am Dem last review am

Wetin this test dey measure

E dey measure how fluent you be for arithmetic: how quick and correct you fit remember and work out simple number facts. Research on mental arithmetic show say adults dey answer plenty small sums and times-table facts by bringing them out from memory, and dem dey work out bigger ones step by step, wey dey take longer 1.

This one make am practice for skill wey you don learn, small like typing speed test. High score mean say you don practice arithmetic well; e no be measure of intelligence, and low score no mean say anything dey wrong.

How the test dey work

  • You get 60 seconds. The questions mix: addition and subtraction with numbers from 2 to 99, multiplication with times tables from 2 to 12, and division back. Every answer na whole number, e no dey negative.
  • Type with the number pad wey dey screen or your keyboard. Once the answer correct, the next question go show; you no need submit anything. Use ⌫ to correct typing mistake.
  • Every run get new questions. If you comot from the page, the run go end, because dem dey time the test.

How to understand your score

Your score na how many questions you solve before time finish. We still show the average time for each question and how many na addition/subtraction compared with multiplication/division, because the mix dey random. Scores dey rise quick with practice, so the comparison wey useful pass na with your own earlier runs for the same device.

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How this test works

This test measures arithmetic fluency: how quickly you can work out simple number facts. You have 60 seconds. Problems mix adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, and every answer is a whole number that is never negative. Type the answer with the keypad on screen or your keyboard; the next problem appears as soon as your answer is right. Your score is the number of problems you solve in time. Psychologists have studied timed mental arithmetic for decades.

Version 1 · Cite this test:

Helibrain (2026). Math speed test, v1. https://helibrain.com/mental-math-test/methods

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Sources

  1. Ashcraft MH (1992). Mental arithmetic: review of data and theory. Cognition 44(1–2):75–106.

How we take make dis page: di Helibrain team write am from di studies wey dem list above, and Robert(English) (PhD student for biophysics) review am on 3 Nọvẹ́mba 2026. We dey update am wen di sources change.