'I have never seen so many children enjoying mathematics in the same place at the same time in all my life!'
Dame Wendy Davies - Associate Director - Specialist Schools and Acadamies Trust

'What can you say about this program, it's probably the best maths simulation of its type ever produced'
Janice Staines, Primary Maths Co-ordinator, BECTa

'It's a fun way to learn maths and you get to do it in class!'
Bethan - Aged 10

'Cars' is designed to help encourage students to grasp basic mathematical skills and to use them on a practical level, by involving them in a competitive simulation of a series of Grand Prix races!

It will provide a great deal of fun and excitement and help to raise standards in Mathematics at the same time! 'Cars' is the software used for the Jaguar Cars Maths In Motion Challenge which is sponsored by, amongst others, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.

Participants, working in small groups, are given details of a race track and other information that includes variables such as the number of laps and the weather forcast. They then have to measure and calculate the length of each straight and the angle of each bend. Add to this, driver temperature, maths modelling, estimation, decimals, percentages, scale, ratio, long multiplication and division, strategy and teamwork and you have a maths project that will keep your students engaged and highly motivated for some time! For older students, there are teacher options to include algebra, trigonometry, cumulative frequency graphs, simultaneous equations and volume.

However it should be stressed that this level of difficultiy is entirely up to the teacher to select.

Key Comments

All Ages And Abilities

Fractions & Decimals
Team Decision Making and Key Skills
Calculator Skills
Data Handling, Graphs
Stimulating & Fun to Use
Import Cars From Other Schools
Measure, Shape & Space - Protractors, Scale
Problem Solving
Percentages, Ratios & Probability
Maths Modelling
Estimation & Strategy
18 Different 'Ready-made' Tracks
Create Your Own Track
Relevant Practical Work With Digital Cameras

More Complex Teacher Selectable Options
Pythagoras
Cumulative Frequency Graphs
Inverse Tangents
Simultaneous Equations
Volume of Cylinder
Weight/Volume/Density
Estimation
Currency Conversion

Age Range: 9 to Adult
National Curriculum:Key Stage 2-4
Scottish Curriculum:Level A-16+

Price Guide
CD-ROM Format: Windows XP/VISTA
Single User Licence (1 CD Pack) £59.95
Multi Pack Licence (4 CD Pack) £119.95

Please note that prices exclude V.A.T

Network Licences Avaliable.