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Two programs aimed at helping children improve their arithmetic.

Numbers is a mathematical Space Invaders game which gives practice in whole, decimal and fractional number rules.

You answer the sum by shooting an invader from the column which contains the correct answer before they land - a wrong answer loses a life. An interesting way of motivating children to do drill exercises.

Kipper is a Battleships-type game in which you enter coordinates in an attempt to locate the kipper. Not so graphically interesting and of less obvious educational value as Numbers; it soon became boring even though the difficulty level increased.

Both programs loaded easily and began with prompt for name, levels etc. These are a bit vague and you get no help from the insert instructions. For instance, Numbers asks for an input for speed from I to 25 - no information as to which is which (25 is the slowest).

But on both games colour and graphics are put to good use, with sound used on Numbers.

A useful maths aid, but could do with better instructions, and it takes a few trial runs to become familiar with the operating procedure.

R.E.