The first three test types (addition, subtraction and times table) are designed to reinforce the most basic mathematics a child must learn. From these three things, all the other maths techniques can be derived.

Typically you would set the addition to have a max result of either 10 or 20 depending on the current stage your child is learning at school. Here is an example of some settings for a young child

Note that in addition to setting the max addition result to be 20, we have also set the minimum value to be added together to be 2 or above. This is because the child in question complained that adding 1 was ‘too easy’.

After pressing ‘ok’ you can start a ‘new test’ and you will be presented with a question and a numeric keypad for input

The younger child found this input method very easy to use in practice.

Note that times tables are presented with the target multiplier first e.g. the 2 times table has 2 x 12 and not 12 x 2. It is possible that if a child has been taught the other way round, they will not get the fact that 12 x 2 is the same as 2 x 12. If this is a problem for you, please drop me a line and I will make it configurable.