🏋️ The mental math gym

Train your mental math & logic

Timed brain workouts. Build combos, earn points, and get faster one round at a time.

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🧮 Mental Math

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Addition & Subtraction Drills

Work left to right: add the tens first, then the ones, then combine. For subtraction, it is usually faster to count up than to take away.

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Multiplication Drills

Break the second number into parts you already know, multiply each part, then add. Rounding to a nearby ten and correcting also works well.

Percentage Calculation

Start from 10% — it is just the number with the decimal moved one place. Build every other percentage from 10%, 5% and 1% chunks.

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Averages & Means

The average is the total divided by the count. When numbers are close together, pick a base value and average only the differences from it.

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Two-Digit Multiplication

Keep the first number whole and split the second into its tens and ones. Multiply the whole number by each part, then add the two results.

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Multiply by 11 Trick

Multiplying by 11 is the same as multiplying by 10 and adding the number once more. For two-digit numbers you can also spread the digits and add the middle.

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Squaring Two-Digit Numbers

For a number ending in 5, multiply the tens digit by the next number up and stick 25 on the end. For others, round to a nearby ten and adjust.

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Adding Large Numbers

Add from the biggest place value down: thousands, then hundreds, then the rest. Keep one running total rather than stacking columns in your mind.

Tip & Bill Percentages

Find 10% of the bill first, then scale it. A 20% tip is double the 10%; 15% is the 10% plus half of it again.

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Fractions to Percentages

Learn the handful of building blocks: 1/2 is 50%, 1/4 is 25%, 1/5 is 20%, 1/8 is 12.5%. Most fractions are just multiples of these.

✂️ Estimation

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📊 Data Analysis

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🧩 Logic

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