Appy Monday: Multiplication!! and Division!!

Just wanted to take a quick minute to share two apps that I used in my classroom this week. One of the things that I notice each and every year with my seventh graders is that they seem to have forgotten how to do long division and two step multiplication. I always struggle with the fact that these are two time consuming activities that is usually practiced through worksheets Ugh! I hate worksheets!!

I am always on the look out for new and innovate apps, but sometimes it is just a good old basic app that is exactly what I need! That was the case with these two apps.

 

We used Multiplication!! and Divison!! this past Friday when, after a long first week, the students needed a little down time.   I really wanted to continue to work on basic operations in a fun environment. I loved that I could customize each students settings to enhance their difficulty or take it back down to the very basics of multiplication and division.

The apps were engaging enough to keep the students attention while still working through some of the mundane aspects of basic math. It was such a great way to practice, We turned the lights off, played some soothing sounds and just relaxed while we practiced multiplication and division.  I really don't think my students even realized they were doing math, to them it just seemed like play.