When multiplying numbers below a power of 10, we subtract one number’s deficiency from the base from the other number and then get the product of the deficiencies. Similar to base multiplication of numbers above the base, the second part…
One special application of base multiplication is squaring numbers near a power of 10. To square a number just above a power of 10, we apply the Vedic word formula, “Whatever the excess, increase by that amount and set-up the…
Our first Vedic Mathematics Olympiad (VMO) tip for the primary level is about NIkhilam or base Multiplication, a fun fast and easy way to do multiplication of numbers close to bases. In VM powers of 10 are often used as…
Any whole number can be expressed as a product of two whole numbers. If the number is prime, it can be expressed as a product of itself and 1. The algebraic formula a2 – b2 = (a + b)(a –…
While studying Pythagorean Triples, I came across an article about two consecutive odd (or even) numbers being the basis for the lengths of the sides of right triangles. The sum of these numbers would be one of the legs of…
I wrote to Dr. Po-Shen Loh that I previously used a method similar to his "new approach", and in response, he gave me an address where we can chat. Dr Po-Shen Loh sent me the following links: https://www.poshenloh.com/quadraticrelated, where he…
Dr. Po-Shen Loh, in his YouTube video, “A different way to solve quadratic equations”( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBalWWHYFQc) mentioned about studying the works of the ancient Babylonians, 15th- century Mathematicians and even works of Indians. He found out that the key points of…
Yesterday I posted about having written about what Prof Po-Shen Loh recently discovered as a “different method of solving quadratic equations”. I would like to stress that I used it only in factoring while Dr Loh used it to directly…
Last Dec 21, in our 21st MATH-Inic Special for Christmas, I discussed about what the very popular YouTuber Presh Talwalkar of MindYourDecision referred to as “a different method of solving quadratic equations that everybody is talking about”. This further strengthened…
We reserved this Sutra for the last of our 30 MATH-Inic Specials for Christmas because it depends largely on how much one has mastered the concepts presented in the previous specials. It also encourages adaptation and stimulates creativity because it…