Mystery Math Town is a delightful, well-paced math facts app where players navigate through houses around a town solving equations along the way. Players engage in a fun visual experience in this town when they unlock doors and windows by adding, subtracting or multiplying the numbers they collect. The game uses reverse math, i.e. students must create an equation that equals a target number rather than just solving rote problems. Reverse math is a great way to develop flexible math thinking skills. Players also will develop their visual skills as they scan among the objects for the hidden numbers. For added incentive, players collect portraits of residents and listen to them tell stories about the town. The graphics and exploration will appeal to children who may be otherwise reluctant to practice math. While this app can be a great choice for a child who enjoys open-ended exploration, children who are easily lost without specific directions or have difficulty remembering previous screens might need help. Also, students need to solve fewer problems than in typical math facts apps, so this might not be a good choice for students who need lots of repetition. Overall, this is a good way for children to practice math skills without the pressure of a timer or an abundance of problems.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Flexible Thinking
• Students might need support with navigation
• Organization
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Students might need support with navigation
• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
• Students might need support with navigation
• Visual Memory
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Students might need support with navigation

* Common Sense Media - 5 stars - "Great math practice with fun story, entertaining characters."
* Tech with Kids Best Math App

"The teacher in me loves the reverse math aspect of the game. By giving the answer, players can use any combination of numbers from the drawer to solve the problem." - Fun Educational Apps
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FUN & FLEXIBLE MATH PRACTICE:

Your mission: Help a friendly and curious little ghost rescue the fireflies that are hidden in Mystery Math Town. Players use math skills to unlock rooms and passages on their journey. Encounter a quirky cast of entertaining characters along the way as you earn talking portraits for your Gallery.

Customizable math options and unlimited user accounts give parents and teachers great flexibility for a range of ages and skills.

• Unlimited user accounts - create your own avatar
• Customizable math skills for each player:
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Varied Number Representations (dice and tallies)

• Players develop math thought by building equations, not just tapping answers
• Bonus challenges for extended gameplay
• Unique rewards reveal characters and backstory
• Requires strategy and critical thinking
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UNLIMITED USER ACCOUNTS:

Add as many custom profiles as you like. Individual game settings and progress are saved in each player profile. Create different profiles, each tailored for specific practice and abilities.

Thanks for playing Mystery Math Town!
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We're a small team of educational game designers who care deeply about crafting fun learning experiences for kids. We include kids, parents and teachers in our game development and testing to make sure our apps are exceptional tools that kids want to use again and again.
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Mystery Math Town has no in-app purchases or third party advertising.