Vedic Math: Ancient Wisdom for the Future
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Vedic Math
Watch YouTube videos and do tutorials on Vedic Math a mental calculating system from India. Vedic maths is truly an elegant math form inspired by the Vedas, or sacred Hindu texts. Between 1911 and 1918 Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884-1960), a saint-yogi, researched the ancient Indian scriptures and drew forth 16 sutras, or word-formulae and created Vedic math.
Western mathematics is very left-brain. Vedic math utilizes the right brain as well; hence making math more assessible to a larger audience. As a math teacher, I believe Vedic math can support more students in having a positive experience with math, including learning disabled children. The beauty of Vedic mathematics is based on interrelations and patterning. It allows for creativity and multiple pathways to the answer - often done on one line or mentally!
Digit Sums and Casting Out the Nines
Here is a YouTube video that I made to give you a flavor for Vedic Math. NOTE: YouTube is blocked on most school servers.
These videos are also uploaded at Metacafe.com, which isn't blocked at schools. The videos are all tagged with my name, "rebecca newburn."
These videos are also uploaded at Metacafe.com, which isn't blocked at schools. The videos are all tagged with my name, "rebecca newburn."
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16 Sutras + 14 subsutras = 1 Amazingly Fast Calculating System!
The 16 sutras, or aphorisms, and 14 subsutras can used in a variety of problems to flexibly and efficiently solve problems.
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Sutras
* By one more than the one before
* All from 9 and the last from 10
* Vertically and crosswise
* Transpose and apply
* If the Samuccaya is the same it is zero
* If one is in ratio the other is zero
* By addition and by subtraction
* By the completion or non-completion
* Differential calculus
* By the deficiency
* Specific and general
* The remainders by the last digit
* The ultimate and twice the penultimate
* By one less than the one before
* The product of the sum
* All the multipliers -
Subsutras
* Proportionately
* The remainder remains constant
* The first by the first and the last by the last
* For 7 the multiplicand is 143
* By osculation
* Lessen by the deficiency
* Whatever the deficiency lessen by that amount and set up the square of the deficiency
* Last totalling 10
* Only the last terms
* The sum of the products
* By alternative elimination and retention
* By mere observation
* The product of the sum is the sum of the products
* On the flag - -excerpt from Sri Bharati Krsna Tirthaji's "Vedic Mathematics"
Vedic Math Videos
There is an additional video on multiplying Vedic style. It's listed in the module below this one, the "Vedic Math Sites" links.
NOTE: YouTube, the site that hosts these videos, is often blocked at schools.
NOTE: YouTube, the site that hosts these videos, is often blocked at schools.
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Vedic Math Sites
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Ideas for Teachers
- Homework Assignment: I gave visiting this lens as a homework assignment for my kids. I made them write a few sentences about what they did and learned.
- Add a few Vedic lessons in to your curriculum. I usually do a little mini-lesson as a warm-up every couple of weeks. My kids love it!
- Check out the tutorials or get a book on Vedic math to learn more. This lens just gives you a flavor of the richness of Vedic math.
- Share this lens with others. Email it to friends and other teachers. I have a link to it on my website.
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Subscribe to my YouTube videos. You need to have a YouTube account, which is free. When I make a new video, you'll get an email notifying you that a new video has been posted. I also have a YouTube group called "Math Tutor:Vedic Math," which has a collection of instructional videos.
I've also created a "Math Tutor" group, which includes a variety of pre-algebra and algebra videos, though not necessarily Vedic math. I'd love to get a large collection of great videos available for students. So please share or add to this collection.
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m.s.altaf
Sep 10, 2011 @ 1:26 am | delete
- I have the basic knowledge of vedic maths, but i want to upgrade my self , so i need the videos on calculus , geometry, trignometry and advance maths.....so plz provide me the videos or notes on this topics..... thnx & rgds...altaf
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AirT-23
May 29, 2011 @ 5:57 am | delete
- Great lens about Vedic math, just what i need! Great videos.
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spudmurphys
Nov 20, 2010 @ 6:33 pm | delete
- Hi great page. My dad takes courses that involves teaching teachers what they teach pupils and I think this info would really be exciting to use. Many thanks. I may also use some of this in my street magicc routines involving maths! Well done!
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Javier C
Dec 19, 2009 @ 5:34 pm | delete
- I love math but I left my studies at the side for so long. I want to get back to them I hope you can help me. seems to me like the Vedic method is really good. I hope I can learn it.
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pranshu
Oct 7, 2009 @ 10:23 am | delete
- hello every1,,,
lolz i am 19 now studyin in new zealand .. i ave been studyin vedic mathematics since i was 9 as it was brought up by my father to me.. the students here are actually amazed to see my power of calculating numbers.. and i don't use calculator while they do.. i am really blessed with this art.
. i belive rebeca is doin a grt wrk.. but would like her to give a bibliography of the contents and help she's using from...thanks alot.
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