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When you think of a human calculator, who comes to mind? For me it's definitely Matlida. You know the girl genius who practically raise herself. OMG... Did that little girl just multiply a two-digit number, that's unheard of!!
Thank you for that Miss Honey.
Anyway when you when you search human calculator online you may find Scott Flansburg. Mr. Flansburg held the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Human Calculator®.” in 2001 and 2003.
Thank you for that Miss Honey.
Anyway when you when you search human calculator online you may find Scott Flansburg. Mr. Flansburg held the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Human Calculator®.” in 2001 and 2003.
Nickname: The Human Calculator
Pen Name: The Mental Calculator
Profession: Teacher, Author
Mr. Flansburg give lectures and presentations at schools. His mission is to improve people's confidence in math. His greatest achievement is that he can add a number to itself more time in 15 sec than someone can with a calculator. He was also named Ambassador for World Math Day.
Mr. Flansburg has been teaching math for more than 20 yrs and has appeared on both Opera and Ellen. He has also created a 13 month calendar.
Mr. Flansburg give lectures and presentations at schools. His mission is to improve people's confidence in math. His greatest achievement is that he can add a number to itself more time in 15 sec than someone can with a calculator. He was also named Ambassador for World Math Day.
Mr. Flansburg has been teaching math for more than 20 yrs and has appeared on both Opera and Ellen. He has also created a 13 month calendar.
So how do you become a human calculator?
- Practice
- Break the number down into bite sized bits
30 x 40 = 1200
+ 2 x 40 = 80... 1280
+ 30 x 5 = 150... 1430
+ 2 x 5 = 10... 1440
TRY IT OUT OR LEARN FROM THE BEST
Check out his work!
http://scottflansburg.com/blog/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Flansburg
Check out his work!
http://scottflansburg.com/blog/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Flansburg
http://www.yesiknowthat.com/scott-flansburg-the-human-calculator/