How fast is Vedic Mathematics ?

How fast you can solve a problem is very important. There is a race against time in all the competitions. Only those people having fast calculation ability will be able to win the race. Time saved can be used to solve more problems or used for difficult problems.

Vedic Mathematics helps find solutions in a single or a few steps where as conventional methods require multiple steps. Vedic Mathematics eases and simplifies multiplication, divisibility, complex numbers, squaring, cubing, square and cube roots. Even recurring decimals and auxiliary fractions can be handled by Vedic Mathematics. The basis of Vedic mathematics, are the 16 sutras and the 13 upsutras, which attribute a set of qualities to a number or a group of numbers. A book on Vedic Mathematics was written by Jagadguru Swami Bharati Krishna Tirthaji and first published in 1965. It contains methods for mental calculation claimed to be based on the Parisista of Atharva Veda. Although the book was first published in 1965, Tirthaji had been propagating the techniques since much earlier through lectures and classes.[The mental calculation system mentioned in the book is also known by the “Vedic Mathematics”. However, its characterization as “Vedic” mathematics has been criticized by many academics through many publications and dailies in our country