There are two ways to play. Children can focus on a single activity or take off on a mission that combines all four into one awesome adventure. The learning games, digitized speech, sound effects, and music all make this an exciting program to use. Both number and word problems using counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing must be solved, to overcome obstacles, and game strategies used, as children move through the lines of the mazes, to reach the castle throne room. Curriculum levels, ranging from Kgn-Grade 6, as well as type and level of problems can be set, so that children become skillful in mathematical operations as well as in number facts.
Problems increase in difficulty slowly so that children experience success.
As levels become more difficult, an increasing number of horizontal and word problems are used. Adequate reviews are built in. Progress can be checked and modifications made, as children use this challenging and absorbing math program. Number Munchers are ready to munch on multiples, prime numbers, factors, and equal and unequalmathematical statements. It is recommended for ages 8 and up, or grades 3-12, and gives excellent practice with these mathematical skills.