Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks

Name: Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
Price: 1.99 USD
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Rating: 4.6 (2372 reviews)
Author: Arthur Benjamin

by Arthur Benjamin

Nonfiction Self Help

4.6 (2,372)

4.6 stars from 2,372 reviews. Top 76% of Nonfiction books we track.

278 pages~4.6 hr readPublished by Three Rivers PressPublished 2006-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You want to impress people at dinner parties with genuine mental arithmetic skills, not just party tricks.
You've always felt intimidated by maths but suspect the problem was boring teaching, not your ability.
You enjoy learning practical skills that make you feel clever and give you something to practise regularly.

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You're looking for deep mathematical theory or understanding why these tricks work at a conceptual level.
You have dyscalculia or maths-related anxiety that goes beyond just finding the subject tedious.
You prefer books that challenge your thinking rather than teach you efficient shortcuts.

About this book

Secrets of Mental Math presents techniques for performing rapid mental calculations and number tricks. Arthur Benjamin, known as a "mathemagician," shares methods to help readers compute faster than they thought possible, improve their ability to remember numbers, and find enjoyment in mathematics. The book teaches how to multiply and divide three-digit numbers, work with fractions, and calculate squares, cubes, and roots mentally. These techniques are presented as learnable skills requiring only knowledge of a few tricks, regardless of the reader's age or current math ability. The methods covered represent mathematical approaches not typically taught in school.

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Currently 4.6★ from 2,372 reviews

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