Don’t ask me
what it is, but something about bopping those little woodland creatures as fast
as you can has always appealed to me. (It's the little things in life, people.)
The developers of WhackAFact, GabySoft, take the arcade game’s concept to a whole
new level in this screen-tappin’ math app.
Tell
your high schoolers (or super, super gifted middle schoolers) to fire up their thinking
caps- ThUMP Ultimate from Mathtoons Media is here to push them to the next level in Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus.
It
works like this: The free version comes with 6 subjects: Number skills,
Exponents, Radicals, Basic Algebra, Equations and Inequalities, and
Intermediate Algebra.
3 more subjects, Advanced Algebra, Geometry, and
Trigonometry, are available as in-app purchases at $.99 a pop.
Bottom line: serves as a basic introduction to number sense and early math concepts for preschoolers, but it lacks the pizzazz or refinement of similar offerings in this well-trod territory in the App Store. First activity is Free.
Bottom Line: a whopping 2800 common core aligned middle school math problems presented in a variety of formats for Free. You won't need any number sense to figure out the absolute value of this deal.
Earlier this month StudyPad released the most recent addition to their Splash Math series. This time the app was developed for kindergarteners. It is a very strong app and definitely worth Top Pick consideration. The Splash Math series, already very good, is evolving.