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title: "1-2-3 Math: An Arithmetic Game for Young Learners"
description: "An educational web game that helps children practise addition and subtraction through short, timed, visual challenges."
author: "Carlos Luengo Vera"
date: "2025-05-17"
lang: "en"
category: "Projects"
tags: "education, react, game, 1-2-3 edu"
canonical: "https://carlosluengo.com/blog/123-math"
image: "https://media.carlosluengo.com/blog/123-math/202505_math-a8bd0d5d4a-og.jpg"
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# 1-2-3 Math: An Arithmetic Game for Young Learners

> An educational web game that helps children practise addition and subtraction through short, timed, visual challenges.

**Project type:** Educational web game
**Technologies:** React, Tailwind CSS, Vite, i18n, LocalStorage
**Role:** Product design, frontend development, user experience

## Overview

**1-2-3 Math** is an educational web game for young learners. It strengthens arithmetic skills through quick, visual and interactive challenges.

Children practise addition and subtraction in a timed environment and pick the correct answer from a set of colourful options. Multiplication and division are next. The aim is **fast recall**, **engagement** and **confidence** with basic maths facts.

## Key features

- **Randomised operations** by difficulty level (Easy, Normal, Hard)
- **Visual countdown timer** with a colour-coded progress bar
- **Session progress** saved locally in the browser
- **i18n** for several languages
- **Responsive layout** for tablets, desktops and phones
- **A fixed number of exercises per session**, so practice stays short and focused

## Screenshots

![1-2-3 Math promotional artwork](https://media.carlosluengo.com/blog/123-math/1-2-3-math-promo-9eebc70b1c-1024.webp)

![A timed question with four answer options](https://media.carlosluengo.com/blog/123-math/202505_01math-bf54a98680-1600.webp)

## Coming next

- Multiplication and division modes
- A progress dashboard with session history
- Player avatars
- Adaptive difficulty based on performance

## Try it

[Play at 1-2-3-math.vercel.app](https://1-2-3-math.vercel.app)

1-2-3 Math is part of **1-2-3 EDU**, a set of small, accessible learning tools for children. See also [1-2-3 Logic](/blog/123-logic).

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Author: Carlos Luengo Vera — https://carlosluengo.com/about