Customer Reviews

Educational Insights See 'n' Solve Visual Calculator

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My son loves math, and my son likes to play with my calculator. I thought this would be an excellent toy for him because unlike a regular calculator where you type in each number then get an answer but can't see the whole problem at one time, this one displays it just as you would write it out. This is helpful for visually seeing all the parts of the problem and I think it reinforces math skills.

The down side is there are no "games" to this. it is just a calculator, but if you have a kid who likes to play with your calculator, this is a much better choice.

There are an add, subtract, Multiply and divide function. You can do decimal numbers too. There is no % or square root button. There is no back button. No other features that might come on a standard calculator, but most kids don't know what those things are anyway.

With the decimal numbers, this little gizmo will line them up just the way you would write them out, which is nice.

All in all, this isn't going to be the most fun toy - but I think this IS an ideal kid's calculator.

I purchased this calculator my my special needs child and it has been great. Simple, easy to use and see what she is really doing. I would recommend this item to others.

I love the fact that this calculator puts the equations in the form they are learning in school. You actually get to see the equation, not just the answer. AND it shows the dividing "bridge" in division, not the dash with dots over/under it.

I think it helps my son see the equations in a form that is meaningful because it's how his teacher does it & how it is on his homework. He's 6 & thinks it is fun to just sit around & practice with equations, testing himself before he hits equal for the answer. Glad I bought it.

The See N Solve Visual Calculator is really useful for helping young ones who are just learning their math skills. To actually see the problem on the screen is very productive to understanding what the child is doing. I, as a grandmom, had a hard time pushing the numbers, but that may be just me, because my grandson has no problem at all. I would recommend this as a gift or an aid to help with math.

My grand nephew loves this toy! He learns while he plays and the toy is very well made. It was an excellent gift for Christmas!

Another Christmas morning dud. It's so dim you can barely make out what's being displayed. Again, I tossed the packaging so it's just another waste of $. See my night light review.

We bought this so that my son could see ALL the facets of adding and subtracting numbers, and especially to address a problem my first grader was having with lining up the numbers under the actual equation. Yes, this calucator shows the problem - but NOT the steps they teach in school. There are no 'figuring' steps, so he still has no idea how to carry over numbers, or borrow for substraction, or add a zero for double-digit addition. There's nothing showing him how the answer was found - just that there is an answer. He certainly knew this from the other calculators in the house. In other words, the only thing this calculator does is set up the problems in school format - it doesn't show how to solve it, step by step, which is what is required by the school. We are back to square one, and my son is no closer to solving a two-digit subtraction problem than he was before we bought this. But he's having fun pushing the buttons.

My son loves banging around on the calculator but I'd give my kingdom for a display that could easily be seen. For two AA batteries, you'd think you'd have large, well contrasting numbers on the display given the target audience. Instead, the numbers are dimmer than I expected and a little difficult to see. The overall construction is good and it appears the product will hold up to a fair amount of abuse.

Good overall design, except that the keys are of poor quality, so you often have to push twice before a number appears. This really detracts from the use of this product (my son gets frustrated when using it). There are many similar products out there, try them out. It is borderline useable, so I will not return it, but I would not buy it again. Not recommended.
To the manufacturer: what were you thinking ?! This is such an obvious flaw...

The screen is way less resolution than the pictures would have you believe. The multiplication X sign is more like four slashes that do not come together at the middle - does not look like a multiplication sign unless you know what you are looking at. The numbers are skinnier too because of the low resolution. It actually claims "high resolution" on the back of the package but in no way is that true. We were very disappointed and sent it back.