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Vedic Mathematics or Sixteen Simple Mathematical Formulae from the Vedas

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This book was given to me by a friend from India. I just have to say that this book is inspiring in such a way that it provides a new way of thinking in Mathematics. What I found most fascinating is that this way of thinking has been around for over 100 years and very little people know about it! It's a pity this is not taught in American schools because it gives a different perspective on how to solve problems - actually a much easier way to solve problems. If you have kids or you yourself want to solve problems easier (and faster), I strongly recommend this book.

The majority of the American public is blind about the rest of the world's great achievements, not just mathematics, but also the arts and sciences. Truly unfortunate.

Vince

A coworker loaned me her copy, telling me that someone as "math nutty" as myself would love it. My first impression, when reading the foreword and intro, was that it was just smoke and mirrors. Oh yeah, sure, you can divide numbers without going through the usual hit-and-miss constructive method! I'll believe that when I see it.

Well, I saw it and I'm a believer! Simply amazing! The techniques used to multiply and divide are based on well founded and cleverly applied principles, but the key to this book is that you don't really need to know WHY it works .. it just does! I think that kids should be taught this way instead of using the old traditional painful methods I was taught.

This book is a must for anyone who loves to see core mathematics applied as they were meant to be. You will, as I was, be awe struck. This is ancient wisdom at its best!

John Pawlak

I recently purchased this book on Vedic Mathematics and found its contents mindblowing. The very fear of math disappears when one goes through the methods described in the book. It demonstrates very simple methods of multiplication and division which looked to be terrifying when dealing with big numbers.It also provides simple methods for finding squares,cubes,square roots,cube roots, solution of linear,quadratic,cubic and biquadratic equations by simple Vedic methods. This is THE book to understand math and face it fearlessly in everyday life. I would recommend this book to anybody finding difficulty in understanding and solving any kind of math problem.

This is absolutely the best way to do any kind of calculations. It helped me out through my Graduate Studies (MBA) where I amazed my Finance and Accounting Proffessors with my ability to magically solve problems in my head and surprisingly come up with right answers faster than someone using a calculator

Hello everybody! I would like to share my thoughts about this great book with you. I had heard of the sanskrit sutras in the Vedas (ancient Indian text) that could simplify all mathematical problems. And when I got this book, it was just great and just what I was looking for. I would strongly urge that you read the book and pass on the wealth left to us by the ancients.

Dear Friends,

I would consider being one of the luckiest persons to read this classical book of Vedic Mathematics. Believe me, I could not leave the book till I have finished few chapters at once. The principles behind the concept are really good and easy to understood by everyone. As a matter of fact, I have taught rather explained these techniques / sutras to my sons who are really enjoying this great work and applying in their daily schoolwork. Believe me the results are great.

Sincerely

Rao Venkata Raghunadha Nemani Melbourne, Australia

great book - my teenager is working his way through it in his spare time - wants to be able to wow his math teacher with doing difficult math in his head

While the subject matter is covered in the text I would not refer to it as "simple". The author is obviously a highly advanced mathatician and the material is presented with highly advanced terminologies that to some laypeople may be a little difficult to understand. That being said, if you stick with it you will learn different methods of doing advanced mathmatics in a much easier way than taught in the Western world.

This book makes "promblems" rename to "FUN." I never imaged math can be as fun and easy, but this book made it so. I gurantee it will make your brain work faster then the calculators. Shock your co-workers or professor with this methods and over smart your friends.

I was studying for quantitative portion of grad school exams and found this book essential in cracking the tests. Being able to square any 2 digit number in my head under 5 seconds and any cube almost as quickly helped me finish the Quant portion of the gmat and gre with time to spare--and with perfect scores. Many more tips with multiplying, dividing, cubing, finding decimals of fractions, etc. wish i was taught this earlier.

How someone can rate this book lower and cite it as too complex is nice irony. The underlying theme seems to be that this type of real understanding of numbers and their manipulation is essential and should be taught in every elementary level in every country. It should be standard, not some "complex" bag of chicanery designed to wow people drinking cocktails. That the complaint is too difficult is further proof of this need.

I guess the best compliment I can give is that I will be using this book and others like it to teach my kids in the future.