Play Bubble Pop
🫧 Pairs popped: 0 of 10
Tap two bubbles that add up to
10
Bubbles float up. Pop pairs before they get away. Missed ones come back.
About This Game
Bubbles with numbers float up the screen. Pop two that add up to the target, like 3 and 7 to make 10. Missed bubbles float away and new ones come, so there is always a pair to find.
Top Tip
Find one bubble, then ask "what goes with it?" For 10, 6 needs 4.
Skills You Are Practising
- Number bonds
- Quick adding
- Pairs that make 10, 20 and 100
- Mental maths
In the real world
Making 10 and 100 is the quick way to add up prices and work out change.
For parents & teachers
- Practise the bonds to 10 out loud in the car: 1 and 9, 2 and 8.
- Ask how a bond to 10 helps with 100: 3 and 7, so 30 and 70.
- Turning on Less movement in settings keeps the bubbles still for children who need it.
Who it suits: Easy suits ages 5–7 (targets 5 to 10). Medium suits ages 7–9 (targets 11 to 20). Hard suits ages 9–11 (make 50 or 100 in fives).
Australian Curriculum v9.0
This game practises these content descriptions. Tap a code to see its full wording and other games for it.
- AC9MFN05 (Foundation Mathematics) represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies
- AC9M1N04 (Year 1 Mathematics) add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies
- AC9M2A02 (Year 2 Mathematics) recall and demonstrate proficiency with addition facts to 20; extend and apply facts to develop related subtraction facts
- AC9M2N04 (Year 2 Mathematics) add and subtract one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences, and solve using part-part-whole reasoning and a variety of calculation strategies
- AC9M3A02 (Year 3 Mathematics) extend and apply knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to 20 to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator
- AC9M3N03 (Year 3 Mathematics) add and subtract two- and three-digit numbers using place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to assist in calculations without a calculator