Math Hacks for Math Haters

Make math anxiety a thing of the past.

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Many Americans feel anxiety or dread when it comes to math. A lot of that anxiety starts in childhood.

Howie Hua shares two videos showing how easy and quick it is to add multidigit numbers left to right instead of right to left, and it’s genuinely mind-blowing.

How to do math beyond your basic multiplication tables.

Can you calculate 85 percent of 24 in your head? This is not as hard as it sounds. If you know how to halve numbers and divide by 10 you can probably do this in your head. This video explains how to calculate many percentages as a combination of ones that are easier to compute.

The building blocks of understanding are memorization and repetition.

Many former algebra students have painful memories of struggling to memorize the quadratic formula. A new way to derive it, overlooked for 4,000 years, is so simple it eliminates the need.

Creating an environment in which math is part of everyday life won't transform kids into overnight math sensations, but perhaps it can help kids realize math is a subject for curiosity, discussion and growth.

Want to solve the puzzle? Then you have to know the numbers.

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