Visual Fractions Decimals and Percentages
By Debbie Gorrell,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Fab resource for creating models could use help menu.
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What’s It About?
VISUAL FRACTIONS DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES has two main options for creating models: grids and circles. Within each option are three categories: one unit, several units, and art grid or art circle. One unit is for creating models that represent values less than 1. Several units is for creating models that represent values greater than 1. And the art options can be used for creating models with multiple colors. The models then can be saved. The grids can be divided into as many as 100 rows and 100 columns, resulting in a fraction with a denominator of 10,000. The circles can be divided into as many as 360 sections, resulting in a fraction with a denominator of 360. Once kids divide the unit as needed, they tap to shade sections, creating their models. Kids can choose from seven colors.
Is It Any Good?
Visual Fractions Decimals and Percentages is a handy, no-frills tool for creating models. With many options for dividing whole units, as well as options for modeling mixed numbers, kids with varying abilities can use it. They won't get any instruction, so the app is best used to support learning. Fortunately, as a help menu is not provided, using the features is mostly intuitive. Activity suggestions could extend the overall learning value, but it's still an extremely useful tool for supporting important math concepts with visual representations.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about other ways to model fractions, decimals, and percentages. Have kids use unusual shapes, such as pentagons, and partition them into equal parts.
Discuss the importance of fractions, decimals, and percentages in everyday life. Ask kids to describe situations in which they might need to know about them.
Give kids different numbers to model using the app. Vary the type (a fraction, a decimal, or a percentage), and ask which was most difficult to model and why.
App Details
- Device: iPad
- Subjects: Math : fractions, ratio
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning : part-whole relationships, Tech Skills : using and applying technology
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: October 7, 2013
- Category: Education
- Publisher: Esa Helttula
- Version: 1.1
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 5.0 or later
- Last updated: July 28, 2016
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