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Compare Fractions, Decimals, and Percents on your Phone or Tablet

• Is 1/2 bigger than 33%?
• Are 0.75 and 3/4 the same?
• How many times does 1/4 go into 1?
• Which is bigger: 1/6 + 1/6 or 3/12?

Did you feel your brain working in overdrive to answer any of these questions? If so, you’re not alone.

They are mammals… They live in a forest habitat… They are called cubs when they are babies… They leave large tracks in almost any surface; their tracks are as large as an adult man's footprint and show imprints of all 5 toes and claws…

What are they?

• Giant anteaters
• American bullfrogs
• Fallow deer
• Grizzly bears
• Eastern gray squirrels
• African black rhinoceroses

(Answer at the bottom of the post)

A few weeks back, I did a blog post on all the cool iPhone and Android apps K¹² has released or is currently working on. Good news: as of Tuesday, we have a new app for Apple iOS devices that we’re extremely excited about adding to the list called What’s Sid Thinking: History. (It’s extra easy to see if you head over today: it’s featured in the “New and Noteworthy” Education Apps section on iTunes!)

Here are the basics:

Sid is a pretty forgetful fellow. You can help by using clues he gives to help him remember important historical people, events, or places before his brainpower runs out!

At K¹², our mission is to provide any child access to exceptional and meaningful curriculum and tools. That’s one of the reasons K¹² has started creating a series of mobile apps based on our award-winning curriculum.

As the Director of Instructional Design and Innovation at K¹², I’ve been lucky enough to work on a few of our early projects. I thought you might be interested in what we’ve done so far, and what we’re up to next with apps.

First, for a quick way to see all of our apps, you can try these links:

• Check out our Apple iOS Apps for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad (launches iTunes)
• Check out our Android Apps (launches the Android Market) 

What will you find? Well, here’s a list of all the apps we’ve created so far. All of them are available to download today, and most of them are free!