This is a basic addition drill program which I wrote for my 6-year old daughter. It is similar to an actual math drill by the same name, used in the "open court" series of elementary school materials. The idea is to get a child to "instinctively" recognize the answers to simple additions and subtractions (This version does only additions). This is accomplished by rewarding not only correct answers, but also the number of correct answers in a given time. We set up a reward for reaching a certain number of answers for our daughter. The field displaying the current and older scores lets you see progress and check whether the goal for the reward has indeed been reached.
Operation:
Click on the "Ready?" button to start -- you will hear a series of beeps as the problems are set up. After the last beep, you will see the first problem. Click on the button with the right answer, and the next problem will be displayed.
The Mad Math Minute will display problems either up to the preset number of problems (the default is 30), or up to the preset time (the default is 60sec), whichever comes first.
At the end of each sequence, the program checks your answers, and displays how many problems you attempted, how many you got right, and the problems you did not answer correctly (in the field on the right side of the card). Your score is recorded in the field on the left; the newest score is always at the top. Click the mouse to return to the initial card.
On that card you also find a button to quit Hypercard, a button to return to the home card, and "Dad's button", which leads to a card of setup preferences. There you can clear the scores display, and change the highest operand and highest result settings, as well as the maximum time in seconds.
I hope this stack can be as helpful and fun as it is for our daughter. If you find improvements or changes to this stack, I would love to hear from you.