Blast Off is an independent learning system that is designed to help students in 3rd grade and up achieve complete math fact fluency.
Students use Blast Off to practice math facts in the horizontal, vertical, and pre-algebraic views. For each level and view of math facts mastered, students earn a badge. Each level mastered increases the level of difficulty.
For a math fact to be considered mastered they must answer it within 3 seconds. If they take longer than 3 seconds or miss the fact completely, it will be added to the review that is done at the end of the practice session. The review is started after students have missed or took too long to answer 10 facts correctly.
Each practice session with Blast Off typically takes between 5 to 15 minutes depending on your student's level of mastery.
If you would like to learn about the Math Facts Matter levels, please see Our Methodology page.
Blast Off is best suited for grades 3 to adult.
While you can use it with lower grades, your students may have a harder time using it. For younger grades, we recommend starting with Countdown.
We have bundled Blast Off with our other programs. You can learn more about our bundled solution here.
Your students can create their own accounts or login through the student portal found at PlayBlastOff.com.
Students often make the mistake of signing up on mathfactsmatter.com which will not give them access to the products and will take them to the teacher side of the program. So please, make sure your students understand they need to go through the student portal.
To run Blast Off all you need is a good internet connection and a modern web browser that is uptodate. There are no special downloads or system requirements beyond that. You can access and use Blast Off from a computer, tablet, or phone.
For accessing the reports, we highly recommend accessing the reports from a computer so that they are easier to read, print, and export.