Cengage Science and Technology Foundation Series General Mental Ability

'For a student of Science, learning is associated primarily with acquiring knowledge. However, learning has to also result in an enhancement of logical and analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Ability to analyze situations through different perspectives and solving problems through multiple methods is also critical. Working with numbers, alphabets and diagrams to recognize and apply patterns and solving puzzles of various kinds help exercise and sharpen our faculties of thinking. These exercises help develop and strengthen mental abilities and result in improved thinking agility and enhanced capability to learn. This book is a compilation of mental-ability exercises that can help high school students acquire and enhance their thinking and problem-solving abilities. It integrates important techniques from Vedic mathematics and other speed mathematics techniques that can help to enhance computational abilities. We hope that this series of books would be welcomed by students and teachers as a good resource.

Features:

understand the basic concepts thoroughly ? get exposure to the applications of concepts ? inculcate analytical thinking and acquire problem-solving capabilities ? learn concepts in such a way that they could be educational, fun, and memorable