Number Bowling - Revision history

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‎Advertising Blurb - Triton Catalog - Spring 1989

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	Presents three challenging levels of practice in important decimal and fraction skills. Superb animation and sound effects motivate children to spend hours learning. Concepts include which is greater and give as a decimal, fraction or mixed number. Uses a bowling game to reinforce concepts. A Scott, Foresman program. For ages 11 and up).		Presents three challenging levels of practice in important decimal and fraction skills. Superb animation and sound effects motivate children to spend hours learning. Concepts include which is greater and give as a decimal, fraction or mixed number. Uses a bowling game to reinforce concepts. A Scott, Foresman program. For ages 11 and up).
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 ==Gameplay==
-Number Bowling is an [[:Category:Educational|educational]] video game that helps students ages 11 and up with areas of [[:Category:Mathematics|math]] involving decimals and fractions. It is made for either one or two players. The player is given math questions including correctly transcribing written decimal numbers to numerals, and correctly deciphering which decimal number is greater. Points are awarded for the speed in which the player is capable of answering. There are 3 different levels of play for differing age levels.
+Number Bowling is an [[:Category:Educational|educational]] video game that helps students ages 11 and up with areas of [[:Category:Mathematics|math]] involving decimals and fractions. It is made for either one or two players. The player is given math questions including correctly transcribing written decimal numbers to numerals, and correctly deciphering which decimal number is greater. Points are awarded for the speed in which the player is capable of answering. There are 3 different levels of play for differing age levels. Each round of the game is 10 frames long, or 10 questions per player. The player (on two-player game) with the highest score wins.
 ==Advertising Blurb - Triton Catalog - Spring 1989==

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 ==Gameplay==
-Number Bowling is an [[:Category:Educational|educational]] video game that helps students ages 11 and up with areas of [[:Category:Mathematics|math]] involving decimals and fractions.
+Number Bowling is an [[:Category:Educational|educational]] video game that helps students ages 11 and up with areas of [[:Category:Mathematics|math]] involving decimals and fractions. It is made for either one or two players. The player is given math questions including correctly transcribing written decimal numbers to numerals, and correctly deciphering which decimal number is greater. Points are awarded for the speed in which the player is capable of answering. There are 3 different levels of play for differing age levels.
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-Number Bowling is an [[:Category:Educational|educational]] software program created by [[:Category:Scott Foresman|Scott Foresman]] company for several computer systems including the TI-99/4A. It was released during the [[:Category:1983 Software|second quarter of 1983]] and distributed on [[:Category:Solid State Software Command Module|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]] cartridge. It originally retailed for $39.95 (USD).
+'''Number Bowling''' is an [[:Category:Educational|educational]] software program created by [[:Category:Scott Foresman|Scott Foresman]] company for several computer systems including the TI-99/4A. It was released during the [[:Category:1983 Software|second quarter of 1983]] and distributed on [[:Category:Solid State Software Command Module|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]] cartridge. It originally retailed for $39.95 (USD).
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−	Number Bowling is an [[:Category:Educational\|educational]] software program created by [[:Category:Scott Foresman\|Scott Foresman]] company for several computer systems including the TI-99/4A. It was released during the [[:Category:1983 Software\|second quarter of 1983]] and distributed on [[:Category:Solid State Software Command Module\|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]] cartridge.	+	Number Bowling is an [[:Category:Educational\|educational]] software program created by [[:Category:Scott Foresman\|Scott Foresman]] company for several computer systems including the TI-99/4A. It was released during the [[:Category:1983 Software\|second quarter of 1983]] and distributed on [[:Category:Solid State Software Command Module\|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]] cartridge. It originally retailed for $39.95 (USD).

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 | image = Number Bowling Cover.jpg
 | alt = Number Bowling Front Manual Cover
-| caption = Picnic Paranoia - Front Cover of User Manual for Number Bowling<ref>{{cite web|title=TI99ers On-Line User Group: TI-99 Cartridge Listing|url=http://www.ti99ers.org/timeline/cartbytitle.html#N}}</ref>
+| caption = Number Bowling - Front Cover of User Manual for Number Bowling<ref>{{cite web|title=TI99ers On-Line User Group: TI-99 Cartridge Listing|url=http://www.ti99ers.org/timeline/cartbytitle.html#N}}</ref>
 | publisher = [[:Category:Scott Foresman|Scott Foresman]]/[[:Category:Tronics|Tronics]]
 | part = HSM 1050 (Tronics), SF 31189 (Scott Foresman)
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 ==Gameplay==
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+==Advertising Blurb - Triton Catalog - Spring 1989==
 Presents three challenging levels of practice in important decimal and fraction skills. Superb animation and sound effects motivate children to spend hours learning. Concepts include which is greater and give as a decimal, fraction or mixed number. Uses a bowling game to reinforce concepts. A Scott, Foresman program. For ages 11 and up).

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 Number Bowling Cover.jpg|Numer Bowling Manual Front Cover
 Number Bowling Cover.jpg|Number Bowling Manual Complete (pdf format)|link=https://4apedia.com/manuals/Number%20Bowling%20Manual.pdf
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 # Players write their Number Bowling scores as fractions of perfect scores and then convert the fractions to their decimal equivalents: 64/100 = 0.64
 # Players determine their improvement in Number Bowling scores from game one to game ten, game ten to game twenty, etc., and then express the improvement as a percent:
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 <li>Organize groups in an ongoing tournament for Number Bowling. You can use the scorecard on page 11 to record the best times for each level.</li>
 </ol>
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-# Players go to a bowling alley, bowl some games, and learn to score an actual game of bowling.
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-# Players can keep track of their Number Bowling times for a specific level. For each three-game set, they average their scores, record the averages, and then plot the averages on a graph.
+<li>Players go to a bowling alley, bowl some games, and learn to score an actual game of bowling.</li>
-# Each player can compile a personal dictionary of computer terms.
+<li>Players can keep track of their Number Bowling times for a specific level. For each three-game set, they average their scores, record the averages, and then plot the averages on a graph.</li>
-# Organize groups in an ongoing tournament for Number Bowling. You can use the scorecard on page 11 to record the best times for each level.
+<li>Each player can compile a personal dictionary of computer terms.</li>

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	====Amatuer Level====		====Amatuer Level====

		+	[[File:Number Bowling Scorecard.png\|500px\|center]]
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		+	====Pro Level====
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		+	[[File:Number Bowling Scorecard.png\|500px\|center]]
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		+	====Champion Level====
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		+	[[File:Number Bowling Scorecard.png\|500px\|center]]
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		+	===Related Activities===
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		+	You can use the following activities to expand interest in Number Bowling into other related areas.
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		+	# Players write their Number Bowling scores as fractions of perfect scores and then convert the fractions to their decimal equivalents: 64/100 = 0.64
		+	# Players determine their improvement in Number Bowling scores from game one to game ten, game ten to game twenty, etc., and then express the improvement as a percent:
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		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	\|-
		+	\| Game 1 \|\| 58 points
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		+	\| Game 10 \|\| 72 points
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		+	\| Difference between games \|\| 72 - 58 = 14
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		+	\| Improvement as a percent \|\| 14 = _______% of 58
		+	\|-
		+	\| or \|\| 14/58 = 0.241 = 24.1%
		+	\|}
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		+	# Players go to a bowling alley, bowl some games, and learn to score an actual game of bowling.
		+	# Players can keep track of their Number Bowling times for a specific level. For each three-game set, they average their scores, record the averages, and then plot the averages on a graph.
		+	# Each player can compile a personal dictionary of computer terms.
		+	# Organize groups in an ongoing tournament for Number Bowling. You can use the scorecard on page 11 to record the best times for each level.