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The Math Forum: Beat the Calculator! ActivityThe Math Forum: Beat the Calculator! Activity
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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3rd - 8th
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The Math Forum: Beat the Calculator!

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Find more than 500 "mental calculation tricks" that will help you square numbers, add, multiply divide, subtract, and find percentages. A great resource for advance math students, gifted children, and teachers wanting to find ideas for extra credit.

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brain teasers

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adding numbers, advanced math, calculations, diving numbers, doing math calculations, finding percents, gifted and math, gifted students and math, math in your head, math tricks, mulitiplying numbers, squaring numbers, subtracting numbers, math forum, operations

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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