10 best math apps

Teach your kids that math can be fun by using these awesome age-appropriate apps.

Not only are they educational, these apps are also entertaining, so your little number-crunchers won't groan the next time you ask them to practise their multiplication skills.

Learn to count, sort, add, and subtract, with a fun and playful teddy bear as your activity guide.

Ages: 3-6 Platform: iOS

Kids identify numbers and solve math problems through 25 fun and interactive lessons.

This is great for young math learners!

Ages: 3-6 Platform: iOS

Meet a fish who likes to eat numbers! This app will help your wee ones pick up some easy addition in a cartoon-like setting.

Age: 3-6 Platform: iOS

Learn to count with this award-winning Sesame Street app.

Ages: 3-6 Platform: iOS

Jump into nine colourful games with a cheeky monkey as your guru to learn basic math, patterns, and more.

Ages: 3-6 Platform: iOS & Android

Play this arcade-style game to learn math basics in colourful environments, including the deep ocean and outer space (think Asteroids for math fun!).

Ages: 7-12 Platform: iOS

Participate in 56 fun math missions to study everything from multiplication to square roots. This app is great for the student who likes to game and learn.

Ages: 7-12 Platform: iOS

Teach students the basics of addition, subtraction, division, and even square root problems.

It's super easy to configure for kids at different math levels.

Ages: 7-11 Platform: iOS

Try digital flash cards to teach your child addition, subtraction, and multiplication. This app works for various levels of math difficulty.

Ages: 7-11 Platform: Blackberry

Create your own cartoon character for this fun app then play five different games of mathematical Bingo.

Ages: 7-11 Platform: iOS

Beat the clock and improve your math at the same time with this competitive math app.

Ages: 7-12 Platform: iOS