Geosafari Knowledge Pad: Math Multiply & Divide PC MAC CD learn numbers division Type: Children Platform: Windows/Mac Publisher: Educational Insights Released: 2001 Media: CD Most third- and fourth-graders need some practice with their multiplication and division facts. This CD-ROM gets the job done, and even stretches the learning beyond facts and into other areas such as time-telling and calendar math. Multiplication & Division can be successfully used to reinforce skills learned in school in a home setting.The format of the game is simple but likable. Children select their levels and exercise pages for each round, and then attempt to earn as many points as possible by completing the exercises. Answers to each page's problems are listed on the left side of the screen. Children click and drag these solutions to the correct problems. Players can work through the program independently or turn the game into a friendly competition with a buddy if they are up for a challenge.A sample exercise features a group of machines called "eightalators." Any number placed into these special machines will be divided by eight, and kids are required to click and drag the given dividends into the appropriate machines. Other pages feature work with word problems, completing number patterns, balancing seesaws with equivalent equations, and determining the average number of miles a girl rides on her bike over the span of a few days. While many exercises focus on drills, some require higher-order thinking skills, such as one in which children must decide which number sentence will solve a word problem, and another in which kids estimate answers to equations. Not all exercises feature explicit work with division and multiplication. Children work with calendar math, matching digital and analog time, and rounding numbers as well.For Windows (32-bit Systems) / Mac (Power Macintosh: OS 9 or Below) [*Please review compatibility/platform sections in 'What You Get']
