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ED-06: Math
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#2509 Grade School Math Small Programs Disk
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FactPack (FACTPAC)
Bodnar, D.
$10
is a pair of fun programs designed to help sharpen basic addition, subtraction,
division facts, and multiplication skills for students in grade school.
Great Math Helper (MATH)
Moondog Software
$?
is an excellent educational program to teach math to children aged 5 to 12.
Math Educate 2.2 (MATHED)
Hartman, Stephen W.
$15
is an educational math game set to music for children. It has addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division modules.
Math Quizzer 2.1 (MATHQIZ)
Miller, James
$7
is a flashcard style math exercise for grades 1 to 6. Exercises are included
for addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.
Math Trek (MATHTRK)
Nissen Ventures
$5-$20
helps early elementary school age children learn addition and subtraction. The
long musical interludes which cannot be bypassed may be interesting the first
time or two, but we suspect they would be a nuisance on repeated uses.
Multiplication Primer 1.0 (MPRIMER)
MicroExpressions
$10
is a tutorial for multiplication.
Ultimate Math Drill (MATHDRL)
Tyler, T.
$10
will help grade school through high school students with addition, subtraction,
multiplication or division. The problems range from very easy to very hard.
Sound effects help keep things interesting.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2509
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#2912 Grade School Math #2 Small Programs Disk
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Driller 3.0
Feague, Robert C.
$5
[March 1994 CD]
drills the student in the four basic math functions. It will recall problems
that caused the student difficulty. If all 20 problems are answered correctly,
the student gets to play an amusing space game.
KidzMath! 1.1 (KIDZMTH)
Stonehenge Software
$10
is basic math program for young kids. It makes excellent use of color and sound.
Problems include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Mathup
Carruthers, Elliot
$0
is a concentration-like math game, in which you uncover squares and try to match
an answer with the proper equation. The game uses simple addition, subtraction,
and division.
Mul-Prac (MULPRAC)
files provide exercise at two levels. Level 1 selects problems from
multiplication tables two through five. Level 2 selects problems from tables
six through twelve. At each level the student (or the tutor) selects which
tables are to be practiced. This student is informed at the end of the session
as to elapsed time, and his mistakes are listed
Star Blaster (STRBLST)
Leinecker, Richard C.
$15
is an educational math game for kids from fourth grade on up. You can have all
addition, all subtraction, all multiplication, all division, or a random mixture
of all four. You can set the problem difficulty and set the decimal type.
WizQuiz
Farrell, Robert J.
$9
is a comprehensive and competitive exerciser for arithmetic that lets children
and parents work together. After every 10 problems, it calculates a score and
compares it against the "best ever" and the child's own best, announces the
score, and celebrates the child's progress. The program covers all elementary
school mathematics, divided into 10 levels.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2912
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#12082 Grade School Math #3 Small Programs Disk
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Big Math Attack 2.0 (BIGMATH) (01-94 CD)
Kapusta, Philip P.
$10
tests math, spelling, typing and metric conversions skills in an arcade
environment. Several levels make this program suitable for both children and
adults. Top scores are recorded to track progress. Requires EGA/VGA.
Math Flashcards 1.1s (MTHFLAS) (12-93 CD)
Grothe, William R.
$5
is a math game that increases math skills. Each game contains 10
problems. It covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
Different skill levels are included.
Math Maze 1.0 (MATHMAZ)
Young, Scott
$5
is a maze-adventure type game with some math thrown in. As you work your
way through a maze searching for the cash, you run into closed doors
that can only be opened using some mathematical combination of digits
that you have in your possession. As you use up digits, you can pick up
more along the way. There are five levels of play and games can be saved
and recalled. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #8612.)
Mondo Math 1.0L (MONDO)
Illowsky, Dan
$20
is a shooting gallery simulation that teaches various levels of addition. It
is for children 3 and up. It keeps track of multiple players and allows you to
control the playing speed, problem generation, and advancement criteria.
SuperMath 1.1 (SMATH) (12-93 CD)
Jarrett, Eric
$13
is a math tutorial with several different types of problems. You can choose the
level of difficulty and can print a problem worksheet rather than doing them on
the screen, if you wish.
TableMath 2.0 (TBLMATH)
Burch, Steve
$7
is a set of addition and multiplication drills on math tables 1 through 9.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #12082
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#1942 Higher Math Small Programs Disk
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Areas and Volumes 1.0 (AV-RK)
Kupfer, Robert
$6
calculates the areas of five and volumes of six geometric shapes. It also draws
a representative sample of the shape being calculated.
Fraction (FRACTIO)
Walker, Segrid B.
$10
is a new and easy way to practice reducing, multiplying, and dividing
fractions. Interactive exercises provide the immediate feedback proven to help
students to quickly learn and master mathematics concepts. New problems are
provided at each use. Multiple levels of difficulty make the program useful
over a long period. A progress record may be kept. The program is easy to use,
has on-line help, and looks very professionally written.
Primes 2.2
Prudhom & Associates
$10
provides an educational gateway to prime numbers, Mersenne primes, and
perfect numbers. The program computes prime numbers from 32000 integers
and prints them. It also finds prime pairs and perfect numbers, displays
all known Mersenne primes, computes perfect numbers from Mersenne
primes, and multiplies large numbers.
Roman (ROMANLP)
Penner, Les
$?
drills on roman numerals. Requires BASIC.
Truth Table Maker 1.2 (TRUTH)
Kelly, Michael P.
$0
generates boolean algebra truth tables for digital design and electronics. It
eliminates the boring and sometimes tedious task of having to do it yourself by
scratch. Many courses require you to turn in truth tables at the end of the
session as to elapsed time, and his mistakes are listed. BASIC required.
Unfoil
Sund, S.E.
$5
is an algebra teaching aid that will factor binomials of the form Ax^2 + Bx +
C. It will give the result in the form (Dx + E) (Fx + G) or tell that the
binomial is prime.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1942
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*-Jones
Jeremy Jones
$10 each
#4962
ArithmeticJones, MathJones, GeometryJones, and Word-GameJones are four
educational games that drill you on arithmetic numbers, algebra, geometry
and words. You can select a multiple choice format, or any of several arcade
game formats. These games may be helpful in preparing for the SAT.
Adventure Math
Epic MegaGames ASP
$27
#20066/4809
is a math game that teaches addition and subtraction with graphics,
sound effects, and a bonus arcade game. Math problems must be solved to
earn your way into the arcade game to win bonus points. Requires VGA, a
hard disk and 640K. A musical sound track is included for systems with
sound cards.
Math Rescue
Apogee Software
$15
#20066 [2 disks]
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