MathTappers: Find Sums 1.5 for iOS

HeavyLifters Network has announced the availability of MathTappers: Find Sums 1.5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Mathematics educators Tim Pelton and Leslee Francis-Pelton from the University of Victoria have designed this free app to help students master their basic addition and subtraction facts.

MathTappers: Find Sums is a unique app that combines a simple game with helpful models that support children as they make sense of the math that they are learning. "Find Sums isn't a flashy, whiz-bang game, nor is it a dull series of flashcards, rather it is a pleasant low-stress game that encourages students to continually challenge themselves until they become proficient." says Tim Pelton.

The designers have used tools that teachers often use in the classroom to help children visualize relationships between numbers (e.g., ten-frames & hundred-frames) and master their fact families (practicing groups of facts together). "Addition and subtraction are fundamentally linked - but unless you use models like these to support children in seeing the connections directly, they may struggle to learn their basic facts or to develop effective mental math skills", says Leslee Francis Pelton.


Teachers might use MathTappers: Find Sums to support class discussions on important concepts and effective strategies and then to provide opportunities for individualized learning and remediation activities. "Even a single shared iPod touch can be enough to make this type of tool useful in the classroom."

"This App is not magic - it is a simple tool that can be used in the classroom, at home or even standing in line for a movie. We encourage parents to download and explore MathTappers: Find Sums with their children. Take a minute or two each day to ask them to explain their thinking and then challenge them to look for new strategies as they play the game. This kind of interaction will help children make sense of the math they are learning and set them up for success!" Says Tim Pelton.

Doug Pelton, CEO at HeavyLifters said, "We have sponsored the development of these MathTapper apps because we want to support education and help kids to succeed in math. We encourage parents and teachers to download each of our MathTapper apps and give them a try."

Pricing and Availability:
MathTappers: Find Sums 1.5 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.


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