Building Online Learning Skills Project
Great Southern Institute of Technology
VU20795 Numerical Information - iPad Apps and Review
Course Content / App / Icon / Review /Whole numbers: place value / Rocket Math (Mathmateer)
Ordering, counting / / Highly recommended. You can adjust levels of difficulty
Very visual and interactive.
Primarily designed for 4-12 year olds but still useful for older students.
Math pentagon: Numbers!!!
Identifying place values and comparing numbers / / Able to create assignments on various topics and review the results.
Students can access a large number of worksheets on various topics.
Students are able to practice skills and receive an explanation if unsure.
Whole numbers: Addition Subtraction / Rocket Math (Mathmateer) / / Reviewed above.
Goes up in difficulty.
Would appeal to competitive students.
Arithme Tick / / Hasn’t got the graphics of other apps but has a simple format and good for consolidation purposes.
Flash card style with 5 levels of difficulty.
Timed challenges that would work well with most students except those who lack confidence.
Will work well for students at a Cert I and II level.
Math pentagon Numbers!!!
Addition and subtraction review. / / Includes worded problems.
Very comprehensive set of exercises.
Students can write on the screen.
Adding apples / / Very visual – appropriate for those who are at a concrete stage of understanding.
Only short activities though, no more than 10 minutes.
Subtracting sardines / / Similar features as “Adding apples”.
Very creative graphics.
Good introduction to the concept of subtraction.
Whole numbers: multiplication / ArithmeTick
Single and double digit multiplication / / Great for revision and practise for short periods of time.
Mathemagics / / Basic graphics, however , this goes beyond basic arithmetic.
Great for those who love maths and want a challenge.
Provides strategies and practice before a person plays.
Whole numbers: Division / Rocket Math
(Mathmateer) / / Divide one and two digit numbers by one and two digits.
Divisible by 3,4,5 and remainder 1
Mathemagics / / Provides practice and strategies on divisibility of numbers e.g. Test if a number can be evenly divided by 7.
Decimals: Place value and comparing / Rocket Math
(Mathmateer): / / Reviewed above
Math pentagon Decimals!!! / / Provides worksheets which are saved.
Collect rewards and points for questions answered correctly
Decimals: Addition and subtraction / Math pentagon Decimals!!! / / Teachers able to assign worksheets and assignments, review and generate performance reports.
Seems to be similar in concept to mathletics.
Decimals: Multiplication / Math pentagon Decimals!!! / / Multiplying decimals by whole numbers,
Decimals: division / Math pentagon Decimals!!! / / Dividing decimals, long division with decimals, decimals in measuring units
Fractions: concept, comparing and conversions / Rocket Math
(Mathmateer) / / Comparing fractions
Chicken coop
Estimation game: fractions compared to decimals. / / Great fun!
Student has to estimate the equivalent value of a fraction and decimal.
Goes from easy to hard and proper fractions to improper fractions and different levels.
Motion Math HD – Fractions!
Match fractions and decimals onto a numberline / / Tactile game: student has to tilt iPad to move object onto a numberline
Adjustable levels of difficulty.
Basic fraction / / Comparing and identifying fractions
Fractions of whole numbers / Chicken coop / / Finding fraction parts using division.
Percentages: concept, conversions / PercentDiff / / Teacher or student can convert a fraction into a percentage as well as calculate % increase and decrease.
Limited graphics.
Maybe only use with students who want to be challenged.
Math pentagon:: Ratio!!! / / Percent, ratio and Proportion:
Introduction to percent
Percentages : Of an amount / Calculate percentages / / Students can look at an explanation of how to calculate the percentage of an amount, % change and increase and decrease.
Would suit students who are fairly competent.
Math pentagon: Ratio!!! / / Percent Ratio &Proportion:
Introduction to percent-
Percent of a number
Percentages : Applications / Math pentagon: Ratio!!! / / More about Percent:
Discounts
Practice with percent