Math for Real Life
Stop wondering when you'll ever use math and start using it to solve everyday puzzles. From splitting a pizza to planning a trip, see how numbers make life easier.
Like Duolingo, but for Math for Real Life. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 26 levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes end to end, roughly 10 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Solve Problems Right Now, Spot Patterns and Make Better Choices, and The Secret Rules of Numbers. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Math for Real Life
- The denominator represents the total number of equal parts
- Sharing one item with more people results in smaller pieces
- A fair share means the whole is divided by the total number of people
- As the denominator increases, the size of each individual piece decreases
- Fractions must represent equal-sized parts of a whole
- How to determine the size of a fair share based on the number of people sharing
- Fairness in sharing requires identical portion sizes
- The relationship between the number of sharers and the size of the resulting pieces
- Multiplication represents groups of equal size
- The product of price and quantity equals total cost
- A dozen represents the quantity 12
- Scaling a single unit price to a specific bulk quantity
- Multiplication is more efficient than repeated addition for bulk totals
- Mental math for basic multiplication facts
- Mapping unit prices and quantities to their total bulk costs
- Area is calculated by multiplying length by width
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Math for Real Life the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If you share one giant cookie with 10 people instead of just 2, what happens to the size of your piece?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
How to learn Math for Real Life, step by step
Go in order. 26 short levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
Solve Problems Right Now
- Splitting the Bill with Fractions
- Using Multiplication to Buy in Bulk
- Measuring Your Room for New Furniture
- Estimating Your Total at the Grocery Store
- 2
Spot Patterns and Make Better Choices
- Comparing Prices with Decimals
- Using Percentages to Find the Best Sale
- Reading Graphs to Predict What Happens Next
- Calculating Your Average Score
- Finding the Best Deal Using Ratios
- Probability and the Luck of the Draw
- 3
The Secret Rules of Numbers
- How Negative Numbers Work in Debt and Weather
- Using Variables to Find Missing Information
- The Logic Behind Order of Operations
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about Math for Real Life
How do I learn Math for Real Life?
Go in order: start with Solve Problems Right Now, then Spot Patterns and Make Better Choices, then The Secret Rules of Numbers. On Tomo that's 26 short levels, about 52 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Math for Real Life?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Math for Real Life is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Math for Real Life course free?
Yes. Math for Real Life is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Math for Real Life?
26 levels across 3 sections, about 52 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Math for Real Life?
No. It's pitched at a beginner level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Math for Real Life is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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Start Math for Real Life today.
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