Vedic Maths Tricks for kids represent sheer simplicity in Mathematics, where almost every Math topic can be solved with surprising ease and superfast speed. In the ancient world when there were no digital calculators and neither modern schools, Abacus and Vedic Maths were the two original ways developed by mankind to solve all kinds of Maths problems.
What is Vedic Mahs
Vedic Maths provides a collection of amazing shortcut tricks based on Sutras and sub-Sutras, to solve Maths problems across topics ranging from arithmetic to geometry, algebra etc.
- The biggest benefit of Vedic Maths is that the child develops the ability to do effective Mental Maths, without any dependency on calculators. Just imagine that the questions like.
- Another great advantage is that a child who has gone through Vedic Maths Training Course can solve a problem in significantly less time as compared to conventional Maths taught in modern schools, reducing the calculation time by easily upto 5x
Easy Vedic Maths Tricks every child should know
Below are a few simplest Vedic Maths tricks just for illustration. I hope these give a good peek into the exciting and adventurous world of Vedic Maths. To venture further into Vedic Maths learning journey, my strong recommendation is to reach out to a professional Vedic Maths trainer so that you make best use of your time and learn Vedic Maths in the most optimal way since trying to learn it yourself using unreliable online videos will put both your time and interest at risk.
- Easy Vedic Math Trick #1
Double by Double Multiplication (When Ten’s place is the same, and addition of One’s place digits is equal to 10)
Step1 : Multiple common number (ten’s place) with its successor
Step1 : Multiple the two numbers which are at one’s place, and write in two digit format
Example 42 x 48
| Step 1 | 4 x 5 = 20 |
| Step 2 | 2 x 8 = 16 |
| Answer | 20 16 |
Example 73 x 77
| Step 1 | 7 x 8 = 56 |
| Step 2 | 3 x 7 = 21 |
| Answer | 56 21 |
- Easy Vedic Math Trick #2
Find a Square of any number ending with 5
Step1: Multiple the Ten’s place number with its successor
Step2: Write the square of One’s place number 5, so the result will always be 25 in this case
Step3: Append the results of both Step1 and Step2
Example – Find the square of 85
| Step 1 | 8 x 9 = 72 |
| Step 2 | 5 x 5 = 25 |
| Answer | 72 25 |
Example – Find the square of 65
| Step 1 | 6 x 7 = 42 |
| Step 2 | 5 x 5 = 25 |
| Answer | 42 25 |
What is the right age to enroll kids into Vedic Maths Training course?
To get the maximum benefit of any course (be it education or sports or music), it is crucial to enroll at the right age. Let’s look at some of the key pointers which should help you decide the right age to enroll kids into Vedic Maths classes.
- Age of 11+ years – By this time the child is usually in 6th grade in school and has a clear understanding of arithmetic concepts and some common functions like what are squares and square roots, cube and cube roots etc. Hence he is able to relate to these tricks in Vedic Maths
- When the child is in High school or in College and preparing for Competitive exams – Do not worry if the child has not learnt Vedic Maths during his junior school years. As he enters high school or college, he will most probably come face to face with various competitive exams, and this is also the perfect age and time to enroll into Vedic Maths classes. Simply because in competitive exams every second and every minute is important, and Vedic Maths provides a unique advantage of time saving up to 30-40% even if the student only uses the simple Vedic Maths tricks just for basic arithmetic calculations in the exam. To put it in words, in a 1 hour exam at least 15 minutes can be easily saved in arithmetic calculations if the child has a good hold on some basic Vedic Maths tricks.
In which age should we not enroll kids into Vedic Maths Training courses?
Mathcruise tutor Meenu Gupta (from where my son learnt Vedic Maths tricks) gives a very clear answer to this question, that it is usually not recommended for kids below 11 years to go for Vedic Maths course.
- Reason is that those kids are too young and they do not even understand the clear meaning of addition, subtraction, square root etc since they have not covered those topics in schools by then. As a result when the alternate short cut Vedic Maths tricks are taught to them, they will not be able to do the comparison in terms of time saving b/w Vedic Maths method and when the same question is solved by conventional school method.
- Just bear in mind that only when the kid is able to compare the actual time consumed in two approaches (Vedic Maths vs Conventional Maths) himself, he will realize the benefit and this will generate interest in him to learn Vedic Maths tricks.
But should we go for Offline or Online Vedic Maths Training Course?
If you ask me this question, my answer is very clear – Go Online.
And then if subsequent question comes into your mind that ‘Why Online’, my point of view is that in today’s world of internet, we will lose out badly if we do not make use of online options which helps us save precious travel time and at the same time allows to choose the best tutors available across the world, instead of getting limited to just a few options if we go for physical classes. Imagine that while sitting in Delhi, you can get the Vedic Maths classes from the best tutor in Bangalore or USA or Australia. Why would you want to lose out on this amazing benefit of online classes? I don’t see any reason compelling enough to go for offline classes. Do post what you think as a parent on this interesting topic.
