Mobile Apps for Math

Sky Numbers HD by Bubanji.com is a mobile app designed to help students understand order of operations.  In this game, students combine numbers with operators by clicking on them as they’re floating across the sky to create equations that result in the given answer. 

Math Drills Lite by Instant Interactive is a mobile app that helps students practice basic math skills.  Number lines, wooden blocks, facts and hints are given as students learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.  Although I teach sixth grade, many of my students have not memorized their multiplication facts and often make mistakes with simple addition and subtraction.  This application would help them practice these prerequisite skills in a fun and interactive way. 

Doodles Numbers Quiz by RedSpell is a puzzle game that’s fun to play and a bit addictive.  Students solve puzzles using basic math skills.  Not only are they practicing their math skills, but solving the puzzles helps the students with reasoning and higher order thinking skills as well.

Interactive Integers – Addition and Subtraction by TicTapTech, LLC is a mobile application that teaches addition and subtraction of positive and negative numbers.  The application uses color tiles and number lines, which helps the students to visually understand the concepts.  I also like the fact that the number of problems and level of difficulty can be changed to help individualize the application for each student.

I learned about these mobile apps from the following website:

Kharbach, M. (2012). A list of great math apps for your ipad. Retrieved from  

      http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/math-apps-for-ipad.html