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International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (3.2) (2018) 751-755 International Journal of Engineering & Technology Website: www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJET Research paper The Development of Arithmetic Gamification Using Digital Dice Suprih Widodo 1 *, Puji Rahayu 1 , Nahrowi Adjie 1 , Sri Adi Widodo 2 , Bayu Rahmat Setiadi 3 1 UPI Kampus Purwakarta, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Purwakarta,, Indonesia 2 Mathematics Education, Universitas Sarjanwiyata Tamansiswa, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 3 Mechanical Engineering Education, Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa, Yogyakarta, Indonesia *Corresponding author E-mail: supri@upi.edu Abstract Due to the importance of arithmetic abilities for elementary school students, this research aims to develop games using digital dice.This games will be used in gamification in math education. This research method is research and development, while the game development process using the waterfall model of system development life cycle. Based on the results of development, the system is built so that the students are emotionally engaged through digital dice games, they didn’t only tap the screen or answer the exercise. The resu lts of func- tional testing and compatibility also show that the system has excellent functionality and compatibility. Keywords: gamification, arithmetic, dice 1. Introduction The ability of arithmetic is a very important ability for elementary school students because the application is mostly found in everyday life. Arithmetic ability will support the success of learning other mathematical concepts because almost all the mathematical concepts to be studied in the next level will be closely related. Arithmetic owes its important position in the school curriculum to two reasons. First, it teaches certain fundamental facts and processes which everyone must use; secondly, it offers a mental drill that is more complete, more definite, and more insistent than any other branch taught in the secondary schools [1]. The specific issue in this study is based on interviews with a number of teachers in some elementary schools in Purwakarta Indonesia in 2014, 2015, 2016, that students have difficulty in learning mathematics because they have difficulty in learning arithmetic, especially multiplication. To be able to understand and like mathematics which is abstract, the process of learning mathematics, especially the subject matter of the concept counting operations should be delivered in a meaningful and fun ways and must be able to show the benefits of mathematics in solving various problems in life. In addition, the involvement of students and the presentation of interesting learning is an effort by the teacher. One alternative is to apply the gamification in mathematics. This is in line with the age of development of elementary school students who are in concrete operational stage and love the game [2]. Furthermore, the key to learning arithmetic is through meaningful experience and practical application. These computing skills need to can be nurtured by a variety of systematic practices and exercises [3]. Through the game, students will truly engage, do not feel compelled and afraid. However, some existing arithmetic games have not followed the technological change that grew rapidly. As in [4] uses cards and game boards to teach the notion of adding a high level of cognitive skills (reasoning and strategy). Another game research is the use of personal computer-based monkey tales that compare students' arithmetic skills based on learning with the game with regular practice. [5][6][7]. In the other hand, the use of the Android-based smartphone is a huge number of users in the world, in 2018 dominate the market by 85,9% [8]. Preliminary analysis in this study shows that the number of arithmetic games in the Android Play store is as much as multiple choice game. Students answer a random question set by the system and choose the right answers to have a score. Then the students choose the level of the game with some reward. There are only 2 games found that are "mental arithmetic" and "Buddy school" which use the fun game elements in their application. This research aims to develops “Bee Math and Bingo math X and +”, as an android based application that can be played by anyone, anytime and anywhere. And the purpose is to improve the arith- metic skill of primary school students using digital dice. It is based on, the effort that has been made by the students focus back on learning after spending time and energy just to play games like angry birds [9]. So the elements in the game can be utilized for tasks, and exploit human nature in terms of student motivation and involvement. The term of gamification refers to the use of game elements or game thinking in a non-game context in order to increase engagement between students and learning application [10]. Gamification is important in learning, because today students are, a Z generation that fluent in technology. As in [11] they are individuals with new and growing characteristics of digital technology that make their learning styles different from students' learning styles in previous generations. It has been proven that games are so rapidly growing, downloaded and played by students and addictive. And gamification in math education also arises such as [12][13]. This research develops games that previously done manually, into digital games that can be done anytime and anywhere in the context of improving the ability in arithmetic, especially multiplication and addition with the concept of gamification.