Vedic Mathematics for School offers a fresh and easy approach to learning
mathematics. The system was reconstructed from ancient Vedic sources by the late
Bharati Krsna Tirthaji earlier this century and is based on a small collection
of sutras. Each sutra briefly encapsulates a rule of mental working, a principle
or guiding maxim. Through simple practice of these methods all may become adept
and efficient at mathematics. Book I of the series is intended for primary
schools in which many of the fundamental concepts of mathematics are introduced.
It has been written from the classroom experience of teaching Vedic mathematics
to eight and nine years-old. At this