Math Slide vs Mystery Number

Math Slide: Basic Facts is a multiplayer game helping children to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication & division basic number facts. Players play and learn by sliding tiles into the center to match an image, answer or equation. To progress and succeed at mathematics children need to be able to easily recall basic number facts. Math slide is a fun way to learn and practice this key skill. This School Edition can be used with Apple’s Volume Purchasing Program for Education VPP and contains the same games as Math Slide: add & subtract and Math Slide: multiply & divide. Features • Multiplayer game, suitable for one, two, three or four players • Games can be played in Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode • 20 games all focused on basic number facts • All games can be played unlimited times • Each game is a little harder than the previous game • The app focuses on a critical math concept vital for success How to play 1. Select Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode 2. Select a game to play 3. Players join the game by pressing the ‘Join’ button 4. Press ‘Start Game’, wait for the count down, then play 5. Slide a tile into the center to match the image, answer or equation 6. Once tiles are used the game ends Math focus of each game Addition & subtraction Game 1 – representing doubles & pairs to 10 Game 2 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 3 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 4 – representing number facts up to 10+10 Game 5 – addition facts up to 10+10 Game 6 – subtraction facts up to 10+10 Game 7 – addition & subtraction facts up to 10+10 Game 8 – number facts with answers to 20 Game 9 – pairs of number facts: 6 + 7 = 8 + ? Game 10 – triples of number facts: 6 + 5 + ? = 15 Multiplication & division Game 11 – 2x, 5x, 10x number facts Game 12 – 2x, ÷2, 5x, ÷5, 10x, ÷10 number facts Game 13 – 3x, 4x number facts Game 14 – 3x, ÷3, 4x, ÷4 number facts Game 15 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, x ÷ number facts Game 16 – 6x, ÷6 number facts Game 17 – 7x, ÷7 number facts Game 18 – 8x, ÷8 number facts Game 19 – 9x, ÷9 number facts Game 20 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, x ÷ number facts Maths Adventures Limited is a New Zealand company helping children learn mathematics. We develop apps that focus on the key concepts that need to be fully understood to progress and succeed in mathematics. Our apps range from learning to count up to understanding and using fractions and decimals, with each app focusing on one key concept. We believe: • Everyone can learn mathematics • Playing educationally rich games and apps improves understanding • Learning math should be fun and exciting, a rewarding adventure Math Slide is part of our ‘play and learn’ series, which are games high in educational value where children learn as they play. Our apps are research based and classroom tested to make sure they help children learn. We use the power of the iPad and technology to empower teachers and help children understand and learn key math concepts and to unravel misunderstandings.

Little Monkey Apps Mystery Number is the digital version of the game 'Guess my number' or 'higher and lower' or a one hundred pocket chart or number line activities traditionally played in classrooms as mathematical warm ups. Teachers know that these 'games' provide opportunities to challenge young students understanding number, numeration and place value, allowing a whole group activity for different abilities of students. The App provides a digital display so that small groups, individuals or partners can play these games at the one time and quickly reset the number line or chart, unlike traditional pocket charts or displays. Some activities are manual allowing for a two player mode or one player against a computer. Stars are awarded for correct answers. After ten stars, students are asked whether they wish to continue playing or return to the front menu. Settings allow the user to decide whether the charts begin at 0 or 1. As with all Little Monkey Apps, this App is designed to be used in conjunction with hands on activities and teacher interaction. Whilst some of the sections or 'modules' can be completed without teacher direction and encourage student-directed learning, our Apps are NEVER designed to be used as a 'learn by yourself' without teacher-student interaction. = Teacher Tool = The teacher tool is designed to be a blank canvas for teachers to use with small groups or individuals . It contains a blank number chart in four levels varying from 0-30 up to 120. The chart has buttons to highlight odds, evens, and counting patterns 2's-10s. Tap to turn on, and tap again to turn off. This tool also includes two coloured pencils and eraser, a camera tool Which can be very useful for recording a learning experience for portfolio planning or to document new learning. The ten less, ten more one less one more 'box flap' can be moved to any number by dragging the middle of the object, then touch the fold down sections to sneak a peek at one more, one less, ten more ten less, useful for place value games. = More or less? = This game utilises the Box Flap to show one more, one less, ten more or ten less. Users asked questions regarding a given number and answer using the calculator keypad. Students may sneak a peek at the answers by tapping to lift the box flap. Four levels 0-30, 0-40, 0-100, 20-120. Users can change the starting number from 0 to 1 using the settings button in the front menu. = Missing numbers = Students are presented with a number chart with missing numbers. They place the missing tiles back into their correct position. Before tablets in the classroom, you might have played this game in the classroom using a hundreds pocket chart (or even an old peg board and nail version). Simply pull a few numbers off, throw them on the floor and ask the students to help you put it back together again. This way, there are no more missing numbers underneath a table! (My classroom had a permanently missing number 33.) Four Levels 0-20, 0-40, 0-100, 20-120. = Number Line = One player and Two Player Higher or Lower Game One player is player vs computer. The student inputs a number on the calculator and the computer replies with higher or lower, highlighting the remaining section of the number line left. Two player. Player One is asked to pick a number, without player two seeing. Player Two plays as if playing an individual game. The computer aids the game by replying higher or lower. = Mystery Numbers = One player and Two Player This game encourages questioning that narrows the range of a mystery number. The computer thinks of a number and gives the range e.g 'I am thinking of a number beteween 1 and 30. Player One must click 'Ask a question'. For example Is your number odd? The computer will reply for example 'No it is not odd' and the tiles that do not match the question fall off. Player One must ask questions UNTIL the only number left is the correct number.