Captain Math's Treasure Hunt: A Free 60-Second Mental-Maths Game

About Captain Math's Treasure Hunt

Captain Math's Treasure Hunt is a fast mental-maths game with a pirate twist. A treasure riddle appears with one number missing — your job is to work out the missing piece and pick it before the clock runs down. Every correct answer fills your treasure chest with gold and pushes you up the pirate ranks.

Because each riddle hides a different part of the sum — sometimes a number, sometimes the operator, sometimes the answer — it builds flexible number sense, not just one-direction recall. It mixes addition, subtraction and multiplication, so it works as a quick all-round warm-up before harder practice.

How to Play

1. Press Start the Treasure Hunt. You have 60 seconds.
2. Read the riddle — one part of the sum is shown as a question mark.
3. Tap the answer choice that correctly completes the sum.
4. Each correct answer earns gold coins; quick answers and streaks earn bonus coins.
5. Collect as much treasure as you can before time runs out, then try to beat your rank.

What Your Child Practises

• Quick mental addition, subtraction and multiplication with numbers up to about 20
• Number sense — finding a missing addend, operator, or result, not just the answer
• Working accurately under a gentle time pressure
• Confidence through a low-stakes, replayable challenge

Tips for Parents

• A 60-second round is perfect for a warm-up — try one before starting homework.
• Celebrate the rank, not just the score; climbing from Landlubber to Deck Hand feels like real progress to a child.
• If your child finds the multiplication riddles hard, pair this with Multiplication War to drill the facts.
• Replay is the point — beating their own coin count keeps kids practising without it feeling like a test.