Math4Kidz

Homepage of website
Addition page
Addition page (2)
Addition Word Problem page
Multiplication page
Division Word Problem page
Exponent page

Inspiration

We were inspired to make Math4Kidz because we had all had experience tutoring young kids in math before. A lot of times when the kids were unable to solve the math problems it was because they did not have the fundamental concepts down. We made Math4Kidz to help children build a strong foundation in their math skills, so as material becomes harder they would not have to worry about the simple concepts they learned when they were younger.

What it does

Math4Kidz gives the user the option between 5 different arithmetic skills to practice: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponents. The user can also choose to practice computational or word problems.

How we built it

We made our website using HTML and javascript.

Challenges we ran into

The first challenge we ran into was that none of us knew HTML or javascript. We are all fairly inexperienced programmers, so we spent the first night of the hackathon watching tutorial videos on how to make a website using HTML and javascript. Another problem we ran into was that we could not figure out how to connect GitHub to our text editors so we had a hard time managing version control between our laptops. Though, we solved this issue by using a shared google doc to place/share the latest versions of our code.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are very very very proud of the fact we made a full albeit basic website, considering none of us knew how to write code in HTML or javascript 36 hours ago. We are also proud that we were able to change the formatting on the website, as the CSS files greatly confused us for the first half of the hackathon.

What we learned

We learned how to write a website in HTML and javascript. The whole weekend we learned more about coding and completing projects than we had learned in any academic course before.

What's next for Math4Kidz

We plan to improve the layout of the website, possibly adding more graphics/animations. We would also want to add bigger problem banks and harder practice problems with topics such as algebra, geometry, and calculus.