Basic 1 to 6

Basic quick games

Six short games for primary learners. Every question is made on the phone from fixed word lists and simple maths rules, so the games work offline and never use AI. When a game is sent in for Sparks, the server checks every answer again with the same rules.

Works offlineNo AI6 games

Every game has the same four screens

1 · Start: three steps, your levels and your pace.

2 · Play: one question at a time.

3 · Right answer: it turns green with a hint.

4 · Results: stars, score and what opens next.

Choosing a pace

Before each game you pick:

Pace	What happens
Relaxed	No clock. (This is the starting choice for Basic 1 to 3.)
Beat the Clock	A clock on each question: 20 s for Basic 1 to 3; for Basic 4 and up, 15 s in Spell It and Number Line and 10 s in the other games. A quick right answer earns +1 Spark.

Times Pop is different: it is always one timed round of 60 seconds (90 seconds for Basic 1 to 3).

Levels and how to open new ones

Each class starts with its own set of levels. Score 3 stars on your highest open level and the next level opens. The game starts you on the first level you have not yet won with 3 stars.

Tricky practice: questions you got wrong or answered slowly come back in later games (up to 3 a game). The Practise tricky ones button plays only those, up to 10.

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Times Fun

1. Pick a times table (the level).
2. A sum appears, such as 3 × 4, with the groups drawn above it.
3. Tap the right answer.
4. A one-line hint follows, such as "Count in 4s: 4, 8, 12".
5. 10 questions a game.

Times Fun: the sum with its groups drawn above.

Class	Tables open at the start
Basic 1	2, 5, 10
Basic 2	2, 3, 4, 5, 10
Basic 3	2 to 10
Basic 4 to 6	2 to 12

Tables open in this order: 2, 5, 10, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12.

The Times Fun start screen on a computer (Basic 5).

Spell It

1. A picture appears with its word. Longer words are shown for a moment, then hidden: look, cover, spell, check.
2. Tap the letter tiles in the right order (there is one spare letter to make you think).
3. After 2 wrong taps, the next right letter glows, so nobody is ever stuck.
4. 8 words a game.

Spell It: tap the letter tiles in order.

Start screen with the word-length levels.

The word spelled right.

Results.

Class	Word lengths (levels)
Basic 1	3 letters
Basic 2	3 and 4
Basic 3	4 and 5
Basic 4	5 and 6
Basic 5	6 and 7
Basic 6	7 and 8

First Sounds

1. A letter appears, such as B (or a letter pair such as CH, SH, TR from Basic 4).
2. Pick the one picture whose word starts with that sound. Exactly one picture fits.
3. 10 questions a game, with 4 pictures to choose from for Basic 1 to 3 and 6 for older learners.

First Sounds: pick the picture that starts with the letter.

Start screen.

The right picture turns green.

Results, with the next level opened.

Class	Levels
Basic 1 to 3	Single letters
Basic 4	Single letters, then letter pairs
Basic 5 and 6	Letter pairs

Count & Add

1. A sum appears, such as 7 + 5 = ?. Younger classes see pictures to count; from Basic 4 the numbers stand on their own.
2. Tap the answer.
3. 10 questions a game.

Count & Add: pictures to count, then the sum.

Start screen.

A right answer, with the counting hint.

Results.

Class	Biggest answer (levels)
Basic 1	up to 10
Basic 2 and 3	up to 10, up to 20
Basic 4	up to 20, up to 50
Basic 5	up to 50, up to 100
Basic 6	up to 100

Times Pop

1. Pick a times table, for example the 4s.
2. Number bubbles float up. About half are multiples of your table.
3. Pop the multiples (4, 8, 12 …) and leave the others.
4. The game is one round of 60 seconds (90 for Basic 1 to 3).

Times Pop uses the same table levels as Times Fun.

Times Pop: tap the bubbles that belong to your table.

Start screen: one round against the clock.

Popping a multiple.

Time's up: what you popped and missed.

Number Line

1. Five number cards appear, mixed up.
2. Tap them in order. Lines take turns: forwards, then backwards.
3. 8 lines a game.

Number Line: tap the cards in order to help the frog hop.

Start screen.

A finished line.

Results.

Class	Levels
Basic 1	up to 20
Basic 2	up to 20, up to 100
Basic 3	up to 20, up to 100, counting in tens
Basic 4	up to 100, counting in tens
Basic 5	counting in tens, numbers in the hundreds
Basic 6	numbers in the hundreds, tens up to 1000

Sparks from quick games

The same rule as a Sprint: 2 Sparks per right answer, +1 for a quick right answer when the clock is on, inside the 60-a-day limit. You must be signed in to earn Sparks; offline games are added when you reconnect.

About the pictures

The screenshots were taken as a Basic 2 learner who is not signed in, which is why the results say "Sign in to earn Mingo Sparks".