Personal Trainer: Math

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Requires a Nintendo DS handheld gaming console to play
• innovative 100-Cell learning method
• fast-paced, high-speed arithmetic problems
• Forty different exercises
• Practice simple addition and subtraction to more elaborate multiplication tables and calculation ladders

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001LNYM90
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 12, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,224 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #5 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Trivia
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A classroom at the tip of your finger! Have you ever struggled for exact change at a cash register or fought over how to divide a dinner bill? Do you have trouble getting your kids interested in their math homework? Personal Trainer: Math takes the pain out of arithmetic by providing a fun and rewarding way to improve your math abilities!

The innovative 100-Cell method makes learning a game. These fast-paced, high-speed arithmetic problems keep your math basics fresh, from addition to subtraction and multiplication to division.

Daily math drills and an attendance record help keep you on track. As your calculation speed improves, earn medals in each exercise to prove your mathematical mastery!

Forty different exercises, from simple addition and subtraction series to more elaborate multiplication tables and calculation ladders, provide tons of ways to build on your knowledge and improve your arithmetic skills until all your math worries evaporate forever!

Product Description

Personal Trainer: Math DS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

148 of 149 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good practice for kids., January 26, 2009

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Yoda OK (upstate/central NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Personal Trainer: Math (Video Game)

I purchased this game for a 9 year old who hates doing flash cards. This game is helping her become quicker with her basic math facts. Since that is the reason I purchased the game, I am very happy with it. I get her to play the game 3 to 4 times a week for 10 - 15 minutes at a time and have already seen an improvement in the quickness that she can come up with the answer. We have had no problems with the screen being able to tell what number it is that we have written. All people in my house have played the game and we all have varying degrees of neatness/sloppiness to our handwriting and how we write our numbers. This is a good game for the kids who need to sharpen up their math facts. As an adult, I do find the game a bit boring and repetitive, but I really don't think this game was aimed for an adult crowd. Overall, a good game for the price for the kids around ages 7-10.

73 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Son Now Likes Math!!!!, February 19, 2009

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Paula J. Kawal "Journey Inward Productions" (Black Diamond, WA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Personal Trainer: Math (Video Game)

Our little boy is in the 3rd Grade and has been "getting by" in math without really liking it. We'd have to use positive reward type motivation to get him to do his drills without groaning and then my husband downloaded the demo of Personal Trainer Math.

Both our kids (8 & 5) played this demo non-stop for two hours until they passed out on the couch (they chose this over watching a movie with us)!!!

The game basically has them run through several different types of drills covering addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with the help of a very cute animated professor!

The only frustrating thing is you have to teach yourself how to write the numbers so that the game can process your answers in order to get the best time.

The kids have got that figured out and now they do their daily tests each day. Our son is at a level six. He's very confident in his ability to solve math problems quickly (which is a huge improvement). It's so nice to see him excited about math!!! What a change in his attitude and approach to the subject this game has made!

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun learning for kids and adults, June 10, 2009

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Reviewer "TiredOldMommyDog" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Personal Trainer: Math (Video Game)

I bought this as a way to help my 4 children develop and maintain their computational skills over the summer. As I tried out the game so that I could show it to them, I became hooked myself! I have a college minor in math, and this game can be challenging no matter what your level, because it pushes you to improve your accuracy and your speed. I would finish and then say, "Darn! I can do better than that!" And then do it again. My oldest son is having a similar experience.

Some reviewers have complained about how the game doesn't recognize their handwriting. Although this is a little troubling at times, I actually really like this feature of the game: my 2 youngest sons are left-handed, and they make some of their numbers backwards, or in inefficient ways. This game requires that they make the numbers "correctly." It's one thing to have your old mom keep correcting your handwriting; but if you have to do it right to win the game, then you very quickly change your ways. Hooray for 7's and 4's going in the right direction!

This game has all sorts of clever drill methods, and many levels of practice, ranging from one-digit to 3-digit. It provides feedback on speed and accuracy. An effective and fun way of improving skills for both children and adults.