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Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:48 p.m.

In Response To: Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic? (Lucky Jim)

"a) Are there any articles which are particularly helpfully for the mathematically challenged?"

Curveball, here is a whole book: Mathemagics by Art Benjamin. You seemed to only be attacking the problem from one direction but getting better at math is possible and can also help in other areas of the game.

Messages In This Thread

• Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?
  Lucky Jim -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 11:55 a.m.
  • Practice
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 12:18 p.m.
    • Practice
      Dan Pelton -- Monday, 4 January 2010, at 10:58 a.m.
  • Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?
    alex21 -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 1:05 p.m.
  • Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?
    W Womack -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 2:46 p.m.
  • Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?
    Gregg Cattanach -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 3:36 p.m.
  • Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:48 p.m.
    • Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?
      Jason Lee -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 5:04 p.m.
      • Any tips for pip counting techniques when terrible at mental arithmetic?
        Chuck Bower -- Monday, 4 January 2010, at 2:11 p.m.
      • Joy of Mathematics DVD series
        Chuck Bower -- Monday, 4 January 2010, at 2:14 p.m.