This program has been written to allow the user to enter a mathematical
equation and then enter the answer to see if they are correct. If the answer is correct
the computer will bring up a picture to say that it was correct and play a tune and if the
answer was wrong it will tell you this as well. However, it should be noted that there is
no way of the computer informing you as to the correct answer, if you don't know it. The
author describes the program as a game, and it really requires somebody with the skill to
sit down with the user to tell them what the right answer is if they don't know.
I find this quite annoying because it would not be appropriate to leave a child to use the
program on their own. The other disappointing factor that I found with the program is that
it cannot handle somebody entering number values quickly. The program reacts very
sluggishly and often doesn't recognize the keyboard stroke.
The program can carry out addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, however the
later can only be used if the user has paid a five dollar registration fee. This fee
entitles the user to the special code that unlocks this capability.
In conclusion I found that this program has some awesome graphics yet does lack the
fundamental strengths that other similar programs have, for example, informing the user of
the correct answer after x number of goes, and the keyboard entry time is extremely
unacceptable.