BasicFacts Maker II


BasicFacts Maker II is Shareware.  Feel free to copy and share this program with
others.  If you find it of use,  please register your copy by sending $10 to:

Jim White 
7615 96 Street 
Grande Prairie AB 
Canada 
T8V 4T9

Phone (403) 532-7857 
Fax (403) 538-3871 
BBS (403) 539-4527   Telefinderª

Schools: Register for use by anyone in a school for only $30

After registering you will receive instructions on personalizing your copy.


Why BasicFacts Maker?

After hours spent making up basic facts worksheets for my students, I got the
bright idea that perhaps this would be a good job for the computer.  With this in
mind, I spent some time searching for an application that would do the job. In my
search, I found that there were literally thousands of educational programs
available in the marketplace, however,  most of these programs are based on
student interaction with the computer.  Few are designed with the interests of
the regular classroom teacher in mind.  Yes it  would be nice if every student
had access to a Mac to run an exciting  program to teach math facts. The reality
is most teacher do not.  BasicFacts Maker is a program designed to make teaching
basic math facts easier for teachers.


What Is BasicFacts Maker?

It is essential that children demonstrate a mastery of basic math facts for sums
and minuends to 18, and products and dividends through 81.  One way to accomplish
this is to give students daily practice solving  these facts.  Students are given
a time limit to solve twenty five math facts on a worksheet. The amount of time
depends on the  the grade level or ability of the students. It's not very high
tech,  but it is an effective teaching strategy.

BasicFacts MakerII generates student worksheets with 25 addition, subtraction,
multiplication or division facts for practicing basic math facts. An unlimited
number of different worksheets can be made for students along with a teacher
answer sheet.


How does BasicFacts Maker Work?

To make a worksheet, simply choose the operation you want to use from the Main
Menu and a new math sheet will appear.  Choose Change Facts  from the BasicFacts
menu to change the numbers in each of the equations.  Choose Print  from the File
menu to print a teacher answer page and a student worksheet.

To scroll to the bottom of the page,  you need only to move the pointer in the
direction you want to scroll and the scroll tool will appear.   Put the pointer
inside the scroll tool and it will change into a hand icon.  Move the hand up or
down to scroll in that direction.


Addition: addends include digits from 0 to 9.  Sums  = 0 to 18.

Subtraction: first minuend does not exceed 18.

Multiplication: factors include digits from 0 to 9.  Product = 0 to 81.

Division: dividend does not exceed 81.  Divisor and quotient include digits from
0 to 9.