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Learn hundreds of math facts - Fast! Fun! Easy! Math Whiz plays like a video game and teaches like electronic flash cards. This portable ELA quizzes kids on addition, subtraction, multiplication or division; plus it works as a full-function calculator with the press of a button. Problems are displayed on the LCD screen. Features eight skill levels as well as lights and sounds for instant feedback. Requires 2 "AAA" batteries (not included). Measures 8.3" x 7.1" x 2.3".
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Would be great if it worked
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Great idea, but poor quality. Minutes after starting to use it, something came loose and regardless of how many times attempted to fix, would not work again. Some buttons worked and others did not.
Rating: 
(1
out of 5) @ 2009-01-02
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buttons don't work!
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Very excited to get this for my daughter to help her learn her multiplication tables. Opened it up today, loaded it with batteries and...the buttons don't work! It feels very cheap, even for a plastic hand held game, and the buttons freeze or won't work at all. Very, very frustrating. It goes back tomorrow!
Rating:
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-12-26
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Homeschool Math Helper
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I am using the Math Whiz as part of my homeschool math curriculum to help my son memorize his times tables. I like several things about the game. The directions are clear and simple. The game is easy to use. The variety of levels provides both practice and and a challenge. The Math Whiz has been durable thus far, it has been dropped to no ill effect.
There are a few minor issues with the Math Whiz. As others have mentioned, the display is not backlit, making play in a darkened car or room impractical. I have not, however, had issues reading it over my child's shoulder. The buttons can be "sticky", meaning a child may have to press a button hard or more than once. This has frustrated my son, who wants to be as fast as possible, on several occasions.
Despite the minor problems, my son looks forward to using the Math Whiz daily. Children who, like him, enjoy competing with themselves will play repeatedly to beat their previous time. This helps them develop automaticity with math facts, without the whining and complaining that usually come with drilling. I think this toy achieves its intended purpose- to make practicing math facts fun.
Rating: 
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-12-22
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Review from 2nd grade mom
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In my daughter's second grade class she is timed on addition and subtraction. The idea is to get kids to know the answer to 9+8 (for example) without thinking about it. Her teacher said that while she knew 9+8 is 17, she needed to get it out quicker. The teacher recommended flash cards to increase speed. While flash cards are fine, they aren't all that exciting for kids. This is like electronic flashcards, and my child finds it enjoyable. There is a flashcard mode and a calculator mode. There are also different levels. So level 1 has simple, Kindergarten or 1st grade problems, and level 8 has problems I had to think about for second. I have my child use it 10 minutes each night and I don't hear any complaints. She brought it in to show her teacher and she was impressed - said it would make a great center activity in the classroom. I plan on buying the teacher one for class use. I can't comment on the durability because I haven't had it very long. This is a great product either for the child that needs some assistance improving their math skills, or for the child who excels and needs a challenge.
Rating: 
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-12-02
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Not that great.
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I had an electronic owl/calcultor about 30 years ago that I liked better than this. I was hoping it would be interesting enough to my kids they'd want to play it, but nope, to predictable. It's not fun for them. It does have many functions, but it's too boring in it's games.
Rating: 
(3
out of 5) @ 2008-11-29
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