About Maths Warriors

Maths Warriors is more than a game — it's a training tool used in math olympiad competitions worldwide, designed to build genuine mental arithmetic speed and strategic thinking in students of all ages.

Origin

Maths Warriors was created in 2004 by Henry Ong, Founder of the International Scholastic Trust and SIMCC (Singapore International Math Contest Centre). The goal was specific: give students a competitive game that builds genuine mental arithmetic speed, not just rote memorisation.

Unlike passive drill-and-practice tools, Maths Warriors puts arithmetic in a pressure context. Facing an opponent and a ticking clock, players are motivated to calculate faster and more accurately than they ever would in a worksheet setting.

Competition Use

Maths Warriors is an official competition format at:

• SIMOC — Singapore International Math Olympiad Challenge — an international competition bringing students from across Asia and the world to compete in mathematics.
• Singapore National Primary Schools Maths Warriors Challenge — a national-level competition for primary school students in Singapore.

Competing at SIMOC requires the ability to rapidly compute multi-dice arithmetic expressions under a move timer — exactly the skills this game develops. Students who train with the digital version are practicing the exact same rules used in live tournaments.

Educational Impact

Since 2004, Maths Warriors has been used to train over 100,000 students worldwide. The game develops:

• Arithmetic fluency — addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division under time pressure
• Order of operations — PEMDAS/BODMAS applied in real expression construction, not just theoretical exercises
• Strategic planning — choosing which dice to attack, when to use Strength vs. Mind attacks, and how to protect your own dice
• Pressure performance — calculating accurately while a clock counts down and an opponent watches

The game scales in challenge: students can start on Easy and work up to Impossible as their arithmetic fluency improves. The Impossible AI plays near-optimally, providing a genuine challenge even for experienced competition players.

Global Expansion

Maths Warriors is being launched as a national math competition in Cambodia and other countries, supported by the Cambodian Student Leadership Council (CSLC), the Global Student Leadership Council (GSLC), and IJHS. The game's reach continues to grow beyond Singapore into Southeast Asia and beyond.

The Digital Version

This free browser version of Maths Warriors was designed and developed by Samputhy Khim at Cambodia SLC. The goal: make the physical dice game accessible to any student anywhere in the world, with no download, no account, and no cost.

Features of the digital version include:

• Play against an AI at four difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impossible
• Local two-player mode on the same device
• Configurable overall game timer and per-move timer
• Full keyboard support for fast competitive play
• Undo support for learning and practice sessions
• Move history log to review the game
• Progressive Web App — installable on mobile devices
• Light and dark themes

The digital version follows the exact official rules used in SIMOC competitions, making it a valid practice platform for students preparing for tournaments.

Learn More

Watch a gameplay explanation on YouTube: Maths Warriors Gameplay Tutorial

For detailed rules and strategy, read the How to Play guide.

Credits

• Game Design: Henry Ong — Founder, International Scholastic Trust and SIMCC
• Digital Development: Samputhy Khim — Portfolio
• Published by: SIMCC