Release Notes

What's changed on MathGem, in order

MathGem is actively maintained — new worksheet topics, content pages, and fixes ship regularly. Here's a running log of what's changed.

October 2026

  • Basic Math worksheets can now be solved on screen: choose Solve online above the worksheet, type your answers and press Check answers. Getting every answer right ends with confetti. Phones open in this mode.
  • Basic Math worksheets have a new Min Value setting next to Max Value. Setting both to the same number fixes it, so a page of only the 7 times table is now one setting away.
  • Basic Math numbers are now drawn evenly between Min Value and Max Value. Before, the largest values came up less often, so the newest times table in a mixed page was practised less than the others.
  • Fixed: on Basic Math worksheets, changing the row spacing could leave answers on the answer sheet for problems that no longer fit on the page. The problems and the answer sheet now always match.
  • Fixed: a Min Value or Max Value of 0 is now corrected to the lowest allowed number instead of being ignored.
  • Published new guides: homeschool math, how MathGem makes and checks its problems, printing worksheets, step-by-step practice orders for the times tables and for fractions, a skills check to do before starting equations, and common algebra mistakes and where they come from. The guide list now shows the newest guide first.
  • Each level overview page now explains that level's own settings, answer formats and page layout.
  • The Basic Math and Basic Math 2 topic pages have a new section suggesting an order for working through the settings, from the simplest problems to the hardest.
  • On phones and narrow windows, the level tabs at the top now open from a menu button.

September 2026

  • Added a page for every topic (26 in all) with an explanation, worked examples, common mistakes and sample problems, next to the worksheet generator. Topics now have their own addresses, such as /algebra/solving-equations/; old links still work and redirect.
  • Added an overview page for each level with its grade range and a recommended order of topics.
  • Added practice guides for parents and teachers, starting with a grade-by-grade practice roadmap.
  • Added Contact and Terms of Use pages, updated the About page and Privacy Policy, and unified the site footer.
  • Worked examples and generated problems for every topic are now checked automatically before each update.
  • Fixed worksheet generators: subtraction no longer gives negative answers unless negative numbers are switched on; division remainders are correct for negative numbers; out-of-range Max Value entries no longer freeze the page; fractions like "3/1" print as whole numbers; systems of equations always have one solution; factoring answers are fully factored; radical and conic problems print consistently; integer, ratio and decimal problems now match their settings.

July 2026

  • Added a Privacy Policy, About page, and site footer with navigation links.
  • Added robots.txt and sitemap.xml and switched the site to its mathgem.ca domain.
  • Added binder-tab content pages (Key Concept, Investigate, Process, Basic Exercise) and topic sub-navigation to Basic Math 2, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus.
  • Added Google Analytics 4 tracking and ads.txt for Google AdSense.

June 2026

  • Standardized worksheet layout and question counts across every page.
  • Fixed print pagination issues, including blank pages and rows splitting across page breaks.
  • Replaced the per-page question count control with a simpler page count control.
  • Added Set ID display to worksheets and answer sheets for easier matching.

April 2026

  • Added the Pre-Calculus page: Functions, Logarithms, Trigonometry, Sequences & Series, and Conic Sections.
  • Added KaTeX-based math rendering for proper fractions, exponents, and radicals.
  • Added the Basic Math 2 page: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages.
  • Added the Pre-Algebra page: Integers, Order of Operations, and Ratios & Proportions.
  • Added the Algebra 2 page: Quadratics, Systems, Polynomial Multiplication, Factoring, Radicals, and Exponents.
  • Added the Algebra page: PEMDAS and Simplifying Expressions.
  • Redesigned the site with a modern, responsive layout.

March 2026

  • Rebuilt MathGem from the ground up in TypeScript, replacing the original AngularJS app.

2019

  • Added division problems alongside addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
  • Added the MathGem name and logo, and moved to a top menu bar.
  • Added an option to keep the first number larger than the second.
  • Added negative numbers as a question type.
  • Added row spacing controls to adjust the gap between questions.
  • Moved the answer sheet off-screen so it only appears when printing.
  • Various print layout and division display fixes.

2017

  • MathGem launched as a simple Basic Math worksheet generator.