Math at the Mall. Math even Miss B can do (ish)!

I haven’t done a math post in a while (or a post for that matter.  I totally thought I had published this post.. but there it was, sitting in my drafts!), and even though I really haven’t had much time recently (hoorah!  Four essays!) I’m doing a game review instead of the simple video that would suffice for a post, but leave me with a feeling that screams “you lazy bum”.
And so, I bring you the Math Mall game.  Math that is useful in every day life!  It’s really cool, I could even do it!  I didn’t use a calculator.  I used pen and paper, but not a calculator!
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The rules.  Nice and simple.  There’s four stores at the Mall and you have to solve all the puzzles without the computer giving you the answer before going to the next store.  You can’t go back immediately to the store if you don’t win the game, you have to go to the rest of them (for good practice) before going back.





The toy store!  Here, you’ll learn about taxes.  How to calculate them etc. etc.





Look!  You can pick and count out change! and exact amounts!  Hoorah!  In all honesty, Miss B needs all the practice she can get!


At the Happy Hamburger, you learn to calculate tips!  How much to leave for how much you paid for!





Just a clip of the mall map.  Look, I’ve already completed two games!  I have two gold coins!  Whoopie!




The ever present question, which is the best deal for gym membership.  Ahh.. math is present in everything.




At the bank, we learn about how much interest is earned when depositing money! 
Something I need to learn.  Once I start earning money…


And after the SECRET CHALLENGE…




You Win!!




Just make sure of two things:
1)  that when typing in how much money you are using you use $150.00  NOT $150.  They kind of call you on that.
2) Have fun!
To be honest, the graphics were a little sub-par which kind of didn’t make me too fond towards this game.  But the content is good, and the repetition sticks in your mind which is goooood as gumdrops for learning.
MATH AT THE MALL – LINK HERE
Recommended Age – Grade 7+ (seeing as I still need the practice!)
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Design a Cell Phone

LINK HERE
This was a really fun game.  But REALLY hard.  While I am writing this, I am STILL trying to win the game.  Maybe you will be smarter than me… but I just can’t seem to accomplish very much in this game.  Please tell me if you do make it bigger!  I’m kind of frustrated.

 
Ahh… the homepage… so unsuspecting. Of what to come.







Step One: Research.  You’re given all the information you’ll need regarding what the consumer wants including graphs and personal testimonies.

 


See!  A graph!






The design bit.  This part was fun.  Lots of fun






You also get to talk to testers about your product before moving into production!







See. I’m really awful at this.  I didn’t reach the goal at ALL.


 CELL PHONE GAME – LINK HERE
Recommended Age: Grades 8 through 10
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Fun Factor

• Fun Factor level is based on the frustration that occurred when I couldn’t seem to make ANYONE happy.

Food, Glorious Food!

Oh no!  Miss B’s game was taken down off the internet!  Click here to read her shocking discovery.  Read on to hear about how much fun Miss B had. 

Miss B. does not have a green thumb.  Miss B. doesn’t even have a black thumb.   She has more like a black stare.  Or a black presence.  Either way, plants die when Miss B. is around.

But not here!  Miss B. is a gardening FIEND!

You do need to sign up for this site, but it’s so cute and it’s something all your own

Miss B. finds Picture Three to be the most appropriate to her outward appearance.  She also does not want e-mails.  How convenient! 

Look at the cute plants I’m growing!  This site is dedicated to letting kid’s realize where their food comes from and the responsibility that comes from growing your own foods.

You have to water your plants so that they grow.  They actually take approximately the same amount of time to grow as real vegetables!  In 42 days, if I don’t virtually kill them…

Watering my pumpkin seeds…. unlike real life they talk to you and tell you when they’re angry or need more, or if you’re doing the right thing.  Unlike real life where you never know until they a) don’t sprout or b) turn brown.

This is a good, cute game, but it’s definitely something that takes time.  It’d be good for homeschooler’s curriculum or kindergarten.  There will be more updates as I grow things.

But with my luck, they probably won’t grow…

 

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD – LINK HERE

Recommended Age: Kindergarten to Grade 3

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Updates later!

Do you want to be a Mathionaire?

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Now, Miss B. isn’t particularly fond of or any good at math.  This is why she has the Math Wiz.  Today’s review is of a game made by a person of British (English?  I recall my history of England teacher referring to them as both.  Please forgive me if I’ve offended anyone) origin.  I only know this because instead of winning a million dollars, I won a million pounds.  Which I believe equals approximately 1,695,415 in my home currency.  Which I think is a pretty good deal.  Or so the Math Wiz tells me.

I started off playing the game at a nice level.  I level I can handle.  The first question I didn’t have to use Microsoft Calculator on.  Which was nice.  Really nice actually.  It made me think I had a chance.

 

 

Ha ha ha… no way.  By the time I got here I was using my calculator more than is probably normal.  Miss B.  isn’t good at math.  The Math Wiz says I count “One, Two, Three, Jellybean, 9, 10, oooh… what’s that?”  Miss B’s brain is meant for history and the arts.  Not for science or math.  But because Miss B. understands that not everyone is like her, she tries to review as many different kinds of educational games as possible.  All for you.

Nearing the top here.  I haven’t employed the Math Wiz’s mad skills yet.  I’m doing pretty well for myself, even if it is algebra!

 

 

 

Alright, it’s the bottom of the ninth, and Miss B. is on her last question.  She has used up all her lifelines and is guaranteed a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right.  (At least she learned that much!)  What the computer doesn’t know is that she has… duh duh da daaaa… THE MATH WIZ!!

 

After saying 7 the Math Wiz continues to ask questions such as “why are you asking that?  It’s 10 in the evening?  You don’t do math, why are you doing it?” and I really want to savour the moment of hitting “yes” and winning my 1,000,000 dol….err… pounds.  Miss B. commences to silence the Math Wiz with a satisfactory answer.

Do I doubt the Math Wiz?  Have I ever doubted the Math Wiz?  At least when it comes to numbers?

 

 

 

Of course not!  The Math Wiz is a math wiz for a reason!  Nothing is too hard for the math wiz!

 

 

 

Lookie here at my winnings!  Look at that 1.6 million dollars I won virtually!  Now if only I could get a cheque that big in the mail that didn’t come with having to sign my life and funds away to Random House.

 

 

DO YOU WANT TO BE A MATIONAIRE? – LINK HERE

Recommended Age:  Grades 4-7.  Miss B. is obviously in grade 3 because this was much too difficult for her!

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Happy Adding!