T-H-E  M-A-T-H-S  T-E-S-T
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                             by Damian Wilson


Introducing......
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  The Maths Test is a maths tester written mainly for primary school
children. It tests on the four main areas of basic arithmetic
(addition,subtraction,multiplication,division) and also provides a
set of mixed questions. It is written in BASIC2.

Getting going.....
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  Start up the GEM enviroment as you would normally. Load in the
DESKTOP. Load in BASIC2 by double clicking on the large 'B' icon.
Once Basic 2 has completely loaded in go to the File menu and select
the LOAD option. When the selector comes up change the directory so
that you have MATHS.BAS showing. Double click on the file.
  Press F9 to start the program.

The Program
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 Initially a title page will appear. To remove it simply press the
mouse button or press any key. A menu should appear after removing
the title page. This gives you a number of options.
  The Options are as follows :
  1) Additions Test : Tests you on your addition.
  2) Multiplication Test : Tests you on your multiplication.
  3) Subtraction Test : You guessed it, tests you on your subtraction.
  4) Division Test : A division test.
  5) Mixed Test : Gives you random questions on all of the above.
  6) Options : Allows you to alter how hard the tests are and how many
               questions you recieve.
  To select an item simply point to it using the mouse and press the
left-hand button. If it doesn't react try keeping the button pressed for
a while. As an alternative you can also press the corresponding number
key on the keyboard. The five tests are straightforward. Random questions
will be generated by the computer and displayed on-screen. A separate
section of the screen is provided to enable you to type your answer. Press
ENTER to accept your answer. The mixed question test will give you
random questions from any of the four arithmetic tests. The answer is
numeric only - anything else will cause a Basic2 'error in input'.
At the end of each test a screen will be shown showing how many questions
you managed to get correct and what percentage that is.
  To change how many questions you want and how hard they are select
OPTIONS from the menu. The program will initially ask you to set the
difficulty level. This is from 0 to 200. You can set the level by pressing
the '+' and '-' keys to increase and decrease the value shown on-screen.
Press the ENTER key to accept a certain value.
  Anything beyond 100 and the tests start getting hard. Difficulty level
200 on a multiplication test is almost impossible !
  Next the program will ask you how many questions you want to have.
Again press the + or - keys to change the value and ENTER to select.
test.
  The program can prove very useful to improve peoples mental aritmetic.
Its not just primary school children who have difficulty with 'times
tables'. Many teenagers at school rely on calculators to do their
arithmetic. This program may help them use their brains a little more
than their calcs.
  Just don't cheat by calling up GEM's calculator.