Sample course · 5th grade · age 10
5th Grade Fractions for a kid who loves basketball
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This is a real, playable sample of a Mathbloom 5th Grade Fractions course, built for a kid whose big thing is basketball. Mathbloom generates each course around one child: their interests become the worked examples, word problems, and jokes, while the math underneath follows the standard 5th grade sequence.
The sample has 8 interactive lessons, including "What Is a Fraction?", "Fractions on a Number Line", "Equivalent Fractions". Basketball is not a sticker on top; it shows up inside the lessons, in the scenarios, the practice problems, and the callouts, with gaming and space woven in along the way. The thread that ties this sample together: Free-throw fractions: what starts as splitting the team's orange slices and comparing free-throw makes grows, lesson by lesson, into finding a fraction of the whole team's shots, and finally into reading a shooting percentage as a decimal, the same idea from lesson 1, all grown up.
To be clear about what you are looking at: this demo kid and their interests are fixed, so everyone plays the same sample. When you subscribe, your kid's course is generated fresh, on their name, their age, their real interests, and their pace. The sample below is free to play, with no sign-up.
Free to play, no sign-up · your own kid's course comes with Family, $49/mo
The 8 lessons in this sample
Real interactive lessons, each about 25 minutes: teaching first, then checks you can retry until it clicks.
- What Is a Fraction?~25 min
- Fractions on a Number Line~25 min
- Equivalent Fractions~25 min
- Comparing and Ordering Fractions~25 min
- Fraction Foundations Checkpoint~20 min
- Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions~25 min
- Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions~30 min
- Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers~30 min
Early math sticks when it looks like the kid's own world. These samples keep numbers concrete: counting, sharing, and measuring things a young kid already cares about, in short interactive steps. Lessons are written for readers, so the youngest samples work best side by side with a grown-up.
Questions parents ask
Is this a real course?
Yes. The 8 lessons in this sample are fully authored and playable in the same interactive player a subscriber's kid uses: teaching steps, checks you can retry, and mini-games. It is a demo in one sense only: the persona and interests are fixed. A generated course for your own kid runs up to 12 lessons and is written around them.
How does the personalization actually work?
You tell Mathbloom your kid's age, the math they need, and a few interests. The course is then generated fresh for them: the sequence of lessons follows real 5th grade standards, while the examples, word problems, diagrams, and humor are built from their interests, with their name woven through. This page's sample shows what that looks like when the interest is basketball.
What does it cost?
Playing this sample is free, no sign-up. A full membership is the Family plan at $49/mo for up to 3 kids, each with their own generated courses, with a 30-day money-back guarantee and cancel anytime. Tutors and co-ops can run up to 10 learners on Studio at $199/mo.
Is it aligned to grade level?
The sample follows the standard 5th grade scope, and generated courses are built on real grade-level standards with named mastery objectives per lesson. A kid who is ahead or behind simply starts at the level that matches where they are, not their grade label.