Math Boost Start vs My Times Tables

Math Boost is for secondary school students ages around 11-14. It is based on US, UK or International curricula – for example the MYP. Math Boost Start offers students a chance to engage and practice their maths skills on the go and in a fun way. Maths Boost Start is written specifically for iPhone and iPad. It was written by a working maths teacher in an International School and is based on software that has been tried and tested on pupils over several years. The app has 2 parts: -the standard math quiz using multiple choice, against the time and competing on high scores -the pairs game offers you the change to access the same questions, but in a match the question and answer game What do you get? The Math Boost applications offer pupils opportunity to: -engage quickly in random questions -choose questions based around topics (e.g. Algebra, Number, Data, Shape) -choose specific topics to practice -choose length of play -engage in topics by the conventional multiple choice mode -engage in topics in a pairs game -high scores tables There are currently about 80 sets of questions available. All questions are randomized in order and use random numbers, so you will never get the same game twice. The questions cover around 80% of the topics found on the full curricula. The full range of topics only become apparent when you delve in the software. They can be found under the main areas below: Any in topic: Algebra; Algebra - brackets; Collecting like terms; Equations; Missing number; Sequences - Formula; Sequences - Next Term; Sequences - Rule; Sometimes, always, never; Straight Lines; Substitution; Any in topic: Data; Averages; Interpreting Charts; Mean; Probabilities; Any in topic: Number; Approximations; Decimals; Directed numbers; Factors and multiples; Frac, Dec, %; Fractions: simplify and equivalent; HCF and LCM; Money Problems; Multiply/divide powers of 10; Multiply fractions; Order of Operations; Ordering decimals; Percentages; Primes, Squares and Cubes; Ratio; Rounding; Rounding and Sig figs; Significant figures; Times/Divide Tables; Upper and Lower Bounds; Word Problems; Any in topic: Shape; 2D or 3D Shapes; 2D Shapes; 3D Shapes; Angle Facts; Angle Sums; Angles in Shapes; Area and Perimeter; Areas; Circles; Coordinates; Fractions of Shapes; Measures; Symmetry; Time Problems; Translations; Languages; Maths Jokes.

With this app, you or your child can learn all the small multiplication tables from 1 to 20 in a fun and easy way. "My Times Tables" is structured in 4 steps: Step 1: Go through each table one by one, making them easy to remember. Step 2: Here you need to fill in the missing numbers in the tables yourself. Step 3: Now it’s game time! In this part, you play with both multiplication and division exercises to show if you have understood the tables. You can also challenge your friends via Game Center. Step 4: This is a reference chart you can use in the future if you’re ever in doubt about one of the tables. Languages included English German Polish Norwegian Swedish Danish Finnish Spanish Italian French Dutch