Summit help & setup

Everything you need to get your family climbing — from the first sign-in to reading the parent portal.

What is Summit

Summit is a mastery-based math tutor. Instead of watching videos, students practice one skill at a time and have to get five questions right in a row before the skill counts as mastered and the next one unlocks. Every question is generated fresh, so there's no answer key to memorize — only the method to learn.

It's built for families: a parent sets up a family, each child joins on their own phone, and the parent can see exactly where everyone is stuck.

Signing in

Everyone — parents and kids — signs in the same simple way: with a phone number. There's no password and no app to download.

  1. Go to summitmath.app on your phone.
  2. Enter your mobile number and tap Send code.
  3. Type the 6-digit code you receive by text. That's it — you're in.
Summit sign-in screen

Each person uses their own phone number — that's how Summit keeps each student's progress separate inside the family.

Create your family · parents

The first time you sign in, Summit asks whether you're setting things up or joining. Choose “I'm a parent,” then “Create a new family.” Enter your name and you're done — Summit generates two codes for you.

  • A kid code — share this with your children so they can join.
  • A parent code — use this to add a second parent later.

Both codes always live at the top of your parent portal, so you never have to write them down.

Invite your kids

  1. Open your parent portal and find the Kid code at the top.
  2. Have each child sign in on their own phone at summitmath.app.
  3. They choose “I'm a student,” enter the kid code and their first name, and tap Start climbing.

Same code for every child. All your kids use the one kid code — Summit keeps their progress separate by phone number.

Add a co-parent

Want a second parent to see the portal too? Share your parent code (the second code in your portal).

  1. The second parent signs in with their own phone number.
  2. They choose “I'm a parent,” then “Join as a co-parent.”
  3. They enter the parent code and their name — and they'll see the same family and the same kids.

Read the parent portal

The portal is your home base. At a glance you'll see every learner's rank, Ascent Points, streak, and how many skills they've mastered.

The parent portal showing two learners
Two learners in one family, each with their own progress.

Tap a child to drill in. Summit surfaces the specific misconceptions behind their wrong answers — like flipping a sign when distributing a negative — and flags the skills where they're getting stuck, so you know exactly what to help with.

Join your family · students

Ask your parent for the family's kid code, then:

  1. Sign in at summitmath.app with your phone number.
  2. Choose “I'm a student.”
  3. Enter the kid code and your first name, and tap Start climbing.

How practice works

Your map shows a whole course as a path of skills — Algebra 1 and Geometry are live, and you can switch between them at the top of the map. Tap the skill you're on to start. Each one gives you a quick teach, then real questions.

A Summit practice question
  • Type your answer and tap Check.
  • Get five in a row right and the skill turns gold — mastered — and the next skill unlocks.
  • Miss one and the streak resets. That's on purpose: mastery means you really have it.
  • Mastered skills come back later for spaced review so they stick for good.

On your phone: for number answers a numeric keypad pops up, with extra and buttons right under the box when you need a negative or a fraction.

Points & ranks

Every correct answer earns Ascent Points (AP). Harder skills and longer streaks are worth more. Points move you up a ten-step ascension ladder:

Wanderer → Initiate → Apprentice → Adept → Scholar → Sage → Master → Archon → Ascendant → Immortal

The skill map with rank and streak at the top
Your rank, AP, and streak live at the top of the map.

Hints & the tutor

Stuck on a question? Tap “Stuck? Get a hint.” Summit gives you a nudge — a question to think about or the next step to try. It won't just hand you the answer, because the point is to learn how to get there yourself.

Want the deeper why? Tap the 💬 Ask button in the corner to open your tutor. Ask anything — “why does a negative times a negative make a positive?”, or “how do I even start this one?” — and it explains the idea in plain language, with a worked example when it helps. It knows which skill you're on, so answers stay on-topic.

The Ask Summit tutor explaining a concept
Ask the tutor anything — it explains, it doesn't just answer.

Spaced review

Mastering a skill isn't the end of it. Summit brings each mastered skill back for a quick review right before you'd start to forget it — a day later, then a week, then a month. That's how things move into long-term memory instead of leaking out after the test.

The review queue of skills due for spaced practice
Skills due for review, waiting at the top of your map.
  • When something's due, a “skills ready to review” banner appears on your map.
  • Answer one question right and the skill is rescheduled further out — you're done.
  • Clearing a due review earns double Ascent Points, so it's always worth doing first.

Rep your school

Summit runs a friendly, school-vs-school climb called the Seven Summits. Pick your school once, and every problem you solve helps your school climb a real mountain — Kilimanjaro first, on toward Everest over the seasons.

Seven Summits school standings
Your school's flag on the mountain, and how it ranks.
  • Tap “Rep your school” on your map and search for your school to join.
  • Standings rank by average climb per student — a small, dedicated school can win.
  • It's schools competing, never individual students — no one is ever put on the spot.

Working with a tutor? A tutor can start a cohort and share a code, and you can join both a family and a tutor's cohort at once — both can see your progress.

Troubleshooting

I didn't get the text code
Give it a minute and check the number was entered correctly with the right country code. You can tap to resend. Standard carrier message rates apply.
A question won't load
Summit retries automatically and shows a friendly “try again” card if a question fails. Tap it to reload the question. If it keeps happening on one skill, let us know which one.
My phone shows the full keyboard for a number answer
The numeric keypad appears on number-entry questions. For a negative sign or a fraction bar, use the and buttons shown just under the answer box.
How do I add another child later?
You don't need to do anything new — just have them sign in and enter the same kid code from your portal.
Can two parents both see the kids?
Yes. Share your parent code and have the second parent choose “Join as a co-parent.” See Add a co-parent.
Is my kids' data private?
Each student's progress is visible only to themselves and the parents in their family. Sign-in is by phone number, and there are no public profiles.