Be Expert in Math!

Do you believe that Math is just about patterns? I just watcha tv this morning and this is the topic from the early morning show. I bet you are scared in math too. I am scared and I am not ashamed to admit that because I highly do believed that I am not alone. :-) So glad that I was able to have watched it today and it gave me an idea how to make multiplication easier to handle.Here's what I found and I think some people already knows about it, but for the benefit of the others who do not know and wanted to be expert in math, you gotta see this. All you need is a lot of patience, huge focus and avoid temptation to walk out of your monitor. I know this could be a little fainting and nose bleeding if you have a phobia with numbers.


Multiply Up to 20X20 In Your Head

In just FIVE minutes you should learn to quickly multiply up to 20x20 in your head.  With this trick, you will be able to multiply any two numbers from 11 to 19 in your head quickly, without the use of a calculator.
I will assume that you know your multiplication table reasonably well up to 10x10.

Try this:

• Take 15 x 13 for an example.
• Always place the larger number of the two on top in your mind.
• Then draw the shape of Africa mentally so it covers the 15 and the 3 from the 13 below. Those covered numbers are all you need.
• First add 15 + 3 = 18
• Add a zero behind it (multiply by 10) to get 180.
• Multiply the covered lower 3 x the single digit above it the "5" (3x5= 15)
• Add 180 + 15 = 195.

That's basically it... You can try it in the paper if you think it's that confusing.

or you can try this other one too. This is I think easier for me.

Finger Math: 9X Rule

To multiply by 9,try this:

1.  Spread your two hands out and place them on a desk or table in front of you.
2.  To multiply by 3, fold down the 3rd finger from the left. To multiply by 4, it would be the 4th finger and so on.
3. the answer is 27 ... READ it from the two fingers on the left of the folded down finger and the 7 fingers on the right of it.

This rule actually works for anything up to 9x10.