A Basic Math Game

Designed by Erin Maher

Created by Chris Maher and Erin Maher

 

Choose your opponent:

Addy Addition - easy addition and subtraction problems using integers from 1 to 10. Computer will only answer 20% of the problems correctly.

Mark Multiply - more difficult addition and subtraction problems, plus multiplication problems, using positive integers up to 100. Computer will only answer correctly 50% of the time.

Catherine Calculus - addition, multiplication and subtraction problems using positive and negative decimal numbers up to 1,000. Computer will answer correctly 95% of the time.

Rules - If you land on an unowned space, you must answer the problem correctly. If you land on a space which is owned, you must answer three problems in a row to claim that space.

This math game was designed by Erin Maher (age 10) as a Visual Basic program. In the VB program, two players compete to capture a majority of the spaces by answering math questions. Chris and Erin ported the program from VB to VBScript so that the game could be played on the Internet. Because the game uses VBScript, you must use a web browser that supports this language, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. In the web version, player 2 is the computer.

For more information about programming for Internet and Intranet systems, see the Maher Associates, Inc. home page or e-mail Chris Maher. Maher Associates offers expert actuarial and computer consulting.

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