MegaMensuration is an application for teaching and learning of mensuration. Includes perimeter and area of rectangles, squares, parallelograms, triangles and trapeziums; circumference and area of circles; arc lengths and area of sectors; surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres.
Diagrams and animation help students learn the formulas better.
MegaMensuration can generate thousands of word problems on the topics included. Each problem is accompanied by a labelled diagram to help the student understand it more easily.
Students can choose sums from one or more topics at a time. They can, for example, do 2 sums on one topic and move on to do 3 sums on another topic and so on.
Here are some key features of "MegaMensuration":
· up to 200 different sums per session
· choice of sums from one or a combination of topics
· possible to change topics after each sum
· a diagram with every question
· 100 worked examples.
Requirements:
· 23.3 MB HD space
· 38 MB RAM
· Screen resolution 800 x 600 at 16 bits or better
Limitations:
· 20 days trial.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed a timer display problem in which only the minutes part is displayed for times greater than 10 minutes
· The easy sums on Squares and Rectangles are now easier to do
· Mac version updated to universal binary