This compilation cassette contains five subprograms, all of
which can be selected from a menu without the need to load
any further files.
The programs however leave something to be desired. The first
is Rectangles, where you have to estimate the area of one rectangle
in terms of another. This is not an easy skill, and not as useful as a
simpler area calculation program might be.
Monster Maths, the title program, is quite good, with you or
your friends being eaten by the monster depending on your
performance in answering three problems in a set time span.
Both the Times Tables and Arithmetic programs are simple
drills of no particular note or merit.
The final, Mystery Numbers, program is very like a certain TV
quiz show, where you are given a target number and have to form
that number from the other numbers given by combining
them in any mathematical sequence.
The difficulty is that in this program, even Level 1 can give
problems like finding 468 from 21, 18 and 12. This may be fine for
adults, but not for the target age group.
20th December 1983
