Nitro Math

**Nitro Math** (https://www.nitromath.com) is an educational game from the company Teaching.com. It is similar to Nitro Type, except its focus is, as suggested by its name, mathematics. Nitro Math was first mentioned on 31 Oct 2019; it had been in development for an unknown, but lengthy, period of time before launching. In Nitro Math, one competes against opponents to answer Mathematics questions as quickly and accurately as possible.

The Nitro Math test site became available to all Nitro Gold members on 3 June 2022, and the game entered Gold-only Beta stage on 18 Oct 2022. Nitro Math was released to all players on 16 Jan 2023.

## History

### Early history

The nitromath.com domain was registered on 4 May 2015.

Nitro Math was first announced to the public in a Twitter post on 31 Oct 2019, and the initial gameplay was released on 18 Nov of that year. In 16 Dec, Nitro Math was announced to be ready for testing the following January.

### 2020

On 10 April 2020, Nitro Type Gold was changed to Nitro Gold, along with the logo being changed.

On 18 May 2020, Travis leaks two cars which he intended to be a part of Nitro Math. One, the Mini Firetruck, was released into the Nitro Type Shop on 10 Nov 2021.

### 2021

On 27 July 2021, the Nitro Type player Vielle was announced to have tested Nitro Type Math a week before, and is the first non-admin to have done this.

### 2022

#### April

On 8 Apr 2022, the aforementioned Vielle is the first person to play Nitro Math.

The following day, Nitro Math is mistakenly released for approximately 15 minutes before being closed again, resulting in the first gameplay leaks.

On 27 Apr, the players Rae and Eliserss start testing Nitro Math.

#### May

On 4 May 2022, certain Nitro Math pages become available to view for the public, such as the login page, the season page, and public profiles.

On 10 May, nitros are removed from the boost. Additionally, Vielle becomes the first player to purchase cash on Nitro Math.

On 25 May, new countdown graphics are added, and boosts from the pregame lobby are now unable to transfer to the actual game.

#### June

On 3 June 2022, the Nitro Math test site, at https://www.test.nitromath.com, is finally available to all Gold Members. (The test site now redirects to the Nitro Math home page.)

On 8 June, accuracy is now calculated based on percentage rather than letter grades, as in Nitro Type. The same day, the race logs page is now unavailable.

#### July

On 11 July, the Nitro Type Wiki is renamed the Nitro Wiki, in preparation for the full release of Nitro Math.

#### August

On 15 Aug, a few bugs are fixed, a new track is added, and the order of the stickers is rearranged.

On 25 Aug, there was a server issue which would prevent the user from playing Nitro Math; it is now resolved.

On 28 Aug, a 5-second timer was added to the end of races, which would automatically take the user to a new game. On 31 Aug, this is removed.

#### September

On 9 Sep, animated cars are given animations.

On 13 Sep, a bug related to the fuel meter is fixed, and an update is given to the fuel meter. A new bug allowing for infinite nitro's per game is introduced. The next day, all of the previous day's updates, with exception of the fuel meter update, are reverted.

On 18 Sep, the top timer gets a visual update and the timer countdown is reinstated.

On 21 Sep, Nitro Math is down for a time.

#### October

On 4 Oct, a slew of updates occurs. Nitro Math is advertised when a Gold member logs into Nitro Type. The timer countdown is removed once again. A teams page is also added, although players cannot create a team with the same name or tag as one in Nitro Type. The next day, teams are now able to be created without any issue.

On 18 Oct, Nitro Math finally enters beta stage for gold members, and is discussed fully in a news post (see below).

### 2023

#### January

On 16 Jan 2023, Nitro Math was finally released to all players, regardless of whether or not they have Gold Membership.

## List of news posts mentioning Nitro Math

### First News Post (Feb 2020)

It was first mentioned in the news in a news post by Travis, posted on 27 Feb 2020, in Nitro Type. [1] According to Travis, "years of planning and many months of hard work" had gone into it; also that they had been "working overtime on getting Nitro Math finished before the [2019-2020] school year ends," although this did not happen. A picture of Nitro Math was also leaked in the news post (below right).

### Second News Post (June 2020)

Travis made a news post on 19 June 2020 stating he hoped Nitro Math to be out before the upcoming school year started, which did not happen. [1]

### Third News Post (Jan 2021)

On 14 Jan 2021, Austin made a news post that was partly about Nitro Math. He stated that "Nitro Math ran into two major snags". For one, COVID-19 had "put the brakes on everything". Then he said that they "actually built a complete, playable Nitro Math", tested it among themselves, and decided it "just isn't fun enough." So they rebuilt Nitro Math "but with a completely different gameplay system." Austin ended it with "stay tuned." [1]

### Fourth News Post (March 2022)

On 28 March 2022, Adrian made a news post that mentioned Nitro Math, the first in over a year. Adrian stated that "the current season (#38) was extended by a month, to May 1st," because of the admins working on Nitro Math. The article, very secretive in tone, stated that they wouldn't tell everything that was going on in the development of Nitro Math, but that "it will bring all your favorite Nitro content to a brand new gameplay arena, with a new control scheme and support for more than 5 players". They also stated to "keep an eye out for more Nitro Math news" in the future. [1]

### Fifth News Post (October 2022)

On 18 Oct 2022, Adrian made an extensive news post fully about Nitro Math. He stated, first, that Nitro Math was officially out for gold-only beta. Then he stated exactly how to play Nitro Math (see section Gameplay). Afterward, he reiterated that Nitro Math Beta was only for Gold members, though "we’ll of course be opening up Beta access to a wider audience later on", then explained that Nitro Type and Nitro Math accounts can be switched between. Then Adrian offered a few warnings. First of all, he warned that Nitro Math stats may be reset, "during and/or after the Beta period." Then Adrian explained how to send feedback, before assuring players that any features they didn't see at the moment would be added in later. Adrian closed off the article by encouraging Gold members to play, and stated "we’ll be sure to make an announcement when the game launches to a wider audience later down the line".[1]

### Sixth News Post (October 2022)

Just five days after the previous news post, Nitro Math is mentioned again by Adrian in another news post, in which he reminded readers that "playing on our newly-released Nitro Math Beta will also count towards your season progression". [1]

## Gameplay

Players compete by driving cars that move around a playing field to collect correct answers. Nitro Math doesn't teach actual math content but is instead used to increase speed (number of points per game) and accuracy through consistent practice in a fun and competitive environment. In a game, a player must find the answer to the question shown on the bottom of the screen. In each game, players will have one nitro that can be used to change all of the answers on the screen to the correct ones. They can also speed their car up by using boost, which can be done by filling up the boost meter by collecting fuel nodes and correct answers. As an incentive to practice, Nitro Math rewards players with its in-game currency for completing games, which can be used in the Shop to purchase cars and loot. To keep its content fresh, Nitro Math also hosts seasons that introduce exclusive, limited-time cars and loot. Nitro Math shares many features with Nitro Type. These include the same cash, mystery box system, season schedule (which includes XP and rewards), cars, garage, loot, friends list, Shop, news page, and Gold Membership system. (From the Nitro Wiki)

## Criticism and reception

Nitro Math has frequently been criticized by players for its seemingly odd gameplay, and comparisons have often been made to the game slither.io. Additionally, players have shown disdain that it had taken as long as it had for Nitro Math to be released, given how long it had been in development.

## List of math types

*Main article: Math Type*

Nitro Math has nine different game types:

* Single Digit Addition
* Single Digit Subtraction
* Adding Bills and Coins
* Counting Candies
* Single Digit Multiplication
* Multiplication: Unknown Number
* Simple Division
* Convert Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers
* Division: Estimated Answer

## Trivia

* At one point, it was alluded that "fans" and "champion races" were to be features in Nitro Math, but this is not the case.

## Sources

* https://nitro.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline\_of\_Nitro\_Math\_history
* https://nitro.fandom.com/wiki/Nitro\_Math
* https://www.nitromath.com/support#nitro-math
* https://www.nitrotype.com/news/read/201/hey-a-news-post-
* https://www.nitrotype.com/news/read/204/new-season-rewards-page
* https://www.nitrotype.com/news/read/218/2021--the-newest-of-years
* https://www.nitrotype.com/news/read/237/good-things-come-to-those-who-wait
* https://www.nitrotype.com/news/read/245/nitro-math-is-here-gold-only-beta-starts-now
* https://www.nitrotype.com/news/read/246/start-your-engines-nitro-racing-league-begins-today