To use IDEAL WebMath students select the type of problem they need help solving. After selecting the type of problem, students enter the numbers that they are working with then press the solve button. Students will get the answer to the problem, but they also get an explanation of how to solve the problem.
Math Mate is a free game for testing your mathematics skills. The game has two modes; “practice” and “challenge.” The challenge mode times you and gives you a rank compared to other players. There are three levels for each mode; easy, medium, and hard. The easy level is mostly addition and subtraction. The medium level is primarily multiplication. The hard level has more difficult multiplication and division problems.
Math Mate is simple and straight forward. Unfortunately, it is not optimized for tablets. While it works on tablets, it doesn’t expand to full screen.
I’m not a mathematics teacher and admittedly my geometry skills are rusty, but when I watched the videos of Smart Measure and Smart Protractor in action (videos below) I couldn’t help but think that there has to be a math lesson lying in wait with these apps.
The lecture apps aren’t anything ground-breaking. They’re simply organized playlists of videos that are mostly from MIT and Khan Academy. The apps could be helpful for students who need a little refresher course on a topic that you have previously taught a lesson about.
I tried two of Barron’s Educational Android apps; Painless Grammar and Painless Pre-Algebra. Both of the apps offer three games and three quizzes. In order to access the games students have to score 80% or better on the practice quiz.
The other apps available from Barron’s cover Algebra, Earth Science, Chemistry, Spanish, and Spelling. According to Barron’s these apps are intended for middle school and high school students.
