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Title: Math Magic : Human Calculator Shows How to Master Everyday Math Problems in Seconds, The by Scott Flansburg ISBN: 0-06-097619-5 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 June, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book even though it comes up short in some areas...
Comment: I wanted to read this book ever since seeing the infomercial of Scott doing his thing on tv. I couldn't afford or justify the expense to buy the big commerical package so this book had to do. The methods are easy to follow and Mr. Flansburg does a good job expressing his mind set in how he mentally did the problems. The basic addition and multiplications methods are good but the examples were insufficient when dealing with mixed numbers of different lengths. There were also exceptions to many of the rules that weren't expressed. Finally, the last part of the book with special rules were so numerious it would take a year to effectively learn and apply them all from memory. This leads me to believe that Mr. Flansburg didn't tell everything he knows, like the quick way to determine change -- by changing say ten bucks to 9.99 and subtracting that from the amount owed; then add one cent to get the correct change. It's easier to subtract 9 since its the highest value you can have in each column. This was presented by him on a night time radio show he was a guest on. I do give him prasie for getting people young and old to stop depending on calculators and learn mental speed math.
Rating: 4
Summary: Boost for Math Dummies
Comment: A reading of this book quickly reveals our public education system as stodgy and nonprogressive. If you or anyone you know is having problems with math of any kind, please spend a little money on this book before spending a ton of money on tutors and such! If I'd had this book, or been exposed to the information therein, when I was in k-12, my math scores would have been much higher!
Rating: 3
Summary: Well written book
Comment: This book is well written and easy to read. It is a really great book and gives insights into various interesting methods to calculate rapidly. However, Mr.Flansburg and Ms. Hay seems to claim that these methods are either theirs, or Japanese. They fail to give proper reference. This preposterous misrepresentation is possibly due to their sheer ignorance or intentional need to hide the real source. In reality, these fast methods were invented during the Vedic Period in India around 400 B.C. One can refer to all these and more methods in "Vedic Mathematics or Sixteen Simple Mathematical Formulae from the Vedas", by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthanji at Amazon.com. Nevertheless, the credit should be given to these authors for putting these concepts in a easy to understand format and encouraging kids to learn math....
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Title: Math Magic for Your Kids: Hundreds of Games and Exercises from the Human Calculator to Make Math Fun and Easy by Scott Flansburg ISBN: 0060977310 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 11 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Rapid Math Tricks & Tips: 30 Days to Number Power by Edward H. Julius ISBN: 0471575631 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 31 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: How to Calculate Quickly : Full Course in Speed Arithmetic by Henry Sticker ISBN: 048620295X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1955 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Arithmetricks : 50 Easy Ways to Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Without a Calculator by Edward H. Julius ISBN: 0471106399 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: More Rapid Math: Tricks and Tips : 30 Days to Number Mastery by Edward H. Julius ISBN: 0471122386 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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