Maths
There is a lot of potential in the 'maths apps' available in the App Store, although most of the 'maths apps' appear to be drill practising of number facts and operations. Whilst, there's no problem in children using these apps in the classroom to develop their maths skills, there is a danger that the iPad becomes no better than a laptop or a desktop computer for the learning of number facts and rote learning. For the iPad to reach its full potential the challenge is to make maths real in the classroom and engaging for the children. Don't go looking in the educational section of the App Store, but the apps already mentioned in my previous blogs on Apps for Creativity in Primary Schools and Apps for Teachers.
For example, with apps such as ShowMe and Educreations the children can record visually and with audio the strategies they've used to solve problems and record their learning. In Doddle Buddy the children could use the stamps tool to create pictographs to record their survey results and use special background such as dot grids to draw paths, create shapes, angles and line graphs. The Skitch app allows children to import pictures, use the annotation tool to plot points, routes on a map, annotate graphs, draw angles on a image and then measure with a real protractor - make maths real life!
Below is a small sample of 'maths apps', which can be used to practise number facts and operations.I would welcome any other suggestions that I could add to these lists.
Achieve Level 4 Mathematics: £3.99
‘Achieve’ offers a tried and tested formula for raising attainment in the year 6 National Tests. Schools have been using Achieve books for over 10 years to improve children’s test results and now these simple techniques are available on i-Phone and i-Pad for children to use anywhere.
MathBoard: £2.99
MathBoard teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. It is appropriate for all ages starting with simple addition and subtraction problems to where multiplication and division becomes a challenge. the teacher can control the range of numbers, the amount of questions and assign time limits per quiz.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathboard/id373909837?mt=8&uo=4
MathBoard teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. It is appropriate for all ages starting with simple addition and subtraction problems to where multiplication and division becomes a challenge. the teacher can control the range of numbers, the amount of questions and assign time limits per quiz.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathboard/id373909837?mt=8&uo=4
Math Bingo: £0.69
Math Bingo allows you to choose from 4 games: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can choose from 3 different levels of difficulty: Easy, medium and hard and create up to 5 player profiles.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-bingo/id371338715?mt=8&uo=4
Math Bingo allows you to choose from 4 games: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can choose from 3 different levels of difficulty: Easy, medium and hard and create up to 5 player profiles.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-bingo/id371338715?mt=8&uo=4
King of Maths: FREE
King of Maths is a fast-paced mathematics game with diverse problems in different areas. You level up your character by answering maths questions and improving your total score. Aimed at upper Key stage 2. The free version includes addition and subtraction.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/king-of-math/id473904402?mt=8&uo=4
King of Maths is a fast-paced mathematics game with diverse problems in different areas. You level up your character by answering maths questions and improving your total score. Aimed at upper Key stage 2. The free version includes addition and subtraction.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/king-of-math/id473904402?mt=8&uo=4
Times Tables: Squeebles for iPad: £0.69
Times Tables: Squeebles for iPad is a colourful, interactive multiplication game for primary school children. Different game modes allow children to be tested in ways that suits the level they're at and helps them progress at a comfortable rate.
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/times-tables-squeebles-for/id393584953?mt=8&uo=4
Times Tables: Squeebles for iPad is a colourful, interactive multiplication game for primary school children. Different game modes allow children to be tested in ways that suits the level they're at and helps them progress at a comfortable rate.
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/times-tables-squeebles-for/id393584953?mt=8&uo=4
What Time Is It Mr. Wolf?: £0.69
A clever and interactive way to help children tell the time. (O'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to).
Watch as Mr. Wolf magically spins the clock on the face of the moon to ten random times and offers the player a choice of up to 8 answers. With simple and intuitive controls the application is very easy to play and allows the player to concentrate on their time telling practice.
Watch as Mr. Wolf magically spins the clock on the face of the moon to ten random times and offers the player a choice of up to 8 answers. With simple and intuitive controls the application is very easy to play and allows the player to concentrate on their time telling practice.
Math Evolve: £1.49
This revolutionary app provides a fun and engaging way to practice math facts, number sense, and mental math skills. Math Evolve is for ages 6 and up, but is challenging and fun even for adults. Improves multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction skills. Hours of content that can be customized for children of all ages. Gain valuable performance statistics to help students improve.
Geometry Pad: FREE
With the Geometry Pad you can create fundamental geometric shapes, explore and change their properties and calculate metrics of the shapes. The shapes are displayed on a scrollable and zoomable workbook with a rectangular coordinate system.
Splash Maths: FREE
Splash Math is a fun and innovative way to practice math. With 13 chapters covering over 185 math skills and an endless supply of problems, it is by far the most comprehensive math workbook in the app store. SPLASH MATH APPS SERIES: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade Math App.
Math Dictionary: FREE
With more than 100,000 copies in print, the "Math Dictionary for Kids" is the #1 homework helper for kids. Now this best-selling book comes to the iPad with powerful tools to help any student achieve success in math! Perfect for kids in grades 4–9, this interactive app allows users to search for terms, mark favourites, take notes on definitions, see related terms, and view the word of the day.
Motion Math: £1.49
Developed at the Stanford School of Education, Motion Math HD follows a star that has fallen from space, and must bound back up, up, up to its home in the stars. Moving fractions to their correct place on the number line is the only way to return. By playing Motion Math, learners improve their ability to perceive and estimate fractions in multiple forms.
Early Birds Times Tables: £0.69
Help Ernie the Bird find the eggs with his brothers and sisters in - these are the ones with multiples of your chosen tables set on. So if you chose to play with the 3 times table for example, you'd have to find eggs with multiples of 3 on - 6, 9, 21 etc. Play with any table set from the twos to the twelves and see if you can beat your high scores - it's fiendishly addictive and great for consolidating your knowledge of your times tables.
The Mathelona Games: £0.69
If you also enjoy Sudoku, you will love MATHELONA. The one general rule invites players to place the numbers 0 to 9 into the coloured rings so the whole line/equation works out as shown below. For example, if the middle black ring contains 6, the four other coloured rings must be filled with a number in the range 0 to 9 so that the left and right calculations both equal 6. These may involve any of the four operations: e.g. 5 + 1 = 6 = 9 – 3
Sakura Quick Math: £1.49
Practice your mathematics while racing the clock in this innovative iPad app. Featuring advanced handwriting recognition and a beautiful interface, Sakura Quick Math will take your general arithmetic skills to the next level.
Sakura Quick Math is perfect for students in grades 3, 4, 5 & 6 or those people who want to improve their all round mathematics ability. Multiple difficulty levels allow the app to grow with your skills.
Multi-Flow: £1.49
Play MultiFlow, the addictively entertaining game designed to help you practise your multiplication tables from 1 to 20! Experience the excitement of ‘Enter the Flow’ – the multiplication game that adapts to your ability level – on the fly! Say goodbye to flashcards, say hello to MultiFlow. This application is great for kids, adults and professional educators alike. In addition to the main game: 'Enter the Flow', there are other tools to practice multiplication and track your progress.
Ghost Blaster: £0.69
Blast those ghosts and learn your tables
with this great new App adapted from the Primary Games Classic.
Try and score 100 hits as fast as you can by continuously tapping on ghosts which are a multiple of your chosen fact. Be careful though, tapping an incorrect multiple will see your score reduced by 10, and it's Game Over when you reach -100!!
Butterfly Brunch: £0.69
Butterfly Brunch is designed to help children with their coordinates!
There are 4 simple rules to play the game:- 1) Find your way around the grid to help feed the butterfly. 2) Every answer that you get correct, will let Colin the caterpillar crawl a little further up the flower. 3) When you've moved the butterfly, click 'FEED' to see if you have placed him on the correct coordinate. 4) When 10 answers have been answered correctly, Colin will transform himself into a butterfly and fly away!
Times Tables Pro: £0.69
Times Tables Pro is the ultimate way to learn, practice and test multiplication tables in a highly configurable, yet simple to use way. Practice with flash cards, create timed or un-timed quizzes (using a multiple choice or virtual keypad), and review statistics for multiple users. Flash cards and tests can be generated for one or more tables in the range 0x - 12x, and using the 'Review Bank' you can focus on any gaps in knowledge.
Division Pro: £0.69
Division Pro is the ultimate way to learn, practice and test the inverse of multiplication tables in a highly configurable, yet simple to use way. Practice with flash cards, create timed or un-timed quizzes (using a multiple choice or virtual keypad), and review statistics for multiple users. Flash cards and tests can be generated for one or more division sets from ÷1 to ÷12, and using the 'Review Bank' you can focus on any gaps in knowledge.
Number Bonds Pro: £0.69
Learn number bonds and addition facts in a configurable and targeted way. Practice or test number bonds up to 10, 20, 50 & 100 or any number in-between. Alternatively practice or test within a range of numbers.
Subtraction Pro: £0.69
Learn subtraction in a configurable and targeted way. Practice or test subtractions from 10, 20, 50 & 100 or any number in-between. Alternatively practice or test within a range of numbers.
Bugs and Numbers: £1.99
Bugs and Numbers provides an extensive collection of unique games dedicated to learning and practicing a wide range of math skills in a non-traditional way. Organized into three basic stages, the app grows with your child through 18 games ranging from basic counting to early fractions. Designed around a bug city, each game is crafted for a basic set of math skills with an eccentric and fun parallel to our own society. Imagine serving bugs food at the local diner that happens to spin on an old vinyl record, or help ferry ants across water in an egg carton.
Long Division Touch: FREE
Learn the mechanics of long division with a touch interface. Drag digits down, slide the decimal into the correct position, and tap to identify repeating decimals.
Say you have 8)256. Drag 8 into ‘25’ and find the correct multiple. Then drag the 6 down and finish the problem!
Learning long division can be enjoyable when you’re not slowed down by pencil/paper or lost without instant feedback.
My Measures & Dimensions Pro: £3.99
It is super easy to use. Just take a photo and add arrows, angles, text or notes. Now the measures are stored and you have them always in your pocket wherever you go. No more paper sketches in your wallet. Become a pro and use My Measures.
Jungle Fractions (for iPad): £1.99
Educational
● Tutorials for beginners
● Name, compare, add and multiply fractions visually
● Convert fractions between improper and mixed format
● Score tracks progress
● Multi-user support
● Show history of problems
Algebra Touch: £.149
Say you have x + 3 = 5. You can drag the 3 to the other side of the equation.
Enjoy the wonderful conceptual leaps of algebra, without getting bogged down by the tedium of traditional methods.
Drag to rearrange, tap to simplify, and draw lines to eliminate identical terms.
Easily switch between lessons and randomly-generated practice problems.
Create your own sets of problems to work through in the equation editor, and have them appear on all of your devices with iCloud. (there is a version of this app for OSX as well!)
Banana Hunt: 0.69
The popular angle estimation game, Banana Hunt, is now available for the iPad. Move the monkey to the angle where the bananas are located. Press ‘Search’ to see how accurate you are and how many bananas you have found.
My Script Calculator: FREE
Easy, simple and intuitive, just write the mathematical expression on the screen then let MyScript technology perform its magic converting symbols and numbers to digital text and delivering the result in real time.
The same experience as writing on paper with the advantages of a digital device (Scratch-outs, results in real time).
Total Maths: £0.69
Sums and Products is an interactive maths game designed to help improve mental calculations.
Starting from the sum or product that is displayed, can you place the given numbers in the empty boxes to make up the sum or product?
This puzzling maths game helps young mathematicians practise their skills.
Balancing Calculations: £1.49
Find the missing number to balance the calculations.
An excellent tool for reinforcing an understanding of the role of the equals sign. Choose one objective, or many. You can choose all the objectives for a single year group (or multiple year groups). You can also choose to balance between different types of calculations (eg subtraction and division)
Read Scales: £1.49
Read a variety of numbered and partially numbered scales. Measure mass, capacity and temperature.
Capacity Word Problems: £1.49
Read the scales on the measuring cylinder and answer word problems involving addition and subtraction. Play against the clock for points.
Tap Times Tables: £0.69
Tap Times Tables is a wonderful learning and practising tool for kids thatneed some help with their Times Tables. It provides a fun, friendly interface that enables kids to improve their knowledge of the all-important Times Tables in an interactive and encouraging manner.
It uses positive reinforcement to help the kids move forward with their learning.
Graphs: FREE
It serves as an excellent first guide and workbook to understand types of graphs including Line Graphs, Bar Graphs and Pie Charts. In addition to this, concepts such as Mean, Mode and Median are also explained in simple terms.Take a test to check your understanding of interpreting graphs and where you stand!
Marble Maths: £1.49
Solve a variety of math problems by collecting numbers as you roll or drag your marble through a series of fun mazes for ages 9-12 and up.
Marble Maths Junior: £1.49
Solve a variety of math problems by collecting numbers as you roll or drag your marble through a series of fun mazes for ages 5-8 (with audio questions for emerging readers).
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Also check out Splash Math Apps. They are available for Grade 1 to Grade 5 and are aligned to common core standards.
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Thanks for your comment. I'll check out Splash Math Apps - sound useful.
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