Right Brain Math: Times Table Overview & Fun Factor Sets

[NealZ31]

I don't get, i pretty much retarded with numbers

[awaqar]

@NealZ31 Watch this vid and it might get you started with numbers. "Speed maths- Multiplying without multiplying". Click on my username and check the vid. Cheers.

[hecliffthecat]

only 12 left brainers didn't like this video hehehe

[KapustaCuber]

Very, very interesting. I do very well in mathematics, but I'm left handed, meaning I use my right brain more. If I had been taught this at a younger age, I would probably have a deeper understanding of the numbers themselves.

[MisterNumbers]

My goal is to get this to younger kids. That's why I created all these free videos. Glad you found it when you did. It's never too late. I get "found" by many older folk (yesterday a 58 year old woman) who finally understand math. p.s. I, Mister Numbers, am left handed too, although there are many more right handers (and most kids) who are in their right minds. I call it Pattern Play Math now, which describes the fun with many repeated patterns.

[SodaPopElectric]

i've always WANTED to like math and this makes me feel like i can c:

[Bullpuma]

thats y im stupid in algebra and good at geometry. this is the first time that ive seen anyone talk about numbers like this.

[moskow21]

i am doing a year long research project on teaching strategies that better engage students (as a culminating project for my high school). This fits in wonderfully with the my research! This style of teaching mathematics is simple, easy for students to grasp at an early age, and easy to teach TEACHERS as well :) This approach opens math up to students who dont think in numbers, or who dont think they CAN do math :) EXCELLANT!

[TormentedStatue]

:O omg I understood all of that how can that be lolz Right brains for the win !!!

[dsouthern54]

Is there anywhere I can get these charts for kids that I tutor? This is outstanding!!

[MisterNumbers]

There are 3 free worksheets on my RightBrainMath website. There are many more in my book, "EZ Times Table".

[PatrickLars]

oh so now I understand why... I have been told that my way of doing mathematics is somewhat unorthodox unlike the mainstream traditional logical patterns.

[germoneyblakk]

wish they would have had this when i was younger i'd a have better grades

[MisterNumbers]

Pass it on to younger kids you know because many of them won't get it unless you do show them.

[Xoxocube]

This is so inspiring. As a right brained scientist i have battled with left brain teaching my whole life.

I will be looking into this!

[DeadTillDawn666]

now thats interesting..

[Coolheart15]

This guy is a genius. Finally someone that teaches maths interesting.

[MisterNumbers]

I am glad you are finding this interesting and spending your own time learning it.

[bowlandmark]

This is wonderful! Teachers don't teach this way because most are left brain dominant and weren't taught this way.

[ScottishProfessor]

This is interesting, I'm working on a system of math based on expanding the concept of spherical math into a 360 degree multidimensional spherical model. I'm not as expert as articulating as this gentleman, and math isn't my primary focus (more concerned with how math connects to other things), but you might find some of my vids, (which only focus on fundamental concepts) interesting. Great concepts and vid.

Part 2 Negation Negated

Part 3 Spherical Math

Part 5 More On Spherical Math

[rlyork74]

Very nice. I was a school aged kid in the 80's and I remember how bizarre geometry seemed when it was first introduced in the later grades. It makes so much more sense to begin with geometry and let it lead the way into numbers and math.

[MisterNumbers]

I agree. Kids tend to be much more visual than adults. Use their strength, rather than push rote memory. Besides it is a lot more fun to play with patterns and learn at the same time.

[815oceanic815]

The right/left brain model of the brain is somewhat of a red herring. The part of the brain that is usede to compute math isn't necessarily right or left; we use both sides of our brains. Using our right sides won't automatically make us math geniuses as well...

[MisterNumbers]

We do use BOTH SIDES of our brains to learn. Kids tend to be right-brain (picture) dominant and adults tend to be left-brain (fact) dominant. My math meets kids where they are, so they can get overviews: pictures that help them own and understand numbers, have fun, and develop a positive attitude (so important!) The right-brain approach creates curiosity, motivation and a framework to learn the facts (putting the left brain to work).

[giau1988]

very good very good

[LoveLoveSining]

Great....video...my kids all suffer in math and this has helped so much!

[MisterNumbers]

I am happy to hear that the video has helped your kids so much. I hope you see all my videos and get the free worksheets on my website (link on right of video). More videos coming. Hit the yellow SUBSCRIBE button to be informed of new videos.

[Iomegadrive1]

why is this not tought in our schools.

[MisterNumbers]

I just got back from giving a 90 minute presentation to teachers at the California Math Council convention in Palm Springs. The teachers loved it and will use it. Share my videos with teachers you know. They (and their students) will appreciate it.

[trivium4life93]

because society is consistantly being focused and shaped for Left minded people...it really sucks actually, but hey, left minded people are more common

[Rattapoom16]

hey can you help me geometry ?

[PatrickLars]

I'm left-handed, does that automatically mean I'm Right-Brained?

[MisterNumbers]

Yes and No. Yes, because we all use both sides of our brain. No, you are not automatically right-brain dominant, however, left-handers slightly increase their odds of being right-brain dominant.

We learn better when we engage both sides of our brain. This right-brain approach helps us see the big picture and structure to understand what we are learning while having fun. Some right-brainers can SEE the answer, but most of us use the fun to engage our left brain too, for whole brain learning.

[adel3137]

it was very very very very EASY.

you have 5 lines, and 2*5 is 10 so you coming back to first number+10.

[MisterNumbers]

I'm glad it is easy visually. I start out with the 2s BECAUSE it makes sense and kids trust the 2s. Small steps first. It helps kids to begin with what makes sense to them, then expand it to the 8s, 4s, 6s, 3s, 7s, etc. Then they can move on to larger patterns and numbers. It builds their fun and confidence.

[elpresidio]

It seems like this is a reverse of applied mathematics which is observing from the properties we see in the real world and abstracting mathematically ordered properties and formulas from the world and make oredered sense of it. Opposite starting point. I have to say though that the likes of albert einstein thought in this way and was able to derive advance formulas in his mind by imagining something visually in his mind and creating properties and formulas in his mind. IMO.

[UtopiaWoman]

We love Mr. Numbers in Winona!

[Trumpetplayer29]

I LOVE THIS!

[Phonologie]

I dont understand what is the use of this

[MisterNumbers]

This is helpful for some kids to see a big picture of math, others to understand WHY?, to have fun learning the times tables, to play with bigger numbers and give them confidence, to see multiplication as addition, to see patterns in multiplication, to see how all numbers relate to the Ones and Twos which they trust, to see relationships between factor sets, to have "AHA!" experiences which motivate learning, to see visually how multiplication and division are reversed. This helps these kids.

[QnAwithMistahJ]

This is brilliant, you sir, have a wonderful system to teach math. This was one of my favorite subjects growing up, and even now as an adult, and I must say that even after watching this small demo, your system looks to be a more effective way to teach, so that it is more quickly learned, and retained. I wish you the best of luck, and hope to see this in my nieces textbooks in the years to come. Well done indeed

[billoakesattablthree]

I avoided math like crazy in school , even in college I found a way to avoid it. As I get older I find myself wanting to better understand math and sciences. I use indicators that are contrived thru statistics everyday in my trading , which I do for a living. I really appreciate this video - I always find that when I learn something new it may not necessarily apply to what I do but I recieve a better appreciation for the world around me-I really envy those for whom math comes easy. Thanks.

[666Unforgiven17]

thank u so much

[mathgeek37]

This method is based on modular arithmetic, digital roots in facts.

[MisterNumbers]

Modular arithmetic is a clock view of numbers. Right Brain Math uses a 10 base to create the number wheel. But then the fun begins. It goes around the wheel with the 4s and 6s, but then we can also see it go in a star pattern. Tic-tac-toe squares are not digital roots. However, look at the digital roots of the 3s on the tic-tac-toe squares for fascinating patterns. Numbers in the columns in the first square adds up 3-6-9. The second square: 6-9-3, the 3rd square: 9-3-6. See my blog for a picture

[dontforgetit250]

how do you do math with your left brain

i wanna be able to switch between my right and left brain at will

[onlynumbersas]

theres no such thing as left or right brain, you need both for science research

[MisterNumbers]

Scientific research has shown the location of many mental functions in different areas of the left and right brain. Studies show we tend to be right-brain dominant when young and gradually shift to left-brain dominance as we get older. Kids think and learn more in pictures. Both sides of the brain get involved over time, but I have seen that a "hook" for kids to learn, and get excited, take ownership of math is with pictures.

[glowingdarkmatter25]

I love videos like these. However, Einstein was no mathematician. He was a physicist. His wife actually corrected some of his papers.

[MisterNumbers]

It is true that Einstein was famous for his Physics. Yet a google search for Einstein and Mathematics yields about 3,960,000 hits. We could call 4 million hits famous. His degrees from ETH (Zurich Polytechnic) were in mathematics and physics. He often thought in pictures and played with equations in his mind for weeks. His visual Right Brain approach may be a key to many of his accomplishments. More about Einstein, Math, and his wife Mileva on my blog site.

[suenoir]

This is reform math. So much better than traditional math.

[MisterNumbers]

I am glad you like it. I dont think of Right Brain Math as reform math except that it is enjoyable. Curriculum Review magazine calls the EZ Times Table a revolutionary visual and auditory introduction to math. I see it as useful at specific times (not as THE WAY): when kids are stuck, or have a negative attitude about math. It is also a fun way to fill in the times table facts, or as remedial help. Teachers enjoy learning it too. I love the Wows I get from teachers at math conferences.

[mojitobanana]

i'm a right brained genius...always had issues with maths @ school. until I really got interested in it due to algebra and pure parental pressure...

and now I find it super easy and fun...:S

but hey, can you tell me what the differences are between right brained and left brained people as far as deductive reasoning concerns? thanks.

[MisterNumbers]

I hear that once you got a handle on math it was easy and fun. Some kids never get a handle on numbers, and struggle a long time. Right Brain learning can give them the big picture of how numbers relate, then the whole brain gets interested.

Short Answer: Deductive reasoning is left brained and uses facts to find an absolute answer,(like Sherlock Holmes). Right Brain learners use intuition to see the answer. Unfortunately they cant always explain it (but could now maybe draw a picture).

[elegantzoe]

um... any chance you give away a free demo?

[MisterNumbers]

There are free worksheets on my website (click Right Brain Math just to the right of the video). Many of my videos are free demos: see my 3,6,9 video, my "Multiplication Times Table for 2' and 8's", Magic Math for 7's, and other animated teaching videos in the "More from MisterNumbers" on the right of these comments.

[janijordan]

cool video

[RantVideos]

a Paper calculator! CAn we use this during test time?

[MisterNumbers]

You CAN create the times tables for tests or any time. If you do it a couple times a day, you will soon have them memorized.

[RantVideos]

thank you . I beleive school teachers are just lazy or forced to keep teaching the lame ass way as always.

[thepeach69]

I nearly cried watching this. All these yers I was told that I am stupid and I uderstood this immediately.

[SaM52461]

@thepeach69

so did everyone else, its not complicated

[thepeach69]

@SaM52461

Since watching this I have started a degree in Maths and Physics. It's great to know that its not complicated. Thanks for pointing that out, but I worked that out for myself.

[tschum217]

I love this connection of geometry with multiplication! It makes multiplication so visual!

[turxxx]

Great stuff! Very interesting.