Image source – screenshot from the “Motion Maths” app, in which the user must tilt the device to “bounce” the ball at a specific point along a number line.

This term we are starting with the characteristics of whole numbers and then fractions and decimals, including the following concepts:
– positive and negative integers
– square numbers and square roots
– factors and multiples
– prime and composite numbers
– prime factor trees

There are several apps that may assist you or your child to understand these concepts. The following apps are all available on IOS devices (iPhones, iPods and iPads) and some may be available on android devices.

– Zoom (place value – ordering whole numbers)
– Wings (greater than and less than, multiplication)
– Motion Maths (fractions)
– Wishball (place value, addition and subtraction)
– Fraction Factory (fractions, decimals and percentages)
– Number Line (fractions, decimals and percentages)