Day 19: Math Apps

October 13, 2015

In previous posts I have talked about the classroom iPads and my task of finding apps to use during class time. During my search I came across a math app that really appealed to me. The name of it is "Math Bingo Games- A Racing Game for Kids". I don't care for the title but beyond that I really like what it has to offer. You can set up accounts for each of your students using their name, an e-mail (I used the same class g-mail account for each e-mail) and their grade level. They can design their own avatar and chose their own race car. Students play math games to collect stars. They then use their stars to complete races. Students high scores are displayed on a leader board so they can compete against their classmates. I like that the leader board aspect did not compare students based on their math skills, rather just a regular racing game which is within the app. Students have 2 options to earn stars. The first one is Math Race. During this there is a race car at the bottom driving towards a math problem (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division sentence). Before your car reaches the problem you have to determine if the math problem is right or wrong. You have 3 lives, or 10 problems. Which ever comes first is how the game ends. The other way to earn stars is through Math Bingo. This is fairly self-explanatory. Students see a math problem at the top of the screen and they chose the number on the bingo board that is the answer to the problem. The objective is to get bingo. After students chose their game they get to select if they want addition, subtraction, multiplication or division problems and the level of difficulty they want (easy, medium or hard).

I was pleased with how much students enjoyed this app. They were engaged the entire time and really like the games that were offered. This was great practice for them with their math facts. I mentioned in a previous post that the students began doing timed math facts. The Math Race game is great practice for this because they have a short amount of time to solve the problem. During their timed math facts they are given 36 problems to complete in 2 minutes. This does not allot for a ton of time on each problem.

I attached a link to view a description and images of the app. I also attached pictures of on of the students using the app during their centers today.


Click here to view app.