App Detail » Cuisenaire® Rods

What's New

--- New Features ---
Added a new Letters workspace.
Added an option to show subdivisions in the rods.
Added a new labelling option for the fractions workspace number line.

--- Fixes and Improvements ---
- improved group selection
- added a delete action for groups
- improved quick add
- improved annotations

App Description

These virtual colored rods vary in length from 1 to 10 units and help students visualize and manipulate numbers.

The Cuisenaire® Rods name, rod colors, and color sequence are the intellectual property of hand2mind, Inc. and used with special permission.

FEATURES
- Colored number rods varying in length from 1 to 10 units
- Easy to add, drag, rotate, and remove rods
- Snapping for easy placement and alignment
- Optional square grid to more easily see rod lengths
- Number line
- Labels (integers, decimals, fractions)
- Annotation feature to write on the screen with a finger

MATH TOPICS
1. Skip Counting
2. Adding Integers
3. Subtracting Integers
4. Multiplying Integers
5. Dividing Integers
6. Dividing Integers with Remainders
7. Understanding Fractions
8. Comparing Fractions
9. Equivalent Fractions
10. Common Denominators
11. Adding Fractions
12. Subtracting Fractions
13. Factors
14. Ratios and Proportions

App Changes

• June 29, 2012 Initial release
• August 23, 2012 New version 2.0.0
• August 22, 2015 New version 3.0.0
• September 19, 2015 New version 3.1.0
• November 05, 2016 New version 4.3.0
• November 28, 2016 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
• June 13, 2019 New version 4.1.2
• July 14, 2020 New version 5.0.0