Any part of MathSteps may be used online, but the program has been developed primarily to allow both teachers and parents to print and hand out assignments on regular, weekly basis.

The content, irrespective of grade level attempts to follow the curriculum expectations for each grade, however there will obviously be significant variances between such expectations in different states/provinces, school boards and even schools.

A subscription fo MathSteps allows the school unlimited access to the entire content of the website for all their students for the duration of the school year. The content is organized by grade and by week. The option of selecting an alternate grade is always possible. The week is assigned by default, starting with week 1 and continuing. Again, the user always has the option of choosing another week, rather than the default value.

The basic section contains simple problems in basic math that change every week. These are suitable for students in grade 1 and 2, however may also be suitable as remedial work for students in higher grades, experiencing difficulties with specific subject matter.

For each grade and each week in the intermediate section, MathSteps assigns 5 problems on the first sheet, with a step-by-step solution to the first problem and answers to the remaining four problems on the second sheet. Again the content changes on weekly basis.

The teacher has an option of handing out the first page only for each weekly assignment, with the second page (without the answers) handed out as a helpful hint after a couple of days, but before the assignment is due. Or the solution, which in effect is a blueprint for solving the remaining four problems, may be handed out along with the problems immediately.

The answers are provided for the convenience of the teachers as a means of checking the work of the students, although the students’ solutions and methodology will be as important as their answers.

The advanced section contains a number of equations with one and two unknowns,
including both numeric problems and problem solving. It is up to the discretion of each teacher when to expose students to this challenge, depending on the curriculum of a particular school board and the proficiency of the students. This section is excellent to offer to advanced students, who require an extra challenge.