Number Lines

Math may not be the easiest subject in school, but it’s behind an abundance of modern activities you enjoy, including functionality of computer games, and programs. Dedicated to youngsters, Number Lines is a fun game with the intention of teaching math through an interactive test, with score to track performance.

Once installed, you can go ahead and launch the application to see what it’s all about. It starts maximized by default, but this is not necessarily an issue. On the one hand, it provides better view space. On the other hand, it can keep you focused on the task at hand, with to other windows to distract you in the background.

Tests consist of basic math operations like adding, and subtracting two positive numbers. However, you first need to choose the type of line numbers for the application to use. There are up to seven different types, all of them starting from 0, ending up to 200, but with variations in the number of steps to count.

The way the test behaves is the same, regardless of the type you choose. Once initiated, a question shows up, with a line of numbers representing the set choice. You can view the question number so far, and total score. There’s no limit to the number of errors, but a wrong answer does not award points.

As visually appealing as it may seem at first, frustration kicks in as soon as you start to answer a few questions. This is because of the method used to provide the answer, which forces you to use navigation arrows to reach the right number on the line, then wait for an animation to be performed. In fact, nothing can be done until the denture set reaches the selected number, which can take quite a while for large number sets.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Number Lines comes with good intentions, but with no option to skip the animation, a simple test can last too much time. The idea behind the concept is neat, but it’s sure to make you look for alternatives from the first few trial runs.