Ascent

Climb Mount Everest, one algebra skill at a time. Reach the summit and you've finished Algebra 1.

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Ages 13+ Full Algebra 1 course 56 skills, 12 legs No ads No tracking iPhone & iPad

The mountain map: the route from Lukla to the summit, with camps for each algebra unit and your climber at 6,065 m

$Solving an equation with stacked fractions, answered correctly on the notebook-paper working card$ Drawing the line y = 2x + 1 with a finger on the interactive graph canvas, graded correct

Drawing the line y = 2x + 1 with a finger on the interactive graph canvas, graded correct

Session results showing an expedition patch, a streak, and altitude gained

Why Ascent works

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Altitude you earn

Every skill you master gains real height on the route to Everest's summit. Camps mark finished units, fireworks light the night sky at milestones, and summiting means the whole course is done.

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Stuck never means stranded

The radio to Base Camp is one tap away on every problem: four levels of hints, never punished. Every concept has a lesson you can reread and endless fresh worked examples.

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Graphs you can touch

Draw lines with your finger, plot a system's solution, shade an inequality, read a parabola, all on an interactive coordinate plane that grades your graph exactly.

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Real math, not multiple choice

A true math keyboard and native rendering of stacked fractions, exponents, and radicals, plus a scratchpad for rough work by finger or Apple Pencil, never graded, wiped like scrap paper.

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Exact, never AI-guessed

Every problem, hint, and answer check comes from our own exact algebra engine: √8 counts as 2√2, and an expanded form won't pass as factored. No generative AI, so the math is always right.

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Private by design

No ads, no tracking, no third-party code, no data collection. Works offline, and optional sync runs through your own private iCloud. From the makers of Numina.

The route: twelve legs to the summit

Starting in Lukla at 2,860 m, each leg is one unit of a full US Algebra 1 course. Altitude is only gained when a skill is truly mastered: spaced reviews and an acclimatization gate at every camp make sure it sticks. Already know some algebra? The optional flight in can start you as high as Camp Two.

Namche Bazaar

Foundations · 3,440 m

Everest Base Camp

The language of algebra · 5,364 m

Camp One, through the Khumbu Icefall

Linear equations · 6,065 m

Camp Two, up the Western Cwm

Inequalities · 6,400 m

Camp Three, on the Lhotse Face

Functions · 7,162 m

The Yellow Band

Linear functions and data · 7,500 m

The South Col

Systems of equations · 7,924 m

The Balcony

Exponents and growth · 8,430 m

The South Summit

Polynomials · 8,749 m

The Hillary Step

Factoring · 8,790 m

The Summit Ridge

Quadratics · 8,830 m

The Summit

Radicals and Summit Day · 8,849 m

One problem from every leg

Every unit of the course, photographed in play: one real question from each of the twelve legs, answered correct.

Simplify −2 + x − 5, answered x − 7 and marked correct — **Foundations**Namche Bazaar

Distribute 4(x + 8), answered 4x + 32 and marked correct — **The language of algebra**Everest Base Camp

Solve 7x − 1 = 5x + 13, answered x = 7 and marked correct — **Linear equations**Camp One

Solve −4x − 7 ≤ 17, answered x ≥ −6 and marked correct — **Inequalities**Camp Two

If f(x) = 4x − 6, find f(6), answered 18 and marked correct — **Functions**Camp Three

Reading the slope of a graphed line, answered one half and marked correct — **Linear functions & data**The Yellow Band

Solve the system −2x − y = −11 and 3x − y = 9, answered (4, 3) and marked correct — **Systems of equations**The South Col

Simplify (3x to the fourth) squared, answered 9x to the eighth and marked correct — **Exponents & growth**The Balcony

Multiply (x + 3)(x + 5), answered x² + 8x + 15 and marked correct — **Polynomials**The South Summit

Factor x² + 8x + 15 completely, answered (x + 5)(x + 3) and marked correct — **Factoring**The Hillary Step

Reading the vertex of a graphed parabola, answered (3, −1) and marked correct — **Quadratics**The Summit Ridge

Simplify √8, answered 2√2 and marked correct — **Radicals & Summit Day**The Summit

The mountain is waiting.

Ascent is in final testing. Want to know the moment it opens? We'll send exactly one email, on launch day.

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Questions climbers ask

When does Ascent launch?

Soon. The whole mountain is built and climbable end to end, from Lukla to the summit; we're in final testing and App Store preparation. Email us and we'll send you one note on launch day.

How much will it cost?

Free to start: the route through Camp One (foundations, the language of algebra, and all of linear equations) costs nothing. A single one-time purchase, the Full Expedition, unlocks the rest of the mountain. No subscription, and it's family shareable.

Who is Ascent for?

Anyone taking or retaking Algebra 1, roughly ages 13 and up. Already partway through algebra? An optional placement check at the start, the flight in, can drop you as high as Camp Two, so you never grind through material you already own. For ages 8 to 11, we make Numina, our arithmetic game.

Is it a complete Algebra 1 course?

Yes. Fifty-six skills across twelve legs cover a full US Algebra 1 course: equations, inequalities, functions, systems, exponents, polynomials, factoring, quadratics, and radicals, finishing with the three-part Summit Day mixed review. Reaching the summit means finishing the course.

Does Ascent use AI to make the questions?

No. Every problem, hint, and worked solution comes from our own exact algebra engine and is checked for correctness, so the math is always right. There is no generative AI anywhere in the learning content.

Is it private? Does it work offline?

Yes and yes. No ads, no tracking, no third-party code, no data collection. Everything works offline, and optional sync runs through your own private iCloud.