About Mental Math Pro
Mental Math Pro is a website that teaches you to do arithmetic in your head, with no calculator needed. It combines step-by-step strategy lessons, focused practice and a daily challenge, with a dark and a light mode.
Practice is configurable: you choose your operations and number ranges and answer questions straight away, and ordinary practice needs no account. The course covers 14 core strategies, each explaining why a shortcut works before giving drills, and the first lesson, Making 10, is free. Pro includes the full course and a Mixed Review.
For competing, you try ten shared questions and sign in afterward to keep an official score and decide whether it is made public. The site frames it as a few minutes of daily practice for everyday tasks like splitting a bill or checking a discount.
Key features
- 14 core mental math strategies with lessons
- Configurable practice by operation and range
- Daily challenge with shared questions
- Optional saved scores and publishing
- Daily streak tracking
- Light and dark mode
Good fit for
- Adults building everyday calculation speed
- Daily short practice sessions
Mental Math Pro: questions and answers
- What is Mental Math Pro used for?
- Mental Math Pro is a browser-based mental math trainer with strategy lessons, configurable practice drills, a daily challenge and streaks, usable without signup. It is a good fit for adults building everyday calculation speed and daily short practice sessions.
- Is Mental Math Pro free?
- Yes. Mental Math Pro has a free plan, and paid plans start at $2.99 per seat per month.
- Is Mental Math Pro open source?
- No. Mental Math Pro is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Education & LMS category, open-source options include Anki, AnkiDroid and Kolibri.
- What are some alternatives to Mental Math Pro?
- Mental Math Pro competes with Brilliant, IXL and Prodigy.
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