LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Scholastic Math Missions
- Real-world mathematics challenges await you in Spectacle City as you use your skills to save local stores!
- Don’t let trouble multiply at the seafood market–select the correct fish to balance the scale.
- Complete mathematics problems and earn money.
- Spend your hard-earned cash playing three exciting games at the arcade.
- Teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication, money and geometry.
Product Description
Save the stores of Spectacle City and develop real-world math skills as you complete orders at a candy store, build a skyscraper, and more! Solve hundreds of math problems that build addition, multiplication, problem solving skills and more in real-world environments such as a candy store and a seafood market. Earn money by solving math problems, and then spend your hard-earned cash on three exciting arcade games!\n\n\nWhat it Teaches\n\nAddition \nSubtraction \nMul… More >>
Language(s): English
LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Scholastic Math Missions
Tags: Game, LeapFrog®, Leapster®, Learning, Math, Missions, Scholastic
Because my daughter excels exceptionally well in Math, the games are challenging her and this is what I lke about the games.
K. Sanchious | October 20, 2009 # 11:03 pmRating: 5 / 5
Bottom line – we had to return this cartridge after a few days because it has a bug – at least in our cartridge and when played on our Leapster 2, the tangram (window allignment) game gets stuck and says not everything is covered (it happens in all three levels) – and from then on you can’t play it, because it returns to that same stage. But other than that it’s a good game, and we returned it with the hope of repurchasing it when Leapfrog fix the bug…
The game has 4 assignments and 3 arcade games you can play with the money you earned on the assignments.
In other reviews and in the leapfrog site I didn’t see a mention of what the arcade games are, so here goes: 1) snake (25 cents)
2) flying a spaceship to rescue soldiers – you have limited fuel (which is used to boost you up – and then you can move to the sides as well) and you need to avoid crashing into the rocks – 50 cents.
3) castle something – in each level you are in a room with ladders and you have a limited time in which to get the key and open the door to exit the room, while collecting as many coins as you can to raise your score (there’s a bonus for collecting all coins). As you progress you need to collect boots that help you jump higher, avoid guards, ride a flying step, etc (we had to return the game before I found out what the etc. is…)
I am an adult, so I have played snake too much in the past to enjoy it, but I recall that I used to enjoy it when it was the only thing to play on the cellphone. The other two are fun, but I can’t tell you how many levels they have, since, as I mentioned, we returned the game.
As for the assignments:
(1) The window tangram game that gets stuck
(2) A fish weighing game (e.g. put the right combination of fish so their weights add up to 3 x 4)
(3) A candy box game where you need to find the right combination of candies the customer is interested in (mastermind/bulls and cows – in the first level the location of the candy doesn’t matter)
(4) The sale tagging game in which you need to tag with a sales tag items that describe the chosen number (e.g. 5 -> five, 2+3, 6-1, odd,…) – the items are on a moving conveyor belt so you need to decide fast.
All the games are pretty good – only the fish weighing game is a little too boring – it’s probably the one that teaches the most math, but it lacks the fun aspect, like the speed factor of the tagging game (the other two are real games) – it’s a little too close to being a regular math question.
All in all – if it wasn’t for the bug – we’d keep the game, and I’d play it (my daughter is not 4 yet – and can basically only play the tangram assignment independently – but she didn’t mind playing the others and just asked for help).
Rating: 3 / 5
Sleepy in Seattle | October 20, 2009 # 11:45 pmi received this game as the sender stated on the website. My four year old was so happy to get this game. He played all evening and even went to sleep playing it. It’s very educational for his fast growing mind.
Lakisha A. Nichols | October 21, 2009 # 1:05 amRating: 5 / 5
Great all round gift for an inquiring six year old Grandson. Very happy with this………..
R. Lawrence | October 21, 2009 # 3:34 amRating: 5 / 5
I gave this game to my niece and it’s really happy with it, she’s 6 years old and every day play with her game
GM | October 21, 2009 # 3:40 amRating: 5 / 5