Publisher's Synopsis
"50 Calculation Shortcuts All Students Must Know" is a handy book that explains fascinating and smart methods of doing calculations. Organized as a workbook, it has 50 chapters, with each chapter consisting of explanations, solved examples followed by several problems to practice your learning immediately. It is a practical and fun book and helps you get much better at arithmetic calculations. You learn methods that will make you think differently about numbers. It will allow you to do calculations in your head quicker, smarter and more accurately. This book will help you get smarter and better at Mental Arithmetic. But what is the benefit of that? Why should you get better at Mental Math? 1. It helps you become numerically literate, a skill in short supply and always more in demand. Ability to calculate mentally helps in developing an understanding of numbers. 2. You get confidence in handling numbers in all day to day situations without relying on devices like calculators. 3. You learn new skills and exercise your brain, the most important muscle of your body that is probably getting rusted from lack of use. 4. It will help increase your calculation speed by 5 to 10 times. Galileo said, "The universe is written in the language of mathematics." Let this be the first step towards understanding the alphabet of that language. Math is simple. Calculating is a natural function of our brain. It can be fun. Start connecting with numbers and make numbers your friend.
