The Math Drill app is very useful for guiding a students learning in math. One can choose to have the students complete an addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, or mixed set of equations. Even within those four broad categories the teacher can choose between subcategories. The student must answer questions in order to move on in the activity until he or she has completed the set number of equations their iPad is set to give them. Like the Math Tapper app, this app requires that the teacher set the difficulty individually for each student thus allowing for differentiation. However, also like Math Tapper, there is no feedback for the teacher. However, in the bottom left hand corner is a bar that provides feedback for the student for how many equations they answered correctly and how many they missed. In the bottom left hand side there is also a line with a range of numbers. The student will be able to learn different strategies for solving problems because they could use the ruler to count out numbers in order to solve the equation. The app also gives students step by step hints such as "first count out three and the count out two more."
This app is useful for all grades k-5 in my opinion and can be used as a practice app in the class. After teaching the students about any of the four main types of equations in math, the app give students a challenge as well as the tools for finding the answers on their own.
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