The school topped Tasmania in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Maths Challenge in 2011 and former student Dylan Johnson was named the overall state champion.

Commonly referred to as mathletics, the more questions the student gets correct, the more online credit they attain, which can then be spent on updating their character's clothing and hairstyle.

Year 6 teacher David Johnson said the school decided to incorporate the program, which covers all mathematical areas like geometry and multiplication, into its curriculum because of the learning benefits it offered in an interesting way.

Children can also compete against others around the world.

He said last year 50 children from year 5 and 6 took part in the competition, while this year children across all year levels would participate.

``Students become really engaged in it,'' Mr Johnson said.

``One, it encourages them to solve problems but, secondly, they get to learn and compete against kids from around the world.

``There's that motivation there to keep playing.''

Ben McShane, 11, said because it was something different, it encouraged kids to want to get involved.

``It's a great way to learn maths and even my little sister likes it and she's in grade 2 this year,'' Ben said.

Caleb McNamara, 11, said the ability to update online characters was part of the motivation to keep playing and answering questions.