Right Brain Math:an EZ way to learn numbers

There was a comment about modular arithmetic and digital roots on Youtube. It brings up some fun looks at math. Modular arithmetic is a clock view of numbers. When a clock goes past 12, it goes back to 1. Right Brain Math uses this with a ten base to create the number wheel. But then the fun begins. It goes around the wheel with the Fours and Sixes, but then we can also see it go in a star pattern to create the Fours and Sixes. The Twos and Eights go in a pentagon shape in opposite directions. The Threes and Sevens make a fancy star, again in opposite directions.
Digital roots are a system of adding the digits of a number, then adding again, until only 1 digit remains (the digital root). Look at the Nines to 90 for a useful pattern: 09, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90. They all add up to 9. Tic-tac-toe squares are definitely not modular arithmetic, nor digital roots. However, look at the digital roots of the 3’s on the tic-tac-toe squares for fascinating patterns. Every number in the columns in the first square adds up 3-6-9. The second square to 6-9-3, the 3rd square to 9-6-3, and the 4th square would add up to 3-6-9 again. I might make a video about digital roots. There is an example below. The left side is the Threes on a Tic-tac-toe square from the video. The right side repeats the left (Threes), but it converts each number to digital roots. See that every set of 3 numbers adds up to 3 or 6 or 9. Notice that 66 is 6 + 6 = 12 which is further reduced to1 + 2 = 3.  Try it. Numbers are fun!

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I was reading Betty Edwards, who wrote “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”. Students “trick” the left brain to give up control by copying a drawing upside down. The right brain can then draw all the lines and details. There is an “AHA!” when the student turns the drawing upside right and suddenly sees, all at once, the whole picture. The same thing happens to students who play with patterns on the tic-tac-toe square, number wheel, or EZ Times Table, and suddenly see the times table revealed! They are getting the picture without having to figure it out.
Playing with number patterns creates this special way of seeing, which includes “the ability to see a whole field while at the same time perceiving parts within the field in relationship to each other as well as to the whole.” There is an ownership and attitude shift that happens when kids see the patterns in numbers and the whole structure of the times table in their own way. There is a beauty and awe that makes math friendly and the times tables easier to learn. The whole brain engages in the learning process, but the passion is re-kindled every time the student sees new patterns.

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“Thank you so much!, I am 9, and i was really bad at Times tables, But i think this is going to help me understand a lot. THANK YOU!!!!!!!” -MaxLouis

The above quote is a response I got this week on my MisterNumbers video on Twos and Eights with a number wheel and pattern tables that kids can duplicate.

Yesterday I uploaded a similar new video on Youtube to show how the Fours and Sixes patterns create 5 pointed stars. I think will help many kids see the fascinating patterns in numbers and use them to learn math. Incredible and fun! See it.

Today MisterNumbers Sevens on the Magic Blackboard Video is 1 year old. It just reached 20,000 views, which is incredible for an educational video. Most are lucky to reach a couple hundred views. Total views of MisterNumbers videos is 68,000 on Youtube alone and growing by thousands every week. Google MisterNumbers to see dozens of other sites that have picked up Right Brain Math videos.

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I make a statement in one of my videos about Albert Einstein, a famous mathematican, being a “flaming right-brainer.” Yes, Einstein is known for his Physics. But it is also true that a google search for “Einstein” and “Mathematics” yields about 3,960,000 hits. Almost 4 million hits should establish Einstein as a famous mathematician (maybe not a great one). Math and Physics work together. Einstein often thought in pictures and played with equations in his mind for weeks. Continue Reading »

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I wanted to share my latest short animated video that I am really excited about. I think it is going to help many kids and parents and teachers. A comment on it already is “I think Mr. Numbers has come up with a great way for kids to learn math. I think it will give kids the support they need to figure it out themselves instead of just trying to memorizing tons of facts.”

I’d love to hear what you think about it. Pass it on to anybody who might enjoy it or be helped by it.

This powerful animated video combines the Number Circles with a table to show the patterns where kids can create the times tables in fun ways. Click here to see the video. Continue Reading »

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Right Brain Math videos are now over 52,000 views in 50 countries. You can follow your interest (if in doubt watch #2), or here is a suggested sequence for watching MisterNumbers videos :
1) Watch the one-minute video on creating the Threes on a Tic-Tac-Toe Square for an experience of Right Brain Math.
2) Watch the Three, Six, Nine animated video to see how quickly this gets powerful (There is more coming).
3) Watch the Right Brain Math overview talk by MisterNumbers.
4) Watch the Sevens on the Magic Blackboard video (over 17,000 views). Relates to the Threes video. Continue Reading »

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