Step Challenge is a challenge to your mental arithmetic skills.

When Step Challenge opens, or whenever you press the New button, you will be presented with a starting number on the top line and eight operations to carry out on the lines beneath this. These operations are always carried out on the result of the line above (or on the starting number for the first operation). Your objective is to determine the result of the final line by working step-by-step through all the lines.

You don't have to submit your answer, just work things out in your head or maybe on a piece of paper.

Once you're satisfied that you have calculated the final result, just press the Show button, which reveals the results of all the lines, including the final one.

If you like, you can also press on the result box for any line at any time, which reveals the result for that line and all the ones above it. This can be a useful way of confirming that your calculations so far are correct. You can, of course, do this each time you've calculated the result of a line, which provides you with a visible result - easier than trying to remember what your last answer was.

Note: Fractions may be written as a fraction, e.g. 1/4, or as a percentage, e.g. 25%, if the percentage is a whole number, or in words, e.g. 'a quarter' (but the last is done only for 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4).

Note: When you see fractions, be careful to note whether it is just a simple fraction, e.g. '2/3 of this', in which case the result is just that fraction of the previous result, or is an 'Add' or 'Subtract' operation, e.g. 'Subtract 2/3 of this', in which case you evaluate the fraction of the previous result and add this to or subtract this from the previous result, as appropriate. So, if the previous result is 60, '2/3 of this' has the result 40, whereas 'Subtract 2/3 of this' has the result 20 (60-40).

Note: All results are positive whole numbers, so if you find that your result for any line is not a whole number or is negative or zero, you can be sure that you have made a mistake.

This puzzle can be played as a game if two or more people can see the screen. The winner is the first player to give the correct answer.

Levels and times

There are three levels (1-3). The default level is 1.

The numbers you need to deal with increase with level.

The current level is shown near the bottom-right corner, with '+' and '-' buttons at the sides, which allow you to change the level.

After the problem is presented, a timer starts (bottom left), which initially has a green background. For each level, there is a default time suggested, after which the background of the timer changes to red. The time continues to count up, a second at a time, until the result of the final line is displayed, even when you have exceeded the suggested time. The suggested times are 30s for level 1, 60s for level 2 and 90s for level 3.

Terms of use

This software may be used for personal purposes only.  It may not be used for commercial purposes.

The software, code and script of this application may not be copied or be distributed to others.

The software, code and script may not be altered in any way.

Copyright of the software, code and script, and its help documentation, is held by TopAccolades Limited.  No part of the software, code, script or documentation may be copied or used in another application or document.

Although every effort has been made to ensure that this software functions as intended, TopAccolades Limited provides no warranty of merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose, in relation to this application or its support.

TopAccolades Limited shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use of or inability to use this application or the provision of or failure to provide support.

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