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    HHmm I didn't find Evolver to be choppy at all. I'm on a Mac. I didn't actually watch my DS6 play. His older brother, DS9, was helping him and explaining to him about prime numbers.

    I agree...at $30 I would have hit the buy button already...got to chew on $60 though.

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    Okay, so normally you can purchase Evolver for about $20 which is typical for an online game.

    Google Shopping Search

    But that is for missions "1-5" and the download is for all 20 missions. That makes a little more sense from a pricing perspective.

    There was one page on their website that broke down the topics (it was really good and of course I can't find it now). I was impressed at the material covered. We'll likely purchase it this week. If I can figure out how to get back to that list of material covered, I'll post.

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    Ah. I'll have to try it on the mac mini I have. The boys have a PC in the common room for general use.

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    Here we go.... a lot DS has covered in Murderous Maths, but since he loves Timez Attack, I'm sure he'd love playing out these topics in a different game.

    Mission 1

    * Prime Numbers
    * Even and Odd Numbers
    * Perfect Squares

    Mission 2

    * Prime Factors
    * Greatest Common Factor
    * Least Common Multiple

    Mission 3

    * Additive Identify
    * Additive Inverse Identify
    * Associative Property
    * Commutative Property
    * Distributive Property
    * Multiplicative Identify

    Mission 4

    * Order of Operations (PEMDAS)

    Mission 5

    * Equivalent Fractions
    * Comparing Fractions
    *

    Mission 6

    * Ratios & Rates

    Mission 7

    * Proportions

    Mission 8

    * Integers and Number Lines

    Mission 9

    * Adding Integers
    * Subtracting Integers

    Mission 10

    * Multiplying Integers
    * Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Integers

    Mission 11

    * Variables and Expressions

    Mission 12

    * Translating Phrases into Expressions

    Mission 13

    * Identifying and Combining Like Terms

    Mission 14

    * Distributive Property with Variables
    * Evaluating Expressions

    Mission 15

    * Writing Equations

    Mission 16

    * Solving One-step Equations
    * Solving Two-step Equations

    Mission 17

    * Pattern Recognition
    * Pattern Generalization

    Mission 18

    * Function Tables
    * Linear Equations and Functions

    Mission 19

    * Finding Coordinates

    Mission 20

    * Plotting Coordinates
    * Inferring Coordinates

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    Yes I was impressed with the list of topics covered. Are you purchasing all the missions for the $60? Perhaps I'll let you go first lol.

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    Probably... I let DS play this morning before I left for work. He was able to manage the controls (mostly) without a whole lot of help.

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    DW reminded me that DS was playing Lure of Labyrinth last year. We had mixed results. That's mostly due to the fact that we stuck got on one part. No one in the house could figure out what to do next! But DS did enjoy many of the mini-games.

    So for I like Evolver.

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    JBDad - you mean you didn't check out the teacher cheat seats? Not that I needed them. blush wink

    SO JBDad - go ahead and hit the buy button. laugh

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    Yeah, I just had to make sure that it was a downloadable game. It is. I'll set up DS when I get home this evening.

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    Fantastic!

    OH where did you get stuck on Lure of the Labrynth?

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