{"id":219,"date":"2008-10-05T20:35:16","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T12:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:14:40","slug":"newsletter-10-money-counting-memory-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/newsletter-10-money-counting-memory-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #10 : Money Counting Memory Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[This is a back-issue of this website’s newsletter<\/a><\/em>]<\/div>\n
Money Counting Memory Game<\/span><\/div>\n
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About six weeks ago, my son suggested I make a money counting memory game<\/a>. I figured that this was a great idea, so I started work on it straight away. One difficulty about making a money memory game is that there are so many different currencies used in the world! Which should I put into the game?<\/p>\n

In the end, I wrote the game so that the user has a choice of currency. The “default” choice is United States<\/strong> currency, simply because the majority of the site’s visitors are from the States. Other currencies available are British Pounds<\/strong>, the Euro<\/strong>, and Singapore Dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I know there are some obvious questions about these choices. Why not include Australian dollars? Canadian dollars? And.. err.. why Singapore dollars when only about 1% of my visitors come from the Island Republic?<\/p>\n

The simple reason is this. When I look at the websites of the Australian or Canadian mint, I get the feeling that they’d insist I ask permission before I use pictures of their coins. So I asked permission, but so far, silence is the only reply. This is disappointing for me, because it means I have to disappoint my Aussie and Canadian visitors. On the other hand, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has a page on their site, which clearly explains that for a free educational game like this one, permission is freely granted, with no need to ask.<\/p>\n

Finally I decided<\/strong> I’d announce the game, even though it doesn’t yet have all the currencies I’d like it to. In the meantime, I have a half-formed plan to get more and more currencies into the game as the months go by… so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Yours,
\nMike H…<\/p>\n

PS – don’t forget, there’s still about 2 weeks before the Big Numbers Competition<\/a> closes!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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