Vedic Maths

Reading a yesterdays article on Wired about indian students learning Vedic maths to crack the university exams I was intrigued (as a math student myself) to find out what these maths are about.
Googling a bit brought me to this page: http://www.vedamu.org/Mathematics/course.asp
It’s an explanation of the sutras (formulas) vedic maths use to make various calculations with your own mind a LOT faster. After reading a bit I was able to calculate multiplications of 2 2digit numbers in under 2 seconds without any paper writing with ŨRDHVA TIRYAGBHYĀM (e.g 43*33=1419).

There are various other formulas inside there and it’s really worth reading if you are a math student of you need maths for your work. It’s a time saviour!

2 Responses to “Vedic Maths”

  1. agorf
    August 16th, 2004 | 19:37

    Cool stuff. 🙂

  2. June 23rd, 2007 | 10:38
    Using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Windows Windows 2000

    Check out this website on vedic math- http://www.vedicmathsindia.org it is amazing and has lot of slide shows and tutorials. Vedic Math is a nice method and it helps to m ake my mental math calculations much fast.

    Thanks
    Debbie

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