Building Blocks 6-8 by Akshara

About Building Blocks 6-8 by Akshara

The Building Blocks++ app from Akshara Foundation is a FREE Math learning app that lets children practice math concepts learnt at school, as a set of fun math games. Building Blocks++ is a successor of Building Block game (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.akshara.easymath&hl=en-IN), which is for grade 1-5. Building Blocks++ is designed to work on the most basic-level smartphones, ONLINE and OFFLINE. Mapped to NCF2005, NCERT guidelines, it is currently available in 6 languages and offers a total of 150+ intuitive free math games.

Children in schools typically are exposed to math learning for less than 2 hours a week. Moreover, many of them do not have a learning environment at home. This free math learning app provides access to math practice and mathematics learning to children from grades 6-8.

The Free Mathematics learning app includes:

▶ Class 8 Maths
▶ Class 7 Maths
▶ Class 6 Maths
▶ Math Games for kids and
▶ Fun Math games
▶ Free Maths Games for all
▶ Math in Hindi
▶ Math in Kannada
▶ Math in Odiya
▶ Math in Gujarathi
▶ Math in Tamil
▶ Math in Marathi

Key Features:
✴ Designed to reinforce math concepts learnt at school
✴ A gamified version of the school syllabus – mapped to NCF 2005 themes
✴ Suitable for children from ages 11-13 (Grade 6 to Grade 8)
✴ Available in five languages - English, Kannada, Hindi, Odiya, Tamil, Marathi
✴ Strictly adheres to math pedagogy, taking the child progressively through concepts from concrete to abstract.
✴ Is highly engaging – has simple animations, relatable characters and a colourful design
✴ All instructions are audio based, to facilitate ease of use
✴ 6 Children can play this game on a single device
✴ Has more than 150 interactive activities ( Cool Math Games )
✴ Has a Game is designed in Practice Math Mode – to reinforce concepts learnt and a Math Challenge Mode – to assess levels of learning
✴ There are no in-app purchases, upsells or advertisements
✴ Works on the most basic-level smartphones ONLINE and OFFLINE.
✴ All the games are tested on smartphones with 1GB RAM and also on Android-based tablets

Contents of the App include:

1.Number System:
Numbers: Even and Odd numbers, Prime and composite numbers, Multiples, Subtraction of like fractions, Addition of proper like fractions, Improper and Mixed fractions, Representing the fraction on a number line, Introduction to positive and negative integers, Addition of integers with like signs, Addition of decimals, Subtraction of decimals, Compare two decimal numbers and find the greater one, Understanding of Ratio, understanding of proportion, Ration and proportion and Fraction, Introduction and understanding of cuisinery rods, Subtraction of Improper Unlike fractions , Multiplication of Proper fraction * proper fraction, Multiplication of Proper fraction * improper fraction, Multiplication of improper fraction * improper fraction, Division of whole number to fraction, Division of fraction to whole number, Division of fraction to fraction, Multiplication of integers, Division of integers, Multiplication of a decimal number with a whole number, overlap method, Multiplication of decimal numbers, Division of decimal number by a whole number, equal distribution method, comparison method
2.Algebra: Finding value of the variable using Balance, Addition of the algebraic expressions, Subtraction of the algebraic expressions, Simplification of Algebraic expressions, Solving equation in Addition, Trial and Error method, solving equation in Subtraction-Multiple choice options, solving equation in Division, fill in the blanks, multiple choice options.

3.Geometry: draw required Angle, find formula of Perimeter and Area for a given regular shape, Construction of a circle, Symmetry and mirror image, complete the picture for the given line of symmetry

The free Building Blocks++ app is by Akshara Foundation which is a charity organization/ NGO in India.