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 A Lifesaver! August 8, 2007
Anita Bromley
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this for my step-daughter who is twelve. She has struggled for years in shcool due to dyslexia. When she came for the summer, we were shocked to find she still counted fingers for the most basic math facts! I ordered the Math Shark and made an agreement with her to do 4 sets of subtraction problems each day (10 per set) on level 3. When she reached a certain time goal I rewarded her with something she'd been asking for. Math Shark is MUCH better than drilling with flash cards (which is painful). It corrects wrong answers immediately, then puts that fact back in the queque for the child. It has drills & functions for fractions, percent and basic math operations & they can all be set to many different levels of difficulty. I would highly recommend this to anyone whose child is struggling, especially with memorizing basic facts.
Fun Way for Kids to Learn Math Facts May 13, 2007
E. Arrendondo (Sylmar, CA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
We tried out both Math Shark and Light 'n' Strike Math games, and I preferred this one because it challenges you to correctly complete math problems within a set time. Basically, it's like electronic math flash cards, which is just what I wanted. You can choose difficulty levels, and in addition to adding, subtracting, division and multiplication the Math Shark also has decimals, percentages and fractions. This means you can get a lot of years of usage from this great educational toy!
 4 stars for Math Shark March 26, 2007
T. A. Hess
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a great product. Getting my 9 year old son to study his math facts is not such a struggle anymore. The Math Shark with its sounds, levels, and timed challenges makes it more fun for him to learn math.
 Low res screen January 13, 2007
Mohammad Samimi (CA, USA)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
Math Shark's low resolution screen discourages kids from using it. Compared to any other game I rate the screen for Math Shark the worst.
Excellent way to drill those facts and see improvments! November 28, 2005
G. Rokosz
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
I bought this for my nine year old who thought she knew her facts, but couldn't do her tests on them fast enough. One can tell the Shark exactly what skill to test (for example, subtracting "3" from all the one digit numbers in random order). It sets the ten questions (each one is either in vertical or horizontal format - one can't specify that), and provides immediate feedback as the child enters each answer. It asks any incorrrect questions again. Once all the questions have been answered correctly, it provides the time, for example, 43.3 seconds.
My daughter enjoys seeing her time get better each time she repeats a skill. We have an agreement that she does 5 sets each day (total 50 problems). She usually does 3 sets on the same skill, and each time gets faster. Then she reviews two other skills she's already mastered.
My only complaint is the display screen can be hard to see, especially from the side (so I can't tell what problems she gets wrong, sitting beside her). Sometimes she'll get a problem wrong because she thinks a number is something else. I think the problem might be when the LED is right next to the edge of the screen, it can be in shadow or something.
You can turn off the sound (which isn't all that loud anyway). I really like how specific you can be in setting the level of challenge. This is a valuable tool for drilling math and getting immediate feedback.
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