5 Tricks for Mathematics Here are 5 fast math strategies students (and adults!) can use to do math in their heads. Once these strategies are mastered, students should be able to accurately and confidently solve math problems that they once feared solving.
1. Adding large numbers Adding large numbers just in your head can be difficult. This method shows how to simplify this process by making all the numbers a multiple of 10.
Here is an example: 644 + 238 While these numbers are hard to contend with, rounding them up will make them more manageable. So, 644 becomes 650 and 238 becomes 240.