Superhero Superstore

Superhero Superstore is an activity in Mighty Math Calculating Crew. It is designed to teach math with money and the prices of objects in the store using addition and subtraction. There is no Brain Bytes game for this activity.

Characters

• Bill
• Penny

Money

• penny = 1 cent
• nickel = 5 cents
• dime = 10 cents
• quarter = 25 cents
• dollar = 1 dollar

Arithmetic Operations

• Addition
• Subtraction

Geometric Operations

• Multiplication
• Division

Disasters

• Bridge
• Earthquake
• Fire
• Flood
• Meteor
• Tornado
• Volcano

Anchorman's Phrases After Nine Beeps

• "And now, for the news!"
• "Emergency bulletin!"
• "News flash!"
• "Our top story tonight!"
• "This just in!"

Anchorman's Disaster Phrases

Bridge

• "The city bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down!"
• "The East River bridge is collapsing into the water!"
• "The troubled water bridge is about to collapse!"
• "There's a break in the bridge to Fun Ville!"

Earthquake

• "It's an earth-shattering event!"
• "Shake, rattle, and roll! It's an earthquake!"
• "The earth is cracking up!"
• "The earth is shaking under our feet!"

Fire

• "A nine-alarm fire has broken out in the warehouse district."
• "Flames are rising high over the city!"
• "Sirens are wailing! There's a fire in Kindling City!"

Flood

• "Somebody left the bathtub running and the whole city is flooded!"
• "The lake is brimming over!"
• "The waters are rising high over the city!"

Meteor

• "It's a bird, it's a plane. Oh, no, it's a meteor!"
• "Meteor, sky, falling. Boom! Run!"
• "The sky is falling!"
• "There's a meteor falling towards Magnet Town!"

Tornado

• "A whirling atmospheric rotational perturbation is preparing in a narrow path over the land. Hey! Wait! That's a tornado!"
• "It's a twister!"
• "The tornado is nearing the city!"
• "There's a tornado brewing in Cyclone City."

Volcano

• "Temperatures are rising at the volcano near Lava Ville!"
• "The Magma City volcano is about to blow its top!"
• "The old volcano is beginning to steam like a teapot!"
• "The volcano is steaming and shaking!"

Announcer's Phrases with Items on the Shelves while the TV is turned off

• "Our hero is going on a training mission today."
• "Our hero needs additional supplies!"
• "Our hero needs to replace some more net equipment."
• "Our hero's toolbox must be replenished."
• "There's a class in heroics this afternoon and our hero needs supplies!"

Announcer's Phrase When Remaining Idle

• "Please help our hero get ready. Click items on the shelves to give them to our hero. Click an item on our hero to put it back on the shelf."

Announcer's Phrase When Done

• "When you're ready, click the Compute button."

Superhero Arrival Phrases While Items are on the Shelves

• "Got here as fast as I could!"
• "I'm here!"
• "Ready for action!"
• "Reporting for duty!"

Superhero Phrases What He or She Needs

• "For this mission, I like to buy…"
• "I need…"

Superhero Departure Phrases

• "Thanks for your help!"
• "Thanks!"
• "Thanks! Have a good day."

Anchorman's Phrases at the End of Disasters

• "Good thing our hero threw a wet blanket on that emergency." - Fire
• "Just a few puddles remain. Thanks to our hero." - Flood
• "Our hero sure interrupted that eruption." - Volcano
• "Put your umbrella away. The meteor shower is over!" - Meteor
• "The bridge is fixed and traffic is back to normal. Bumper to bumper." - Bridge
• "Twist and shout! Our hero took the wind out of that emergency!" - Tornado
• "We're steady on our feet again, thanks to our hero!" - Earthquake

Announcer's Step By Step Phrases

• "All right!"
• "Excellent!"
• "Good!"
• "Great!"
• "Okay!"
• "Super!"
• "Yes!"

Items

• Aqua Pills
• Boundless Baseball Gloves
• Big Bolts
• Colossal Corks
• Cosmic Capes
• Earth Anti-Wrinkle Cream
• Bottles of Deep Breath Drinks
• Fire Extinguishers
• Flame Jackets
• Super-Mega-Ultra Freeze Rays
• Glue Globbers (Bridge, Earthquake, and Meteor)
• Heat Shields
• Turbo Inner Tubes
• Lip Balms
• Mega Muscle Tonics
• Industrial Strength Nets
• Pairs of Boots (Deep Water, Flame)
• Sand Bags
• Seisma Zippers
• Pairs of Shoes (Rocket, Stabilizing)
• Super Shock Absorbers
• De-Twister Sprays
• Super Sponges
• Super Squirters
• Meteorite Swatters
• Cyclone Vacuums
• Wonder Waterpumps

Trivia

• In this activity, there are three breaking stories in the fire and flood disasters, and four in the rest of them.

Goofs

• When the pair of boots are collected first in the volcano disaster, the fire solution appears instead.