Snigdha, a student from Saraswati Sisumandir school in Hyderabad, represented her school in a Vedic maths paper presentation competition. She was the runner up at the area level competition. Vedic maths generates curiosity in students and helps develop problem solving abilities. It provides simple and intuitive techniques for solving mathematical problems in a fast and enjoyable manner. Studies have shown that students perform better and enjoy math more when learning Vedic techniques compared to traditional methods.

1. Vedic Maths
Snigdha a student of X class
in Saraswati Sisumandir ,
Kushaiguda, Hyderabad
represented her school in
Vedic Maths Paper
Presentation.
She was Runner up at the
area level (covering all

2. Vedic Mathematics generates curiosity
and develops problem solving abilities in
students
Paper presentation – Kishora Varga
Kopalle Lavanya Snigdha, X, ‘Ga’
Saraswati Sisu Mandir, Kushaiguda,
Hyderabad
September 2014

3. I am very thankful for this
opportunity
I would like to start
with reverent
prostrations to
God Almighty
Vedic Rishis
Saunaka, Pingala,
Boudhayana,etc.
Kushan Sculpture of Pingala
Baudhayana

4. My humble obeisance to
 Many great
Mathematicians of
ancient India -
Varaha Mihira,
Aryabhata,
Bhaskara, etc.
Varahamihiraa
Bhaskarachrya II Sridharacharya Aryabhata

5. My grateful salutations to
 Shri Bharati Krihna Teertha
Swami, Former Sankaracharya,
Govardhan Math, Puri, The
father of Modern Vedic
Mathematics
Rev.Bharati Krishna
Tirtha Swami

6. And grateful acknowledgements
To my Gurus, Mentors
and elders
To my parents
To the learned Judges
And to you dear
audience

7. My Approach
I am convinced Vedic maths
creates curiosity and helps
develop problem solving
capability
I believe this is a profound
subject for study through
advanced techniques.

8. My Approach
However, in my talk today in a humble
way I would like to try to establish the
proposition by
a) Quoting from learned authors
b) Enumerating the qualities of Vedic
Maths
c) Citing results of earlier survey
And most important of all
d) citing examples from my own
learning experience of Vedic Maths

9. Math is not liked by many people
everyday I see my friends,
acquaintances, colleagues,
and everyone else in my
grade, and the vast
majority of them just don't
like math.

10. Maths creates aversion and
hatred
 Almost one third of Americans would rather
clean their bathrooms than do a math problem,
 ‘Change the Equation’ 2010 survey.
 When Raytheon Corporation asked 1,000
middle schoolers if they’d rather eat broccoli or
do a math problem, a majority said broccoli
 Five out of four people have trouble with
fractions.
Steven Wright

11. Maths is considered an exotic
subject
 Since the mathematicians have invaded
the theory of relativity, I do not
understand it myself any more.
Albert Einstein
 Only professional mathematicians learn
anything from proofs. Other people learn
from explanations.
Ralph Boas

12. Learning Vedic Maths is Joyful
activity
Vedic Mathematics is the
gift of the Veda to solve the
problem of mathematics
anxiety being faced by
mathematics education in
the whole world.
Puri, 1986, p. 8

13. Vedic Maths is simple and easy
Sums requiring 30, 50,
100 or even more …
cumbrous steps … can
be answered in a single,
simple step of work by
the Vedic method
Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha

14. Vedic Maths is simple and easy
For example, the answer to
the problem 1/39 = 0.025641
may be easily worked on one
line in less than 10 seconds
using the Sutra Ekadhikena
Purvena – One more than the
previous one
Puri & Weinless

15. How does Vedic Maths help?
 Coherence - Most striking feature of the
Vedic system is its coherence. Instead of a
hotchpotch of unrelated techniques the whole
system is beautifully interrelated and unified:
 Flexibility- Modern methods have only one
way of doing a calculation. Vedic Maths
allows variations. Children enjoy the scope for
variation and experiment.
 Improved memory - Vedic Maths
calculations are easy and can be carried out
mentally. This mental exercising leads to

16. How does Vedic Maths help?
 Promotes creativity - Vedic math encourage
students to be creative in doing their math.
Being naturally creative students like to devise
their own methods of solution.
 Appeals to everyone - The able child loves
the choice and freedom to experiment and the
less able may prefer to stick to the general
methods but love the simple patterns they can
use.
 Increases mental agility - Ultra-easy methods
of mental calculation leads naturally to develop

17. How does Vedic Maths help?
 Efficient and fast - In the Vedic system
'difficult' problems or huge sums can often be
solved immediately.
 Easy, fun - The experience of the joy of
mathematics is an immediate and natural
consequence of practicing Vedic
Mathematics.
 Methods apply in algebra - Once an
arithmetic method has been mastered
the same can be applied to algebraic cases
of that type

18. Studies show Vedic Maths is
enjoyable
Results from an empirical study
… indicate that students using
the Vedic Sutra based approach
have higher achievement scores,
… more … skill, and enjoy
computation more than students
using conventional methods.
John M. Muehlman

19. Vedic Maths is natural human mental
process
Mathematics is seen as a human
process and is therefore
psychological as well as entirely
practical. The psychology of
mathematics involves recognizing
patterns of thinking when engaged
in mental processes.
The sutras also reveal underlying
spiritual truths which carry a deeper
meaning.

20. Vedic Maths is more than mere
Maths
The principal driving force for
developing (Binomial Theorem)
… was financial gain. However,
as I pointed out, in India, the
aesthetics of religious hymnary ,
that sense of Brahma or divine
order was also a motivating
drive
JEHOVAJAH

21. The Spiritual dimension of Vedic
Maths
Modern Mathematics is the
field of steps, whereas
Vedic Mathematics is the
field of pure intelligence
that gets what it wants
instantly without steps.
Maharshi Mahesh Yogi

22. The Spiritual dimension of Vedic
Maths
Yastanna veda kim richa karishyati ya
it tad vidus ta ime samasate
Rig Veda
‘he who does not have self-referral
consciousness is full of mistakes, he
who is not established in self-referral
consciousness does not know how
to think spontaneously,
mathematically right
Maharshi Mahesh Yogi

23. Sutra style
The first big difference between conventional and
Vedic Maths that I noticed is the ‘Sutra’
Alpaksharam, Asandigdham, saaravad
viswatomukham
Astobhyam, Anavadyam ca sutram sutravido
viduh
Of minimal syllabary, unambiguous, pithy,
comprehensive, continuous and without flaw:
who knows sutra knows it to be thus
 Such an efficient aid to memory, so easy to
memorize, a single sutra has many
applications. One is spared memorizing long

24. Ankamula
Very useful for checking calculations
and with ‘Nava Sesha Padhdhati
(Casting off 9s)’ so easy to compute.
But, in contrast to conventional
maths, it is not always correct.
If we make two mistakes which
compensate each other, Ankamula
may not find the mistakes.

25. Ankamula
But, make two mistakes together,
which compensate each other -
such cases occur very rarely in
practice.
Though Ankamula may not be
theoretically acceptable, but it is
practically very useful.
We use it in finding divisibility by 3 &
9, finding square roots etc.

26. Squares of Numbers
There is an elegant and very fast
procedure for finding squares of
numbers ending in 5
For example 852 - Right hand part of
the answer is 5x5=25.
Left hand part is obtained by the
sutra ‘Ekadhikena purvena’
Ekadhika of 8 is 9. LHS is 8x9=72.
852 = 7225

27. Squares of Numbers
Now the thrilling part is many students
worked out the solution themselves
when the teacher asked ‘ How can you
use it for finding 862.
We find (85+1)2 using (a+b)2 =
a2+2ab+b2 We find a2 = 852 using
above method and add 2ab =
2x85x1=170 and b2=1x1=1 to it to get
the answer 862 = 7225+170+1 = 7396.
 Thus the method can be used for any 2

28. Antyor Dasake Api
This sutra is used for multiplying
numbers whose right hand parts
add up to 10.
For example 62 x 68. Right hand
parts 2+8 = 10 and left hand part
is same i.e 6. So the sutra can be
used for multiplication. RHP of
answer is 2x8 = 16. LHP of
answer is 6 x 7 (7 is ekadhika of 6)

29. Antyor Dasake Api
Now can we use it when LHP are
not same, for eg. 72 x 68?
It is very simple 72 x 68 can be
written as (62+10) x 68 = (62 x
68) + 10 x 68 = 4216 (by above
sutra) + 680 = 4896
This sutra can be used for any
pair of two digit numbers.

30. Proof of Bodhayana (Pythogoras)
theorem – Vedic Method
 In a right angled triangle if a, b
are the two sides containing the
right angle and c is the
hypotenuse c2 = a2 + b2
 Side of big brown square = a+b
 Area of big brown square = area
of yellow square + area of
(Triangle 1 + Triangle 3) + area
of (Triangle 2 + Triangle 4)
 (a+b)2 = c2 + ab + ab
 a2 + b2 + 2ab = c2 + 2ab
b
1
2
4 3
3 2
c
a
b
4 1
a
 a2 + b2 = c2 a b

31. I would like to conclude with a small
riddle
Please accept my ( 2 – 1) x
10000+4277
 2 = 1.4142 (up to 4 decimal
places)
( 2 - 1) x 10000 = 4142
 4142+4277 = 8419
You may be wondering what this

32. I would like to conclude with a small
riddle
There is a coding system
called ‘KATAPAYADI’ by
which alphabets are
converted to numbers
According to this coding
system 8419 can be
converted to the word

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