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Maths

The purpose of these animations and games in maths is first of all to develop young minds.
Secondly the animations help the young ones to understand the basics of maths better by providing them with dynamic interactive visuals with which they can play and fiddle around.
The animations and games are there for everybody, even for those that have no interest in maths. The animations will help them to understand important stuff better.
Teachers and parents can use the animations and games to help the young ones to understand maths better.



Numbers

Learn about numbers, how to count and the number line. Recognize number patterns, construct a number by dragging the correct number of blocks over the line to the right .

number1.swfnumber1.swfnumber1.swf

Calculate

Do calculations with numbers at various levels. Add, subtract, multiply and divide. This animation is for kids just before they go to school as well as early primary school.

calculate3.swfcalculate3.swfcalculate3.swf

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Area and Volume

Area of squares, circles and triangles are measured in meter square. Learn more about area. Also learn about the relationship between length, area and volume.

areavolume.swfareavolume.swfareavolume.swf

Shapes

There are only 5 regular polyhedra. Rotate them on the screen to see them in 3D. Make them transparent. They are the: tetrahedron (4), cube (6), octahedron (8), dodecahedron (12) and icosahedron (20). But there are also other polyhedra like the soccer ball. Also recognize shapes in 2D.

shapes2.swfshapes2.swfshapes2.swf

Transformations

Transform a teddy by shifting, rotating, flipping and increasing/decreasing the size. Learn more about transformations.

transformations1.swftransformations1.swftransformations1.swf

Series

series.swfseries.swfseries.swf

Fractions

Distribute apples amongst a number of people. Cut the apples with a knife when necessary. Learn a lot more about fractions with this animation.

fractions2.swffractions2.swffractions2.swf

Ratio

ratio1.swfratio1.swfratio1.swf

Coordinates

Rotate a xyz coordinate system on the screen and experience it in 3D. The game in this animation will hep you to visualize in 3D.

coordinates.swfcoordinates.swfcoordinates.swf

Pythagoras

Experience the Pathagorean theorem in 2D, 3D AND 4D. Rotate the 3D image on the screen.

pythagoras.swfpythagoras.swfpythagoras.swf

Vectors

The animation shows how three vectors can be added. Force is a vector.

vectors.swfvectors.swfvectors.swf

Identical and mirror objects

Rotate identical and mirror objects on the screen. Also learn about symmetrical objects. Draw symmetrical and identical pictures.

identicalmirror.swfidenticalmirror.swfidenticalmirror.swf

Chance

See how the balls divide by pure chance into the slits. Also learn about chance in the throwing of a dice.

chance.swfchance.swfchance.swf

Draw graphs of functions

Draw graphs of a number of functions like a straight line, parabola, hyperbola, circle or wave and more.

drawgraphs.swfdrawgraphs.swfdrawgraphs.swf

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Algebra

The visuals will help you to understand simple algebra equations better.

algebra.swfalgebra.swfalgebra.swf

Numeral Systems

Play around with number systems. Did you know that 1 + 1 = 2 and also 1 + 1 = 10 ? Open this animation and click on "Binary" and drag two items to the right and learn how this statement is possible.

numeralsystems.swfnumeralsystems.swfnumeralsystems.swf



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