[kde-edu]: Simple arithmetic apps

[Kim Joham]

I think what you are looking for is demonstrated fairly well in Tux of
Math Command (a take off of Missile Command). It is a Tux 4 Kids
project, but I think it does what you are looking for and it is 50% or
so done in development.  Check out:
http://www.geekcomix.com/dm/tuxmath/ or
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxmath/

Be sure to check out the command line options, especially if you want a
specific operator. I assume that option will be in the options menu
once that is completed. What they have up there is a working version,
but not 'stable'.

Good luck,
Kim

--- John Lamb <J.D.Lamb@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Is there anything out there that does tests basic mental arithmetic 
> skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication tables) for 6-8 year
> olds?
> 
> To illustrate this, I knocked together a python script (below), but
> it 
> would be nice to have something like this in Qt/KDE. I guess it
> wouldn't 
> take even me long to write something if there's nothing already.
> 
> -- 
> JDL
> --
> #!/usr/bin/python
> import whrandom
> def test_int( s ):
>      if len( s ) == 0:
>          return 1
>      for char in s:
>          if char not in "0123456789":
>              return 1
>      return 0
> def get_int( x ):
>      text = raw_input( x )
>      while test_int( text ):
>          print
>          print "You must type a number."
>          text = raw_input( x )
>      return int( text )
> print; print; print
> print "*************** My Sums Test *****************"
> print; print;
> score = 0
> while score < 10:
>      if whrandom.randint( 0, 1 ):
>          a = whrandom.randint( 0, 9 )
>          b = whrandom.randint( 0, 9 )
>          r = a + b
>          c = get_int( "What is %d + %d? " % ( a, b ) )
>      else:
>          #subtraction
>          a = whrandom.randint( 0, 18 )
>          b = whrandom.randint( max( a - 9, 0 ), min( a, 9 ) )
>          r = a - b
>          c = get_int( "What is %d - %d? " % ( a, b ) )
>      if c == r:
>          score = score + 1
>          print "Correct: your score is %d" % score
>      else:
>          score = 0
>          print "The correct answer was %d. You must start again." % r
>      print
> print; print "Well done! You got ten correct answers in a row."
> print; print
> 
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