Stickman Mental Math

Stickman Mental Math shows you a target number and asks you to build a sum that reaches it. You put the equation together yourself from a table of numbers and a set of mathematical signs, then press equals when you think it is done.

The stakes come from the stickman. Give a wrong answer and he loses part of his body, and the aim is to keep him going for as long as you can.

The instructions say to press equals once no further operations are needed, which suggests an equation can run past a single sign when the target calls for it. The developer describes the problems as simple ones meant for mental arithmetic, the kind you work out in your head rather than on paper, and suggests playing in short sessions of five to ten minutes at a time.

Read the number you need to reach. Click or tap a number from the table, then choose a mathematical sign, then pick a second number. If the sum needs another step, keep adding signs and numbers; if not, press the equals sign to submit. A wrong result costs the stickman a piece of himself.

Work the sum out in your head before touching anything, because every wrong answer removes part of the stickman and the run lasts only as long as he does. Look for the shortest route to the target: one sign between two numbers is enough whenever the table offers a pair that works.

An arithmetic puzzle where you assemble equations to hit a target, in a landscape frame. Input is a mouse click or a tap. Mistakes show up on the stickman, who loses a part with each wrong answer.

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