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10 Educational Apps Geometry Test: [] You can add over 50 different players in which the app can keep a history of all of the scores. There are 5 different operations (rectangle, square, triangle, circle, and mixed). Each operation has an easy, medium, and hard level. You are asked to find angle measures, side lengths, perimeter, area, radius, and diameter. The test is ten multiple choice questions and timed to give a score in the end. After the ten questions, you are given a score and an opportunity to see what questions you got right and wrong. There is also a hint button on each question that will reveal a formula that will help solve the problem. The player’s history is saved. By clicking on the saved tests you can again view what was correct or incorrect. This can be used for students to review before the concepts are tested. Geometry: Volume of Solids Lite: [] This app has a video instruction as well as two examples. The table of contents includes Basics on finding Volume, Volume of a Cube, Volume of a Cylinder, Volume of a Sphere, Volume of a Cone, Volume of a Pyramid, sample calculators for a cube and rectangular solid and a link to MathExpressions.com. This could be used to explain these ideas to students who are absent since each video explanation only runs about 5 minutes. Easel Algebra I Lite: [] Easel Algebra is broken down into six sections (Numbers and properties, Expressions, More expressions, Slopes and lines, More lines, and FOIL and factoring). Most sections have 6 multiple choice questions, with FOIL and factoring only have 4. Each question has a ShowMe! button in which the program explains how to find the answer. What is nice about this app is the writing ability. You can use your figure to write the work in the screen to help make your selection. One of the downfalls is that the work and answers are not automatically cleared after you see the correct answers. If you would like to use this for students to test themselves, you would need to make sure to manually clear it after each use. iFactor: [] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This is a pretty basic app on factoring quadratics. There is a spot to enter the values for a, b, and c. The factors will appear in the two parentheses and it can factor both integer and fraction answers. If the equation is not factorable, your answer will be “not factorable with integers.” This would be a good app to use after they have mastered the concept of factoring on their own or with special education students who were having difficulty factoring. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Burn Your Brain: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Keep your basic math skills fine tuned with this app. The questions are true and false questions if math facts are correct or not. As you work through the problems you will see the levels change. The high score is kept in the upper right hand corner. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Glow Burst Lite: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This app would be best for elementary school math or basic math help. In this game, you need to click on the numbers in order from smallest to largest. If you choose the wrong number, nothing will happen but you will lose time. There are some negative numbers to challenge you. I like the bright neon colors. You can also keep track of the high scores. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Hot Potato Algebra – Free Math: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">There are three different modes Test!, Potato! And Versus!. When doing the Potato and Versus version you are supposed to enter the players names but you have to holding the iPad the long way or there isn’t a place to enter the names. This app gives you different equations to solve. All of the answers are going to be a single digit positive number. All of the equations have variables on both sides. When you combine the like terms, some of them will have a coefficient that needs to be divided. There is an option to include binomials as well with the need to factor. This could be a great review for students as they are learning equations as well as giving geometry students a chance to brush up on their equation solving skills. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Math League Contests (For Students): <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The sample tests with the free version include grades 4, 5, and 6 from 2004-2005. More tests are available to purchase. You are given 30 minutes to complete the test. They are all multiple choice questions ranging in the type of math question that is given. A summary is available to see what questions you have answered so far. Tapping on an answer twice will mark it as unsure so you can go back to check if there is time remaining. Even though it is listed as grades 4, 5 and 6, this could also be used as a review before standardized tests in upper middle school or high school. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Tangram XL Free: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Tangrams are seven polygons that can be rearranged to make different pictures. This app has the different templates that the tangrams can make. It classifies the templates as easy, medium, or hard and the best time to complete that template. Students would move the polygons around to fill in the template. They are able to rotate and flip the polygons to make them fit. This is a good use to practice spatial reasoning as they begin to work with geometry. It would be a fun puzzle game to get the students thinking and problem solving. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Who wants to be a Mathionaire HD Lite: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This app is based off of the show who wants to be a millionaire. All of the questions are math related with topics ranging from algebra, to measurement and geometry, to trigonometry, and much more. After you submit an answer, a popup appears that explains the solution so students know what mistake they may have made. This app would be a good review before standardized tests that cover more than one mathematical topic such as WKCE or the MAP test. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">5 Personal Apps <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Gas Buddy: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This is an app I have for my iPhone but can also be used for the iPad. You can “find gas near me” by either a list or a map. In the list mode, you can choose either distance or price. This way you can find the cheapest gas station near you location without going too far out of your way. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Trulia: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Trulia is a real estate app. What I like about the app is the search is done on a map. You can find the area you would like a house and then see what is available. The descriptions include the number of rooms, year it was built, price per square foot, how long it has been on trulia, and how many people have viewed the property on the site. Some of the listings even break down the price as far as how much the property is worth based on tax records. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Weather Channel Max: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This app is specifically for the iPad. You can find the current temperature, the 36-hour description, and the 10-day forecast. The map is better than other apps that I have seen. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Living Social: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This app is a shopping type of app. There are daily deals in which you can get 50% off. The deals range from $10 for $20 worth of food to 50% laser hair removal. Living Social also has escapes. The escapes are vacations at lower rate. They are all over the country and some inMexico,Dominican Republic, etc. They range from a one night get away to a weeklong trip. The Escape Kit can include just the hotel or a few amenities along the way such as passes to attractions, meals, or roses. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Campbell’s Kitchen: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This app gives many great recipes. The recipes continue to change so if you like something make sure you save it to your recipe box. Most recipes are only a couple of steps and include using some sort ofCampbellsoup. The ingredients list can be turned into a shopping list if you want to bring your iPhone/iPad with you to the store.