Educational mathamatics apps for adults that will work on an iPhone?
November 23, 2013 1:02 PM Subscribe
I am looking for adult-oriented iOS apps that will help improve my math skills.
I'm looking to improve in two areas:
1.) Basic mental math: + - / *.
My skills in this area are lacking, to say the least. I also tend to play an unhelpful mental soundtrack whenever I make an attempt, "You're going to screw this up and have to do it three more times. You can't trust yourself to do this without a calculator." and etc.
I thought that maybe with enough repetition, I could make certain things more automatic and help overcome some of this. Even leaving the mental stuff aside, I could use practice.
2.) A grade 9 - 12 review
I was pushed into math courses in high school that, in retrospect, were probably too advanced for me. They certainly weren't required for what I would eventually pursue in university. As result, I did quite poorly, and I'm fairly certain the passing grade in my final year was more out of pity than ability.
I much more interested now, and would like to review the things I mostly avoided learning in the past. Is there something that would let me review the equivalent of a high school curriculum's worth of math?
I'd like to practice using my iPhone (at least initially) because the barrier to entry is so low. I always have my phone with me, and I could practice whenever I have downtime. For reference, I am aware of the resources available with Khan Academy, and plan to use them, but would like to have something more mobile as well.
Thanks everybody!
I'm looking to improve in two areas:
1.) Basic mental math: + - / *.
My skills in this area are lacking, to say the least. I also tend to play an unhelpful mental soundtrack whenever I make an attempt, "You're going to screw this up and have to do it three more times. You can't trust yourself to do this without a calculator." and etc.
I thought that maybe with enough repetition, I could make certain things more automatic and help overcome some of this. Even leaving the mental stuff aside, I could use practice.
2.) A grade 9 - 12 review
I was pushed into math courses in high school that, in retrospect, were probably too advanced for me. They certainly weren't required for what I would eventually pursue in university. As result, I did quite poorly, and I'm fairly certain the passing grade in my final year was more out of pity than ability.
I much more interested now, and would like to review the things I mostly avoided learning in the past. Is there something that would let me review the equivalent of a high school curriculum's worth of math?
I'd like to practice using my iPhone (at least initially) because the barrier to entry is so low. I always have my phone with me, and I could practice whenever I have downtime. For reference, I am aware of the resources available with Khan Academy, and plan to use them, but would like to have something more mobile as well.
Thanks everybody!
KenKen puzzles are a fun way to keep your math brain in shape, and solving them necessiates a lot of adding/subtracting and multiplying/factoring. You can also easily dial the difficulty up/down to match how much time and brainpower you have by changing the size of puzzle. There's a number of apps available, the official ones are linked HERE.
posted by Wulfhere at 3:01 PM on November 23, 2013
posted by Wulfhere at 3:01 PM on November 23, 2013
I love Kenkens, and the app I use is Mathdoku. You can start with smaller / easier grids and work your way up to harder ones.
posted by Dashy at 3:06 PM on November 23, 2013
posted by Dashy at 3:06 PM on November 23, 2013
DragonBox is amazingly good at teaching algebra: http://www.dragonboxapp.com
I know it looks sort of simplistic, but I played through the whole thing as an adult, and really enjoyed the "boil the frog" teaching method it uses to trick you into learning notation.
posted by trevyn at 3:08 PM on November 23, 2013 [3 favorites]
I know it looks sort of simplistic, but I played through the whole thing as an adult, and really enjoyed the "boil the frog" teaching method it uses to trick you into learning notation.
posted by trevyn at 3:08 PM on November 23, 2013 [3 favorites]
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posted by phunniemee at 1:27 PM on November 23, 2013