Whole Numbers Fundamentals for Android

11 things about Whole Numbers Fundamentals

1. Math Galaxy Whole Numbers Fundamentals is a comprehensive tutorial for whole number operations, with explanations, practice, and games that cover addition and multiplication tables, basic operations including alternative algorithms, place value, rounding and estimating, patterns and sequences, word problems, time, money, length, area, volume, pictographs, bar graphs, and probability.

2. Unlike most math textbooks, which throw a mass of material at the student, Math Galaxy focuses student attention on concepts sequentially and interactively, based upon the ideas behind math manipulatives (such as counting blocks) and connecting new concepts to familiar experiences.

3. (5) Ultimately, students will be using calculators, so the goal of elementary math should not be to add or multiply long columns of numbers but to understand the basic concepts behind the operations.

4. Unlike most math software, it goes beyond simple games, low-level operations or rule memorization to link familiar and concrete experiences to higher-level processes.

5. It goes beyond physical math manipulatives by linking each physical operation to its mathematical counterpart at each step, and by allowing manipulations that are difficult to do with physical manipulatives.

6. It stresses concepts that run throughout all of basic math to provide basic understanding rather than memorized rules.

7. Our goal is to provide students a foundation for analytical thinking in the modern world and for higher-level math and science.

8. The concepts are presented in bite-size pieces and there is an unlimited number of practice problems, with numbers chosen randomly.

9. Even ten minutes or ten problems a day will improve your child's understanding of math if done consistently.

10. (3) A child must see a wide range of instances of a concept in order to separate out extraneous material from what is essential.

11. (1) New ideas must be connected to a child's current network of knowledge and experience.