AccordingtotheintroductionofMakkajaiEduTechPrivateLimited,MathRescueRoundingGamesFor3rd,4thGradeKidsisaEducationalgameontheAndroidplatform.Thereiscurrentlya35versionreleasedonNov02,2017,youcanseethedetailsbelow.
RoundingandEstimationisfunwithToby,thefireman!Runthroughtheforestandputoutfireswiththewaterballoons-andhelpTobysavetheforestandthebridgesinitfromburningdown!Notethough-youneedtobefastanduseapproximatelytherightamountofwatertoputoutthefires.Usetoomuch,andyou’llrunoutofwater.Usetoolittle,andyoucan’tputoutthefire!
MathRescue-isacoolmathgameandgreatwaytopracticeandtestyourroundingandestimationskillsandhavefunatthesametime.Thisgamealsohelpswithlearningmentalmathdrillspractice.
Thegameusesinterestingmechanicstohelpchildrenpracticeroundingandestimationskills.Anexcitinggameplaywithgreatsoundandartwillkeepchildrenengagedforalongtime.
ThroughMathRescue,yourchildwilllearnandpracticethefollowingskills-
-Roundingtonearest10sand100softwoandthreedigitnumbers.
-Estimatingsumoftwo2-digitsnumbers
-Estimatingsumoftwo3-digitsnumbers
Theappnotonlyteacheschildrenhowtoroundupnumbersbutalsohelpsunderstandsomemorebasicproblemssuchastheplacevalueofadigitinanumber.Theappreinforcesmathconceptswithself-pacedandadaptivepracticeanytime,anywhere.
Estimation,especiallyestimatingsumsofmultiplenumbers,isanessentialskillinthedailylifeapplicationofMath.Fromsimplethingslikesensingwhetherashoppinglistisgoingoutofbudget,toarrivingatprojectcostexpectationsatworkorfiguringoutwhichhomefinancingoptionsarebetterinthelongrun,estimationcansignificantlyimprovethequalityandthespeedofthedecisionswemake.UseMathRescuetoformasolidfoundationforyourchild’sestimationskills.
Thisgamealsohelpsunderstandingthebasicconceptofdoingadditionbyroundingthenumber,whichwillhelpinsolvingmentalmathadditionorsubtractioninfastmanner.
ThismentalmathlearninggameisalignedtocommoncoremathandSingaporemathandbestsuitablefor3rd(third)grade,4th(fourth)gradeand5th(fifth)gradekids.Thisgamealsohelpsinmentalmathadditionlearningforgrade3,4and5.
Skillscovered
•Roundingtonearest10
•Roundingup,roundingdown
•Rounding2digitnumberstonearest10
•Rounding3digitnumberstonearest10
•Roundingnumberswith5intheunitsplace
•Roundingtonearest100
•Roundingup,roundingdown
•Rounding3digitnumberstothenearest100
•Estimatingsumsusingrounding
•Estimatingthesumoftwo1-digitnumbers
•Estimatingthesumofone2-digitandonesingledigitnumber
•Estimatingthesumoftwo2-digitnumbers
•Estimatingthesumofone2digitandone3digitnumber
•Estimatingthesumoftwo3digitnumbers
Theskillscovered,correspondtothefollowingcommoncorecurriculumstandards-
3.NBT.A.1-Useplacevalueunderstandingtoroundwholenumberstothenearest10or100.
4.NBT.A.3-Useplacevalueunderstandingtoroundmulti-digitwholenumberstoanyplace.