Race around the track in this fast-paced mental maths game. With each correct answer, your car zooms ahead - bringing you closer to the winner’s podium. Will your maths skills be enough to take the lead and claim the top spot?

This version focuses on three-digit addition and subtraction. Students use partitioning, rearranging, and regrouping strategies to solve each equation. Whether breaking numbers into hundreds, tens and ones or using friendly number strategies, students build fluency as they accelerate toward the finish line.

Speed matters - but so does accuracy! The more correct answers you get, the faster your car travels. Incorrect answers will slow you down, so strategy and precision are key.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Solve three-digit addition and subtraction problems
• ✅ Use mental strategies such as partitioning, regrouping, and rearranging
• ✅ Strengthen place value understanding and number fluency
• ✅ Develop confidence in multi-step mental calculations
• ✅ Engage with content through interactive, fast-paced gameplay

How to Play:

1. Students solve three-digit addition or subtraction problems using mental strategies.
2. Each correct answer causes their car to zoom forward along the track.
3. Incorrect answers slow the car down, allowing others to catch up.
4. The race continues until all questions have been answered.
5. The student whose car is in the lead at the end stands on the winner’s podium!

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during maths lessons focused on place value and mental computation
• 💡 Great for Year 3–5 students consolidating addition and subtraction skills
• 💡 Add to rotations as a fluency game to reinforce strategy use
• 💡 Pair with written strategy journals for students to explain their methods after playing

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 of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task

Let’s Race – Three-Digit Addition & Subtraction combines speed, strategy, and number crunching to create a maths challenge your students will love!