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‘The Human Calculator’ is fixed on helping young people love math #dyscalculia

Scott Flansburg can do the most difficult of math problems with his mind. If you had that ability, how would utilize it? Flansburg uses his skills to teach younger students the basics of math and the easiest ways to approach problems.

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Math teacher Scott Flansburg is known as the “Human Calculator” because he can solve math problems at superhuman speed. Changes in his brain allow him to calculate at an incredible speed, gaining him the Guinness World Record in such calculations. Unlike others with his talent, who often hold PhD degrees, Mr Flansburg joined the Air Force before becoming a children’s math teacher.

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Have you ever wished you could do math in your head? Some people are natural calculators!

Scott Flansburg, a ‘human calculator,’ does math at superhuman speed.

Mr Flansburg teaches children math by using simple rules to make it easier for them to understand. One of Mr Flansburg’s rules has to do with the number 9, a lesson targeted at 9-year-old children. Another lesson has to do with 0, which he say should be the first number instead of 1. His tips and tricks are designed to enhance the learning of children in math class.

Almost three decades later, the man known as “The Human Calculator” has been teaching children the joy and simplicity of math with his own, more streamlined methods. Flansburg shares those methods regularly during speeches at elementary schools in Clark County and around the world.

Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert

Key takeaways

  1. There are people who can calculate difficult math problems in their head.
  2. Doctors believe the left side of your brain allows you to do this.
  3. The Human Calculator now uses his skills to teach students how to make math fun.
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