Math Balance Educational Games vs Math Legacy

Mental Math is fun with Math Balance - kids help Toby reach home by balancing bridges and while they have fun, they also learn about equality/comparison, gain flexibility with numbers and practice skills that are essential for understanding algebra. This mental math game with 30 levels will help your child get necessary fluidity with numbers. Your child will learn things like addition can happen in any order for the same result, or that sum of different numbers can add up to be the same number. They will also end up having to use different number strategies, such as bridging and compensation which can significantly speed up their mental math computations. These are the skills covered by Math Balance - - Developing meaning of equal sign, using, greater than and less than sign - Set up numbers in their expanded form - Commutative property of addition and, later, using it and expanded form as a strategy to add ex: 67+25 = 60+7+20+5 = 80+12 =92 - Missing Addend strategies:x+b=c, where x is to be found, situations where difference is unknown, where there is a bigger unknown and where there is a smaller unknown -one step problems - Showing that addition and subtraction are inverse; 4+5=9, 9-5=4 - Use only doubles, Use only even/odd numbers to get to a total - 1 step word problems -Change unknown, Result unknown, Start unknown - add a string of two-digit numbers (up to four numbers) by applying place value strategies and properties of operations. Example: 43 + 34 + 57 + 24 = __ - Using concrete models to show addition and subtraction - Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900 - Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction - Multiplication as repeated addition For those who follow the Core curriculum, this maps to the following core standards - 2.OA.B.2, 2.NBT.4, 2.OA.2, 1.OA.6, 2.OA.C.3, 2.OA.1, 2.NBT.6, 2.NBT.7, 2.NBT.8, 3.NBT.2. Subscription info: - Math Balance can be purchased standalone, or as part of a makkajai Genius subscription. - Makkajai Genius subscriptions are auto-renewable and annual. ($59.99/yr) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase - Cancellation will not go into effect until the end of the monthly billing cycle For support, questions or comments, write to us at: support@makkajai.com Our privacy policy can be found at: http://www.makkajai.com/privacy-policy and our terms can be found at: https://www.makkajai.com/terms

Math the epic way! Every great adventure starts with a single step. In Math Legacy that step is a number, and from there a journey begins that takes you from 4th to 8th grade: chapter after chapter, all the way to the Pythagorean theorem and equations. You don't need to be good at math already. You start from scratch and go far. A WORLD TO EXPLORE Arithmetic, algebra and geometry are lands to cross. Every chapter has its own theory, its own exercises and help when you get stuck. Every step forward stays with you: your level, accuracy and completed exercises are always in your profile. THEORY YOU CAN SEE Three pizzas, four friends: how much does each one get? That's where fractions are born. Every rule starts from a real situation and comes to life in an animation that shows you the reasoning. Then it's your turn. CHALLENGES THAT NEVER RUN OUT Easy, Medium, Hard: three levels of challenge in every chapter. The numbers change every time, so you can't just memorize: you really learn. Write the steps, drag shapes, draw triangles on the grid, solve equations line by line. GOT IT WRONG? YOU KNOW AT ONCE Every answer is checked instantly. Here a mistake isn't a defeat: it's the fastest way to the right answer. Fix it, try again, nail it. MAFFY IS ALWAYS WITH YOU Maffy is your adventure buddy. When you don't know how to go on, Maffy gives you a hint for the next step. With "Watch how it's done" Maffy shows you an exercise like yours, step by step. Then the next move is yours. YOUR HERO, YOUR STYLE Create your avatar and unlock skins with the coins you earn as you play. Every day you play makes your streak longer: how far can you go? THE JOURNEY, GRADE BY GRADE 4th grade: large numbers, operations and their properties, decimals, fractions, units of measure, polygons and perimeter, surveys and charts. 5th grade: numbers beyond a million, powers, operations with decimals, fractions, percentages, area of polygons, the circle, geometric transformations, probability and statistics. 6th grade: sets, whole numbers and decimals, basic geometry, angles, expressions, parallel and perpendicular lines, powers, divisibility rules, prime numbers, GCD and LCM, polygons, triangles, fractions. 7th grade: fractions and decimals, rounding, square roots, irrational numbers, ratios and proportions, percentages, direct and inverse proportion, statistics and probability, quadrilaterals, isometries, areas, the Pythagorean theorem, circles, similarity, Euclid's theorems. 8th grade: integers, algebraic expressions, monomials and polynomials, special products, linear equations, the coordinate plane, polyhedra and solids of revolution. FOR PARENTS Link your account to your child's and follow their progress up close. Math Legacy is made in Italy by a team that teaches math to kids every week. We truly believe it: math isn't a subject to put up with, it's an adventure to live. See you in the game. Questions or reports? Write to help@mathlegacy.it EULA Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://mathlegacy.it/privacy