Fact Beats
A math facts game where every times table a student learns adds an instrument to their own song. Students practice at school or at home, and every round reaches the teacher's dashboard.
- Free
- Math facts
- × ÷ + −
- Grades 1–5
- Home practice
- No sign-up
Math facts that turn into a song
Fact Beats came from a 4th grade teacher whose students need their multiplication and division facts to 144 automatic by the end of the year. Each times table is a track in the student's own song. As a student answers a table's facts quickly on two different days, the lights on that track fill in and its instrument gets louder: drums, bass, keys and melody. Students pick the kind of music they like and play a 3 minute round a day, at school or at home. The teacher sees which facts each student knows and which ones the class is stuck on. It's free, with no ads and no logins.
How Fact Beats works
Make a class
Open flintk12.com/factbeats and choose Teacher? Set up your class. Name the class, pick a fact set and paste your class list, one student per line. Students show as first name and last initial. There's no login: the browser remembers your class, and you get a private link as a backup.
Students join with the class code
Press Show join code to put the class code and a QR code on the board. Students go to flintk12.com/factbeats, type the code and tap their name. On a shared cart, Not you? goes back to the names.
Answer facts in a 3 minute round
A round asks one fact at a time. Students type the answer or tap the number pad. An answer counts as fast when its first digit comes within 3 seconds, so slow typing never counts against a student. A fast answer lights up a light on that table's track and moves its fader up.
A miss shows the answer
There's no buzzer. The music goes quieter, the answer and a picture of the fact appear, and the student types the right answer in the same box. The fact comes back later in the round.
What's in Fact Beats
See which facts each student knows
The dashboard shows the share of facts the class has automatic, its change this month, who practiced this week at school and at home, and the class's hardest facts. On the class grid, darker squares are facts more students know. Tap a square to see who doesn't have that fact yet, and copy their names.
A page for every student
The student table flags anyone with no practice in 7 days or stuck on one fact, like 7 × 8. Each student's page has their fact grid, a chart of automatic facts over time and a practice log marked school or home. Give a student extra time (4.5 or 6 seconds) for an IEP or 504 plan, and print a one-page report for a conference.
Students pick the music
Hip-hop, Pop, Latin, Afrobeats, Rock or Lo-fi chill, with a preview of each. All the music is original and instrumental, with no lyrics. A student can change it any time and keep their progress, and the teacher never sets it.
Built for school and home
- Three fact sets: multiplication and division to 12 × 12 or to 10 × 10, and addition and subtraction to 20.
- Home cards print 8 to a page, each with the student's QR code, home code and a note for families in English and Spanish. Copy student links puts every student's link in one list for Google Classroom comments or parent emails.
- Practice at home reaches the teacher with no extra steps for families, and works on a phone.
- Sound starts off during school hours. Students with headphones can turn it on, or the teacher can keep it off. Every part of the game works with the sound off.
- Read aloud speaks each question, and the whole game is in English and Spanish.
- No internet for a while? Practice is saved on the device and sent when it's back online.
- Just play lets a student practice without a class. That practice stays on the device.
No accounts, and only first names
Fact Beats has no accounts and asks for no emails. Students show as first name and last initial. A home code opens one student's practice only, and a new home link stops the old one on every device. You can delete a class at any time, and a class nobody uses for a year is deleted.
Fact Beats questions
What is Fact Beats?
A free math fact fluency game. Each times table is a track in the student's own song, and the song fills in as the facts become automatic.
What grades is it for?
Addition and subtraction to 20 suits grades 1 and 2. Multiplication and division suit grades 3 to 5 and anyone still learning their times tables.
When does a fact count as automatic?
When a student answers it fast on two different days. Fast means the first digit comes within 3 seconds, or 4.5 or 6 seconds if you give the student extra time. Automatic facts come back for review, and a slow or wrong answer sends a fact back to practice.
Can students practice at home?
Yes. Print the home cards or copy the student links. A student scans the QR code or types the home code, and their practice shows on your dashboard marked as home.
Do students need headphones?
No. Sound starts off during school hours, and the lights, faders and messages show everything the music does.
Is it in Spanish?
Yes. Students can switch to Español at the top of the screen, and read aloud speaks the questions in Spanish. The family note on the home cards is in English and Spanish.
Do I need an account?
No. There are no accounts or sign-ins. Your browser remembers your class, and your private teacher link opens it on another device.
Does Fact Beats use AI?
The game doesn't use AI. Its instrumental music was made ahead of time with an AI music tool, and every student hears the same loops.
