Maths GamesHow to play
- Look at each coin or note and its value.
- Add them, starting with the largest.
- Tap the total.
Choose Relaxed for ten questions with no clock, or Race to answer as many as you can in sixty seconds. After a wrong answer the game shows the right one and the reason. At the end it lists the questions you missed and keeps your best score for each level on this device.
Levels
- Level 1: Two or three coins
- Level 2: Up to five coins
- Level 3: Coins and notes
Start at the level where about eight answers in ten are right, and move up when it feels easy.
What this game practises
Counting money is addition with a purpose. It trains children to start from the largest value and count on, which is a far quicker way to add than starting from the first number they see. It also makes them comfortable with the values used in Indian money: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100. The coins and notes here are simple drawings for practice and are not pictures of real currency.
Tips for parents and teachers
- Teach "biggest first": a ten, then the fives, then the small coins.
- Let the child count real coins at home and check the shopkeeper's change.
- Ask what other coins could make the same amount.
Play it without a screen
Empty a purse of coins on the table. One player picks four coins, the other says the total. Play shop with real things from the kitchen and made-up prices.
More games for classes 1 and 2
- Count the DotsDots appear in no fixed order. Count them and tap the right number.Nursery to Class 1
- Make TenTwelve number tiles. Tap two that add up to the target. Clear the whole board.Classes 1 to 3
- Bigger or SmallerTwo numbers side by side. Tap the bigger one, or the smaller one when asked.Classes 1 to 7
- Clock TimeA clock face shows a time. Choose the time it shows.Classes 1 to 4