Quick Math - Mental Math Tricks for Everyday Situations
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.
Cruz Velasquez
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(21)
What's included
4 live meetings
4 in-class hoursAssessment
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:
Joined April, 2020
4.9
21reviews
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. Reviews
Live Group Class
$40
weekly or $80 for 4 classes2x per week, 2 weeks
60 min
Completed by 87 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-15
4-18 learners per class
