How To Be Brilliant At Mental Arithmetic

How to be Brilliant at Mental Arithmetic addresses the twin pillars of mental arithmetic - mental recall and mental agility. Mental recall depends on familiarity with number bonds and plenty of opportunity to practise. Mental agility depends more on confidence with the number system and the four operations. Using the worksheets in this book, students will learn about: tens and units; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; addition shortcuts; product squares; quick recall; number sequences; factors; more and less; approximations; metric and imperial measures.

Did you know that it's easier to add and subtract from left to right, rather than the other way round? And that you can be taught to square a three-digit number in seconds? In Think Like A Maths Genius, two mathematicians offer tips and tricks for doing tricky maths the easy way. With their help, you can learn how to perform lightning calculations in your head, discover methods of incredible memorisation and other feats of mental agility. Learn maths secrets for the real world, from adding up your shopping and calculating a restaurant tip, to figuring out gambling odds (or how much you've won) and how to solve sudoku faster.

These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers. Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get ready to amaze your friends—and yourself—with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned “mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin shares his techniques for lightning-quick calculations and amazing number tricks. This book will teach you to do math in your head faster than you ever thought possible, dramatically improve your memory for numbers, and—maybe for the first time—make mathematics fun. Yes, even you can learn to do seemingly complex equations in your head; all you need to learn are a few tricks. You’ll be able to quickly multiply and divide triple digits, compute with fractions, and determine squares, cubes, and roots without blinking an eye. No matter what your age or current math ability, Secrets of Mental Math will allow you to perform fantastic feats of the mind effortlessly. This is the math they never taught you in school.

Ten-year old Truman Henry Safford (born 1836) wasasked:"Multiply in your head365,365,365,365,365,365by365,365,365,365,365,365."He flew around the room likea top, pulled his pantaloonsover the top of his boots,bit his hand, rolled hiseyes in their sockets,sometimes smiling andtalking, and then seeming tobe in an agony, until, in not morethan one minute, said he,"133,491,850,208,566,925,016,658,299,941,583,225!"'Lightning calculators', are not that uncommon andwhile we may not be able to match the brilliance of aTruman Henry Safford, we can all develop, with theaid of this book, a talent at mental mathematics.With these super-easy methods you need no longer beINTRODUCTIONcaught between the drudgery of the old dinosaur methodsand the 'cop-out' of the calculator. When BharatiKrsna Tirthaji reconstructed the ancient system ofVedic Maths (used in this book) earlier this century, heuncovered a beautifully integrated and complete systemof maths which had been lost for centuries. TheVedic system mirrors the way the mind naturally worksand so is designed to be done mentally.Fun with Figures is for those who think they are nogood at maths - and for those who are good atmaths. It is for those who would like to steal a littlelightning. The book answers a need of our time,offering easy, enjoyable maths which improves mentalagility and memory, promotes confidence and creativity- as well as being useful in everyday life.Each double page shows a simple mathematicalmethod and is independent of the others (with twoexceptions, which are indicated). In addition to thevarious everyday situations indicated in this book,you will surely find many other occasions for the useof these easy methods. There are many exercises foryou to practise and answers at the end of the book.

How to be Brilliant at Numbers will hep children to develop an understanding of numbers, place value, fractions and decimals. They will develop the language of number, and of the relationships between numbers. They will also use mathematics to solve problems and will develop mathematical reasoning. Using the 40 photocopiable worksheets in this book, pupils will learn about: ancient Greek numbers; coins; digits; consecutive numbers; magic ladders; fractions; matching pairs; multiples of 10; rounding; decimal units.

How to be Brilliant at Shape and Space contains 40 photocopiable worksheets designed to improve pupils' understanding of shape, their understanding of position and movement and their understanding of measure. They will learn about: angles; nets; Euler's formula; the Platonic solids; squares, triangles and quadrilaterals; parallel lines; lines of symmetry, and reflective and rotational symmetry.

How to be Brilliant at Algebra provides 42 photocopiable sheets of activities linked to the National Curriculum. The ideas are new, different and fun. The activity sheets are designed for immediate use in the classroom and will support and supplement whatever core mathematics programme you use. Brilliant Publications publishes a range of books for 0-15 year olds. Details of our titles can be found on our website www.brilliantpublications.co.uk