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Quick Math - Mental Math Tricks for Everyday Situations

Completed by 87 learners
Ages 12-15
Live Group Class
This class will offer addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, percents, and fraction mental math tips to increase student's arithmetic speed and then have students apply them in everyday life where it may apply with examples.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(21 reviews)

Live video meetings
2x per week, 2 weeks
4-18 learners per class
60 min

What's included

4 live meetings
4 in-class hours
Assessment
At day 4 of this course, there will be a mass jeopardy game testing all of their abilities in a competitive game setting where the top winner will win a free 1 hour private tutoring session in any math related topic they choose from the teacher of this course.

Class Experience

US Grade 6 - 9
Beginner - Intermediate Level
Day 1: Addition/Subtraction 
    - Introductions (Will always be some sort of game)
    - Discussion of where quick addition/subtraction may be used in everyday life and why it is important
    - Short introduction and application of scientific notation, units of measurement, and adding/subtracting big and small numbers
    - Mental Addition Methods (MAM's): Grouping Method and Break Apart Method (BAM)
    - Mental Subtraction Methods (MSM's): Break Apart Method (BAM)
    - Go through a series of mental addition/subtraction real life examples students provided/suggested
    - Go through teacher-made examples of addition and/or subtraction

Day 2: Multiplication/Division 
    - Introductions
    - Discussion of where quick multiplication/division may be used in everyday life and why it is important
    - Short introduction and application of scientific notation, units of measurement, and multiplying/dividing big and small numbers
    - Mental Multiplication Methods (MMM's): Depreciation/Augmentation Method (DAM) and Reverse Distributive Property (RDP)
    - Mental Division Methods (MDM's): Double Augmentation Method (DAM) and Reverse Distributive Property (RDP)
    - Go through a series of mental multiplication/division real life examples students provided/suggested
    - Go through teacher-made examples 

Day 3: Percents and Fractions
    - Introductions
    - Discussion of where quick use of percents and fractions may be used in everyday life and why it is important
    - Mental Percent Methods: Break Apart Method 2 (BAM 2) and other MAM's, MSM's, MMM's and MDM's combined
    - Mental Fraction Methods: Combining MMM's and MDM's
    - Go through a series of mental fractions real life examples students provided/suggested
    - Go through a series of mental percent techniques and real life examples students provided/suggested
    - Go through teacher-made examples (percent off, percent increase, percent tip, percent ownership, percent capacity, etc.) 

Day 4: Quick Math Jeopardy Review 
    - Introductions
    - JEOPARDY!
    - DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
    - Farewell!

Learning Goals

Students will drastically improve their basic arithmetic skills in addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, and percents/fractions and the importance at being able to do the basic operations with high velocity and dexterity. They will also learn some unit conversions and how to quickly interchange between units within the empirical and metric systems and how quick math is important in everyday life.

Other Details

Supply List
A white board is recommended to practice the mental math techniques on to be written down at first then do them without the white board. Paper and pen/pencil will work fine too.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2020
4.9
21reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I am extremely well versed mathematically with a BA in BioPhysics requiring math of all levels and where advanced arithmetic is highly required to solve problems quickly. I have taken courses in Calculus I, II, and III as well as Vector Calculus, Ordinary Differential equations, Linear Algebra, and many other physics courses requiring high levels of mathematics. I truly have a passion for math and its capacity to manipulate numbers and equations to understand the world at many different levels including scientific research, business, everyday shopping, and much more. 

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