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Overview

Build comprehensive rapid-fire maths power

Build maths fact fluency

Build comprehensive maths processing power, maths fact fluency and automaticity.

Times Tables • Addition • Subtraction • Multiplication • Division • Fractions • Decimals • Percentages • Numeration • Counting • Squares • Square Roots • Powers • Directed numbers and more!

Ages 5 to 15+
Essential numeracy skills for every child’s success
Players tackle 100s of questions in minutes

A multifaceted maths resource

Maths Invaders is a resource of unparalleled power and capacity for teachers of mathematics. It is concurrently:

a maths fact teaching environment
a comprehensive mastery learning programme
a massive printable maths practice worksheet generator

No other maths teaching program packs so much into such an easy to use and motivational system. Its focus on developing critical maths facts and computational maths skills is laser sharp and incredible value for your school.

Not only does Maths Invaders teach tables and maths facts through repetition and sequencing but it also develops mental maths agility and fluency, and teaches mental maths patterns, tricks and strategies that will stay with a student for life.

Years K – 10

Maths Invaders starts with kindergarten-level counting and simple addition then builds up to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division tables all the way to challenging Year 10 calculations including powers and square roots.

Throughout this journey it comprehensively covers computational maths and fosters a mathematical mindset.

Individualised learning

Maths Invaders is built on the premise that students learn best when the work presented is targeted to their learning needs. Maths Invaders:

Features automated Adaptive Learning which creates an individual learning pathway for each student
Enables each student to progress at their own pace
Extends the gifted and supports those for whom maths is a struggle
Enables teachers and students to choose the areas to be practised and then allows for repetition until mastery is achieved

Motivational, challenging and fun

The fast and furious games engage and motivate students to master mental maths. Maths Invaders includes three powerful games to build math fact agility: Maths Invaders, Space Rescue and Galactic Campaign.

Carefully sequenced to build mental maths ability step-by-step
Little-by-little as skills increase the maths gets harder
The children are having so much fun they don’t even realise they are learning

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Packed full of innovative features that motivate students to learn as well as making teaching easier.

Fully interactive, real-time, multiplayer game with adaptive learning

The Space Rescue game embedded in Maths Invaders is powered by the advanced EdAlive Multi-Topic Adaptive Learning System which automatically creates and maintains individualised learning pathways across multiple topics for each student.

This automated progression frees teachers from the tedium of managing their students’ progress. This way teachers can focus on helping students with their reading skills rather than manually adjusting learning levels.

Quick summary

Enables automated, fully individualised, differentiated learning
Analyses each student’s responses in real-time.
Rapidly establishes each student’s base learning level.
Automatically progresses each student.
Optimally challenges each student.
Reinforces success and motivates children to tackle subsequent activities with confidence.
Frees teachers and parents from the tedium of analysing children’s responses and manually creating learning sequences.
Acts as an intelligent, dedicated tutor, continually monitoring and progressing each child.
Liberatingly simple to use.

Defender Level

The Defender Level is an innovative motivational system designed to engage students.

Each correct answer counts towards the total necessary to earn the next Defender
There are 180 defenders in total with each one requiring extra questions to be answered over the previous one
The images and names are designed to fascinate and motivate students to answer more and more questions (do more and more maths) to obtain the next one
The defender images are printable in full colour and as colouring-in outlines

Unlimited Printable Practice Worksheets

An unlimited number of printable practice worksheets can be generated either by a student as they work or by a teacher from the teacher management module. Each worksheet is specific to the one of the 118 topics or, if required the 850 subtopics. The questions for each worksheet are generated on-the-fly meaning that each worksheet is unique and the number of variants unlimited. Correct answers and fulfilled curriculum correlations are appended to the bottom of each worksheet.

Powerful progress reports

Incisive level-based progress report
Student data endures year-on-year
Historical reports to quickly give an understanding of how each child is progressing
Swiftly identifies each student’s strengths and weaknesses

Stories From Users

Growing up with Maths Invaders
Richmond Primary School blitzes maths skills
Savvy teachers start maths competition
Visiting winners for the Maths Challenge

Maths Invaders CD Edition Award highlights

BESSIE Award Winner – Best Early Elementary Math Software
EDDIE Award Winner – Best Upper Elementary Math Software
CODiE Awards Finalist – Best Elementary Education Instructional Solution: Mathematics
National Parenting Center Seal of Approval
CLRN criteria met

Maths Invaders is built on the rich, multi-award-winning pedigree of the original Maths Invaders CD Edition. It has been upgraded and transformed to create a hugely powerful maths mastery and adaptive learning system!

Powered by EdAlive Central

EdAlive Central is the powerful platform underpinning all EdAlive websites that streamlines and centralises the admin side of things.

A unified gateway and data source that simplifies school administration.
Easy student management
Easy class management
Easy admin
Single Sign On (SSO)

You can be confident

Like all EdAlive online learning websites, Maths Invaders:

Features the highest levels of data security for your peace of mind.
Includes virtually unlimited support to make your job easier.
Works on any device, anywhere, anytime.
Research shows a significant learning boost

Maths Content

Maths content and fluency

Massive math content that builds maths fact fluency

Maths Invaders is designed to quickly build essential maths fact fluency and automaticity.

Fulfils the requirements of the Australian Curriculum, NSW Syllabus and Victorian Curriculum F-10
The huge selection of topics and levels helps the struggler and dares the genius!
The facts to be learnt are sequentially arranged with new skills building on those already mastered
Levels and maths skills covered include:

Lower Primary activities: counting & numeration, addition, subtraction
Middle Primary activities: numeration (place value), addition, subtraction, tables (multiplication facts), multiplication extension, division, fractions, squares, square roots, decimals
Upper Primary/Lower Secondary activities: numeration, addition, subtraction, tables, multiplication & division, fractions, decimals, percentages, powers, squares & square roots, directed numbers

Curriculum correlation

Each of the 850 subtopics has been correlated against specific outcomes for the following curricula.

The individual correlations are accessible from the teacher management module and are displayed wherever the topics and subtopics occur in Maths Invaders including all relevant printed reports and worksheets. This tight integration between Maths Invaders and the curricula allows teachers to use Maths Invaders to target skills by outcome and use students’ achievements as evidence of mastery of an outcome.

The Australian Curriculum
The NSW Syllabus 2014
The Victorian Curriculum
NZ TKI

Designing Maths Invaders

The Maths Invaders design team started by de-constructing the teaching of computational maths into a series of 851 carefully sequenced activity types. We then programmed 851 individual algorithms to create an endless stream of questions for each of the activity types. The questions generated are fed into the Maths Invaders game and appear in the waves of descending invaders.

850 of the sequenced algorithms are grouped to form 128 Steps that are further organised into 10 Zones or Levels
1 specialised algorithm with variable inputs generates a massive range of multiplication and division tables
The questions generated are fed into all of the different sections of Maths Invaders including the practice sections and the Galactic Campaign mastery learning mode

What is tables and number facts fluency?

Tables and number facts fluency is the quick and effortless (automatic) recall of basic math facts from long-term memory without conscious effort or attention. Every child should instantly recall that 6 x 8 = 48 without counting on their fingers on in their heads. Table (maths fact) fluency is an essential life skill that should be achieved before a child leaves primary (elementary) school.

Why is tables and number facts fluency important?

Thinking mathematically requires the use of our working memory. If we have not achieved automaticity with our tables and number facts then we must use our working memory to calculate the tables and number facts at the same time as we are thinking mathematically. This extra mental load slows us down and can overwhelm our mental capacity. When we have mastered our tables they are recalled instantly leaving our working memory free to work mathematically. Students who don’t have immediate recall of tables and number facts spend much of their time on basic computations instead of learning higher order maths skills.

Games

The Maths Invaders games

Fun and engaging games that motivate children to learn

The Maths Invaders game

Save the planet from waves of descending maths questions! Only the correct answers will stop them. If you run into the invaders or they get to the bottom of the screen, you’re INVADED!

At the heart of Maths Invaders is the fast-paced Maths Invaders game. Students can complete over 1,800 maths questions per hour. That’s one every 2 seconds! No other maths game we know of gives so much maths practice in so little time!

Challenges players with the chosen maths questions
Players can easily view their overall progress and specific results thus building motivation
Effort is rewarded, and motivation enhanced with instant feedback

Space Rescue

Space Rescue is a real-time interactive multiplayer game with adaptive learning

Players are on a mission to rescue stranded ships that are lost in space. The winner is the player who earns the most points – so look out for bonus points as you scan for lost ships!

Up to 4 players can play against each other or the computer
Each student plays at their optimal maths level, giving them just the right challenge
Highly interactive. It’s not just a race to the finish line. Students engage directly with each other through the dynamic game play. Their actions directly affect the options of other players. It’s a massive motivation booster.
Play against the computer with friends, or around the world
Advanced AI (Artificial Intelligence) allows the computer opponents to auto-level to match the capability of the players
The innovative turn-based design maximises the time doing educational content and minimises time waiting for other players

Galactic Campaign

Galactic Campaign is a mastery learning system that automatically guides students through 128 carefully graded Steps covering 10 years of maths.

Enables the student’s learning to be self-directed. The teacher does not have to adjust their level and only needs to intervene when and where the Report shows a need.
Students can begin in Zone 1 (Year 1) or use the “Skip Here” pre-test to commence at a higher grade
At each step students are presented with 10 waves of invader questions at basic speed. If they successfully repel the invaders they are awarded a star.
Students then choose between progressing to the next step at the basic speed or staying on the same step and repelling the Invaders at faster speeds
At each step students can produce bespoke pdf worksheets to help them strengthen their maths skills
Students are rewarded with points towards their defender level and Galactic Campaign stars, triple stars, and the step attained
Students can use the Practice mode to hone their skills on chosen topics

Maths Challenge

Participate in the FREE Maths Challenge and give your class a great opportunity to build rapid fire number fact skills.

Motivate your class to work with the Maths Challenge

Participation in the FREE Maths Challenge will give your class a great opportunity to build the vital skill of maths fact fluency. It will also give you an opportunity to trial Maths Invaders

Schools with an existing subscription or Trial just keep working. Those schools yet to engage with Maths Invaders simply start a FREE Trial here.

When is the next Maths Challenge to be held?

There will be a Maths Challenge during Term 2 2023. Date to be announced closer to the event.

How does the Maths Challenge work?

Each week, the Maths Invaders Leaderboard calculates and displays in rank order, the total number of questions answered correctly for each class broken down by country, state and age group. At the end of the designated Maths Challenge week we will award Gold, Silver and Bronze status to Australian schools on an age group basis. Since the results will be displayed on the Leaderboard classes ranking lower than a 1st, 2nd or 3rd position can still see their rank and celebrate accordingly.

In-school competition

The Leaderboard allows users who are logged in to see the ranking of classes within your school allowing you to recognize achievement in your local context too.

What About Awards?

Teachers and School Administrator can print Maths Challenge Certificates for their students after logging in and viewing the leaderboard for their school. They simply click on the icon next to the class!

Getting started for schools with existing subscriptions or current Free Trials

Simply keep working. Each correctly answered question by a student in any one of your classes will count towards the weekly total. Join up as many classes as you can and compete within your school as well!

To compete for FREE – start a FREE Trial:

Start your teacher account. In the process you’ll need to Identify your school to enable us to be in touch with you to give you access during the Challenge.
If you already have an existing Free Trial or a paid subscription just start competing and your results will be automatically entered in the competition.
Add your students. This short video will show you how to add your students’ details.
Print the students’ logins for them and start working!

Notes: We employ standard deviation filters to ensure that results that are atypical for a student are discounted and not used for the calculation of class results. This methodology assumes that each student will build their skills in a progressive manner and guards against the possibility of others with higher skills artificially inflating a student’s result by working in their account.

Use the lead up weeks to prepare

Start using Maths Invaders right now to prepare the students for a final push in the Challenge Week. From 1 class to the whole school – all may participate in the Maths Challenge. Students can work on their maths from school or home on any device, including iPads. It’s open to any class from any school anywhere in Australia.

Winners announced

The winning schools will automatically display on the Leaderboard on the Sunday following the challenge week. Their achievement will also be preserved in perpetuity by posting in the Maths Invaders blog.

Research

A commitment to research

Research quantifies significant learning boosts.

Compelling research

Up to 12 months’ progress in one term with just one lesson a week and minimal teacher supervision!

Boost maths fact fluency by 12 months!
Boost maths fact fluency (full research)
Double maths fact recall speed!
Real help for struggling maths students
Using learning theory to help our students

Maths Invaders research & development

With Maths Invaders the key research focus has been student progress. This is especially important with the introduction of automated Adaptive Learning. This allows students to learn at their own level no matter where they sit on the bell curve. By providing each student with their own personal lesson, it was anticipated that they would improve at a greater rate than usual. Longitudinal data analysis shows that this is in fact the outcome.

Adaptive Learning boosts maths ability

After close monitoring of students’ results in Maths Invaders’ automated Adaptive Learning we found some amazing results. Students were regularly boosting their maths age by an entire year in the span of a term! Not only was their knowledge increasing at a dramatic rate, but their accuracy was staying at almost the same levels as when they started. This proved that the students were retaining the information and using maths facts fluency, the backbone of Maths Invaders. The full research report looks further into the specifics of how to increase the likelihood of this speed in growth and how it plays out over time.

Leaderboard

How the Weekly Leaderboards Work

Motivation and engagement

The Maths InvadersLeaderboards are designed to boost student motivation and engagement by giving dynamic feedback to the class. They create an opportunity for students in a class to work together.

How the Weekly Leaderboards work

Each question answered correctly is recorded
Results are tallied class by class
Results are re-calculated every 15 minutes
The current calculated results display when the Leaderboard is loaded
Pressing the “Refresh” button every 15 minutes will display new results
The time remaining displays in the digital countdown
At the end of the week the top ranking classes are awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trophy status

Age Brackets

To ensure the fairest competition between classes, the leaderboard defaults to show results grouped by age brackets.

U18’s
U16’s
U14’s
U12’s
U10’s
U8’s

If you cannot see your class in the leaderboard check the leaderboard hints.

Improvement on last week rank

The green arrow appears when a class has improved on last week’s ranking
The current rank relative to their last week’s rank is re-calculated every 15 minutes

Drill down by Country and State

Use the icons at the top of the Leaderboard to drill down by Country and State.

View Previous Winners in the Leaderboard history

Click the Calendar icon to view the Leaderboard results for all classes including your own from last week and previous weeks.

Leaderboard time periods

The Leaderboards are re-calculated each week at midnight Australian Eastern Standard Time (Sydney). Each answer is recorded in real time and feeds into this calculation.

See the results for your school only

When logged in students can view the results for all active classes at their school including their own. This makes it easy for you to have in-school competitions.

If Leaderboards are not for your school

Some schools may prefer that classes from their school are not displayed on the Leaderboard. If this is the case, the school administrator can simply uncheck the “Participate in competition” option on the My School screen of the School Administration menu. Please note we cannot remove results retrospectively.

I can’t See My Class or Don’t See The Expected Results

Only classes where the teacher or school administrator has set the age level of the class will be shown on the age-based leaderboard. This can be set using the “Edit Class Details” button on the class management screen. If you have not already done so, please ensure your classes have the correct ages now.

We employ standard deviation filters to ensure that results that are atypical for a student are discounted and not used for the calculation of class results. This methodology assumes that each student will build their skills in a progressive manner and guards against the possibility of others with higher skills speeds artificially inflating a student’s result by working in their account.

Classes with significantly more or less students than typical classes are not displayed in the Leaderboard.
Inactive classes, in which none or only a small number of students have completed questions during the week, will not be displayed on the Leaderboard.

The Maths Challenge (Coming Soon)

The Maths Invaders Maths Challenge operates using a designated week in the Leaderboard calendar and awarding special recognition to the top achieving schools.

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Math Invaders

Overview

Build maths fact fluency

A multifaceted maths resource

Years K – 10

Individualised learning

Motivational, challenging and fun

Learn More

Fully interactive, real-time, multiplayer game with adaptive learning

Quick summary

Defender Level

Unlimited Printable Practice Worksheets

Powerful progress reports

Stories From Users

Maths Invaders CD Edition Award highlights

Powered by EdAlive Central

You can be confident

Maths content and fluency

Massive math content that builds maths fact fluency

Curriculum correlation

Designing Maths Invaders

What is tables and number facts fluency?

Why is tables and number facts fluency important?

The Maths Invaders games

The Maths Invaders game

Space Rescue

Galactic Campaign

Maths Challenge

Motivate your class to work with the Maths Challenge

When is the next Maths Challenge to be held?

How does the Maths Challenge work?

In-school competition

What About Awards?

Getting started for schools with existing subscriptions or current Free Trials

Use the lead up weeks to prepare

Winners announced

A commitment to research

Compelling research

Maths Invaders research & development

Adaptive Learning boosts maths ability

How the Weekly Leaderboards Work

Motivation and engagement

How the Weekly Leaderboards work

Age Brackets

Improvement on last week rank

Drill down by Country and State

View Previous Winners in the Leaderboard history

Leaderboard time periods

See the results for your school only

If Leaderboards are not for your school

I can’t See My Class or Don’t See The Expected Results

The Maths Challenge (Coming Soon)

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