How to significantly improve understanding of the basics of mathematics in a very short time. + Video drills

Acknowledgements:

Natalia Yarovaya

© Igor Kazarinov, 2023

ISBN 978-5-4496-6813-4

Created with Ridero smart publishing system

Do you (or your child or student) have any difficulties with math? Don’t you understand the textbooks and explanations? You don’t want to spend a lot of time for this hated math, do you?

This book will teach you how to find and effectively correct your missed data in mathematics and how to apply some simple and effective exercises that will considerably save your time and nerves when studying mathematics and preparing for exams. Also the course shows in details some other major pitfalls – mathematical skills which were not learned and understood by a huge number of students and this prevents them from getting correct and confident answers when solving mathematical problems and tasks.

The book was created: 1) for parents who want to improve their children’s knowledge.

2) For teachers and tutors who want to get results faster and with less effort and nerves.

3) For middle and high school students who want to pass successfully their exams but do not know how to find all their missed knowledges.

Purpose of the book

In a simple and understandable form explain the basic math theory and teach how to use effective exercises which correct the difficulties in mathematics found in almost 90% of schoolchildren. These difficulties and problems are not noticed by neither teachers nor students, nor parents! As a result students don’t understand mathematics and begin to hate it and then other exact scientific subjects.

All exercises in this book are very powerful, quick and helpful. You need to do all practical exercises to very good results – this is the only way to help your student to understand basics of mathematics.

Also you can see my videos: Games for addition table playlist,

Games for times table, multiplication,

THE PRELIMINARY PART

One of the most important moment in understanding of mathematics: I ask a student “Do you need mathematics?” And “Why do you need it?”

If he answers “yes” to first question and can say – why, then I ask – does he agree that it is worth to spend his time studying it? If he agrees, then we TOGETHER WITH HIM start working.

Why do you need to ask these questions? The fact is that children in schools were taught almost the same way as trainers do with animals – children were put in classrooms and without asking students’ desires they were told: “Now we will study mathematics and then gramma! Sit quietly and listen trainer’s words!” (A little mistake! I should have written – teacher’s words!).

Unfortunately it was found out as a result of an investigation of education – learning without the student’s own desire gives very weak results and leads to various problems (including physical and mental health problems) both among the pupils themselves and their teachers and parents. If you look at education from this point of view – you will find a lot of evidence for this fact.

So if my student has any disagreement then I communicate with him or her, I give examples from life and other arguments in favor of studying the subject, until he understands the importance of studying. Only after that it make sense to do anything.

Students often do not know – why they need mathematics.

Here is the simplest definition of mathematics (dictionaries and textbooks often give definitions that even adults hardly can understand!): Mathematics is a science which studies quantities and forms.