CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 1999--MathSoft,
Inc., (NASDAQ:MATH) today announced the expansion of its highly
successful StudyWorks!(R) software line for high school and college
students. StudyWorks Mathematics and StudyWorks Science--each among
the top-selling software products for students--deliver more content
and lessons to help students understand and master math and science
concepts. MathSoft is also introducing a new title to its line,
StudyWorks Mathematics Deluxe, which offers more subjects in more
depth than any other math package on the market. All three new
releases of StudyWorks will be broadly available in June through
retail stores and available starting May in the MathSoft Web Store at
mathsoft.com.
MathSoft has experienced a considerable expansion of its consumer
market position as StudyWorks has gained acceptance with students,
parents and educators. CompUSA recently underscored the success of
StudyWorks Mathematics and StudyWorks Science when it named them the
best-selling education products for junior high and high school
students during the 1998 back-to-school and holiday seasons.
StudyWorks Science is the best-selling title for students ages 12 and
up, according to market research firm PC Data, and StudyWorks
Mathematics consistently ranks within the top five math titles for the
same group.
"Several important trends in the PC industry have intersected to
make this the ideal time for MathSoft to expand its StudyWorks line,"
said Chris Randles, vice president of sales and marketing at MathSoft,
Inc. "Sales of sub-$1,000 PCs now dominate at retail outlets, enabling
more families than ever before to purchase systems for home use. The
expanding home market, coupled with users' inclination to view the PC
and Web as indispensable educational resources within the home, have
made the market ripe for StudyWorks. As a mark of StudyWorks' growing
success, it has already become a best-seller through retail stores."
StudyWorks' interactive learning environment is designed for use
by students with a wide range of interests and objectives. Its unique
three-step approach enables students to understand fundamental science
and math concepts through multimedia presentations and diagrams, learn
how to solve problems through guided exercises and reinforce these
concepts using hundreds of problems. Students can even participate in
virtual study groups with other pupils and educators online via the
Collaboratory(TM) at the MathSoft Web site and receive personalized
help from MathSoft experts online. Together, these features provide
the most comprehensive software programs available for exploring and
mastering math and science skills.
StudyWorks Mathematics Deluxe
-- Delivers in-depth coverage of junior high and high school
level math in a rewarding and engaging manner
-- Comes with a deluxe activity pack that makes math fun,
including a 200-page companion workbook, puzzles and games, and super
3D math animations to view with 3D glasses, which are also included
-- Includes the new Princeton Review "Crack the SAT II" test
preparation course
-- Allows students to take and submit assessment tests for each
math subject offered, which are then evaluated and returned to
students, all online
StudyWorks Mathematics
-- Adds more resources and content to subjects, including algebra
I, algebra II, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus and
statistics
-- Includes an all-new business math section
-- Provides four testing methods--multiple choice/true-false,
fill-in-the-blank, word problems, and puzzles and games
-- Updates SAT II math preparation sections from Princeton
Review
StudyWorks Science
-- Adds more resources and content to topics in biology,
chemistry, physics, statistics and earth science
-- Now offers an astronomy section
-- Provides multiple testing methods,
including--fill-in-the-blank, word problems, and puzzles and games
-- Updates SAT II science preparation sections from Princeton
Review
Pricing and Availability
StudyWorks Mathematics and StudyWorks Science will be available
May 1999 at a new lower anticipated street price of $29.95. StudyWorks
Mathematics Deluxe will also be available in May at an anticipated
street price of $39.95. All three products will be offered through
major computer retail stores and the MathSoft Web Store at
mathsoft.com.
About MathSoft, Inc.
Founded in 1984, MathSoft is the provider of the broadest line of
technical calculation and analytical software for business and
academia. With MathSoft's products, users can deploy technical
calculations and exploratory data analyses across their entire
organizations. The company has more than one million users of its
Mathcad(R), StudyWorks, S-PLUS(R), StatServer(R) and Axum(R) software
worldwide. Users include technical professionals worldwide at more
than 90% of the Fortune 1,000 companies and over 500 government
installations, and students and faculty at over 2,000 colleges and
universities.
Axum, S-PLUS, StatServer, StudyWorks and Mathcad are registered
trademarks and the MathSoft logo and the Collaboratory are trademarks
of MathSoft, Inc. All other names or marks may be registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: MathSoft, Inc.
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