Race around the track in this fast-paced game. Watch as your car zooms along the race track with every question answered correctly. Who will end up on the winner’s podium?

In Let’s Race – Estimate & Calculate, students will put their estimation skills and mathematical knowledge to the test. They will solve problems involving rational numbers, percentages, and financial contexts, applying quick mental calculations to speed ahead of their competitors.

Each correct answer increases their speed and moves them closer to victory, while incorrect answers slow them down. This exciting gameplay format encourages accuracy, strategic thinking, and persistence as students race for the top spot.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Apply estimation strategies to solve practical problems
• ✅ Work confidently with rational numbers and percentages
• ✅ Solve problems set in financial contexts
• ✅ Develop speed and accuracy in mental calculations
• ✅ Engage in competitive and collaborative maths practise

How to Play:

1. Students answer multiple-choice estimation and calculation questions.
2. Correct answers speed up their car on the race track.
3. Incorrect answers slow their progress.
4. The game continues until all questions have been answered.
5. The winner is the player whose car crosses the finish line first.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a warm-up to energise students for maths lessons
• 💡 Include in maths rotations for targeted practise of estimation and calculation
• 💡 Encourage replay to improve accuracy and fluency over time

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home so students can continue practising outside the classroom

Let’s Race – Estimate & Calculate makes practising maths skills exciting, interactive, and highly engaging, motivating students to think quickly and accurately under pressure.