What could be more fun than guiding monkeys down a ladder using math skills as your fuel? It will take a developer a lot of effort to produce something more enjoyable and addicting than Middle School Math 7th Grade by Monkey in the Middle Apps LLC. This app helps students develop their skills in negative numbers, absolute values and orders of operations. The game has three levels of difficulty for each topic and allows kids to replay levels to work on their speed and scores. The app even provides a platform so students can e-mail their scores to their teacher. AppCrawlr gives it a 5 out of 5 rating, testifying to its place among the best math apps.
In Sky Numbers, which earned three and a half stars out of four from users, random numbers fall out of the sky, with four clouds holding them for short periods of time. Players use 7th and 8th grade basic math calculations to create equations limited to 25 digits to get a winning result. If the figure falls through the clouds, the game is over. With each passing level, the speed picks up, requiring players to think and act faster. Sky Numbers is designed to challenge middle school kids and math geniuses based on the level of difficulty and speed selected by the user. The app also comes with Smart Tots — a feature that provides learning reports. Teachers can use this app in class and have students post their scores to a classroom’s Twitter or Facebook page.
In 2010, this app was featured in The New York Times as a must-have download, and it also was named Best Educational Game of 2011. Math Evolve offers students of all ages a fun and exciting game that engages them in practicing mental math skills, math facts and number sense. It improves multiplication, division, subtraction and addition skills using content that can be customized for students of all ages and grade levels. When players put the game into “story mode,” they set off on a math journey across three environments: space, microscopic and ocean. Teachers can instruct their students to put the game in “practice mode,” so students can learn math facts through customizable homework assignments.
Pre-Algebra Booster Part 1 by Homeworkhelp.com is a lifesaver for middle school students preparing for tests. In fact, students gave it a perfect score of four stars on iTunes. The app was designed by classroom teachers who know specifically what middle school students need to learn to pass courses and prepare for high school math. The app helps students understand math terms and concepts and comes in handy as a study guide for standardized tests and final exams. Subjects in the app include multiple fraction problems and types, numbers and their properties, negative numbers, mixed numbers and comparing fractions. It also has an index of all major pre-algebra terms, with definitions and examples to help students learn.