INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING ESTPK2D.EXE ESTPK2D.EXE INSTALLS ESTIMATE THE AREA, ESTIMATE THE HEIGHT AND ESTIMATE THE ANGLE 1. If you are reading this using Windows Notepad, make sure you have activated Word Wrap (from the Edit menu). It might be a good idea to print out these instructions so that you can have them to hand when following them. 2. The Estimation Pack will run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and all later versions of Windows. It will not run on Windows 3.1 INSTALLING ESTIMATE THE AREA/HEIGHT/ANGLE 3. Create a new folder on your Desktop or on your Hard Disk. Give the folder a meaningful name e.g. "estimates download". NOTE: To create a new folder on your Desktop, RIGHT-CLICK on the Desktop with your mouse and then from the pop-up menu select NEW, FOLDER. Note: To create a new folder on your Hard Disk, DOUBLE-CLICK on "My Computer" and then DOUBLE-CLICK on "Hard Disk". A window should open, displaying the contents of your Hard Disk. From the FILE menu select NEW, FOLDER. 4. Download the file ESTPK2D.EXE from numeracysoftware.com by RIGHT-CLICKING on the blue hyperlink and selecting SAVE TARGET AS from the pop-up menu. Download the file into the folder you created in Step 3 above. It is quite a large file and so may take up to 20 mins to download. 5. When you have downloaded the file, open the folder you saved it in (by DOUBLE-CLICKING on the folder). Then DOUBLE-CLICK on ESTPK2D.EXE to "unpack" the files in the package. Click on START when the "Extracting Files" dialogue box appears. Click on OK when the "Finished" message box appears. Your folder should now have 5 new files in it; ANGLES1.CAB, ANGLES2.CAB, ANGLES3.CAB, SETUP.EXE AND SETUP.LST 6. To install Estimate the Area, Estimate the Height and Estimate the Angle simply DOUBLE-CLICK on SETUP.EXE and follow the instructions. POSSIBLE INSTALLATION PROBLEMS 7. On some computers you may get a warning message during installation telling you that an existing file on your computer is about to be replaced by an older file. The warning message also suggests that you keep the existing (newer) file. ALWAYS KEEP THE EXISTING (NEWER) FILE otherwise software on your computer may not run properly. INSTALLING ON OTHER COMPUTERS 8. To install Estimate the Area/Height/Angle you need the five files ANGLES1.CAB, ANGLES2.CAB, ANGLES3.CAB, SETUP.EXE AND SETUP.LST. These can be copied onto 3 floppy disks and transferred onto other computers. Copy ANGLES1.CAB, SETUP.EXE AND SETUP.LST onto the first disk, ANGLES2.CAB onto the second and ANGLES3.CAB onto the third. Then all you have to do is create a new folder on other computers (just like you did in step 3 above) and copy the five files from the floppies to the new folder. Then DOUBLE-CLICK on SETUP.EXE (as in step 6 above) to install Estimate the Area/Height/Angle. REMOVING ESTIMATE THE AREA/HEIGHT/ANGLE FROM YOUR COMPUTER 9. From the START menu select SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL. The Control Panel window should appear. DOUBLE-CLICK on ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS to display a list of programs. Select Estimation Pack from the list. Click on the ADD/REMOVE button and follow the instructions. USING ESTIMATE THE ANGLE 10. To start Estimate the Angle click on START, PROGRAMS, ESTIMATION PACK, ESTIMATE THE ANGLE. 11. Using the program is very straightforward. Simply click on DRAW ANGLE and away you go! You can change the level of difficulty i.e. the range of angles generated, you can save and print your results, and you can also generate statistics about your performance and print these out. 12. Individual pupils (or pairs of pupils) could use the program to practise, reinforce or revise their work on angles. They can save their table of results or print it out for you to check later. They can also generate the statistics page which summarises their performance and print this out for your inspection. 13. You could also use the program with the whole class or a large group gathered around the computer. Generate an angle and then invite the pupils to estimate what it is and also ask them to explain how they worked out their estimate. In this way you should be able to generate a lot of valuable discussion. USING ESTIMATE THE HEIGHT 14. To start Estimate the Height click on START, PROGRAMS, ESTIMATION PACK, ESTIMATE THE HEIGHT. 15. To use the program simply click on DRAW TOWER and away you go! You can change the level of difficulty i.e. the range of tower heights generated, you can save and print your results, and you can also generate statistics about your performance and print these out. 16. Individual pupils (or pairs of pupils) could use the program to practise, reinforce or revise their work on estimating distances. They can save their table of results or print it out for you to check later. They can also generate the statistics page which summarises their performance and print this out for your inspection. 17. You could also use the program with the whole class or a large group gathered around the computer. Generate the two towers and then invite the pupils to estimate the height of Tower B and also ask them to explain how they worked out their estimate. In this way you should be able to generate a lot of valuable discussion. USING ESTIMATE THE AREA 18. To start Estimate the Area click on START, PROGRAMS, ESTIMATION PACK, ESTIMATE THE AREA. 19. To use the program simply click on DRAW SHAPE and away you go! You can change the types opf shapes that are drawn and the level of difficulty. You can also save and print your results, and you can generate statistics about your performance and print these out. 20. Individual pupils (or pairs of pupils) could use the program to practise, reinforce or revise their work on estimating various areas. They can save their table of results or print it out for you to check later. They can also generate the statistics page which summarises their performance and print this out for your inspection. 21. You could also use the program with the whole class or a large group gathered around the computer. Generate a shape and then invite the pupils to estimate its area. Also discuss the strategies used to work it out e.g. "How many of the squares could fit along this edge?", "How many along this edge?", etc. In this way you should be able to generate a lot of valuable discussion. I hope you and your pupils enjoy using Estimate the Area, Estimate the Height and Estimate the Angle. Let me know how you get on and also let me know if you find any bugs in the programs. www.numeracysoftware.com feedback@numeracysoftware.com