How to be a maths wizard

Did you struggle with maths at school? Do you

hate 人物／姿／数字s and find crosswords difficult? If so, Carol Vorderman's 最高の Brain Workout - Day Three is for you.

There is no truth in the theory that mathematicians are born, not made. Even the most

creative and imaginative の中で us will have a 広大な／多数の／重要な, usually 未開発の, problem-solving 資源 locked away.

? How to keep your mind sharp

? 表明する yourself 明確に

? How to 改善する your memory

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Nothing is 直す／買収する，八百長をするd at birth. We can all 増加する our knowledge, 知能 and abilities at any

行う／開催する／段階 in life. I'm a 会社／堅い 信奉者 that the more you use your brain, the better it gets.

When I start 記録，記録的な／記録するing a new 一連の Countdown I often find I'm rusty at the numbers game and my 速度(を上げる）s will be halved.

So during the morning and while the letters games are in 進歩, I practise about 100 numbers games to get my 速度(を上げる） 支援する up to where it should be and then I'm raring to go.

Practice doesn't just make perfect - in my 事例／患者 it helps me keep my 職業. That is, of course, until an 11-year-old boy called Bradley Cates comes along and shows me how 急速な／放蕩な I really should be!

熟考する／考慮するs have shown that if you practise logic and problem-solving exerc ises, you 現実に

刺激する new neural pathways and patterns of mental activity, and that 大いに 高めるs the

way your brain 機能（する）／行事s.

The more you practise, the more efficient your brain will become at 過程ing （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）.

But it's not 平易な. Just as 最高の，を越す 競技者s have to train, you need to 押し進める your brain in directions

it may not find comfortable.

ーするために 達成する any brainboosting 利益s you need to challenge your brain with problem-solving 演習s on a 正規の／正選手 basis.

Each time you make your brain work that little

bit harder, you will be creating new neural pathways that will make the next problem you

取り組む that much easier.

Today's 演習s are designed to challenge and develop the all-important problem-solving area

of your brain. But before you 開始する，打ち上げる into them, take a few minutes to think about the way your brain 作品.

While some people 対処する best with 仕事s that 要求する visual 技術s, others may prefer 審理，公聴会

or physical 技術s. Once you know which type you are, you can work out the best way to learn.

If 令状ing things 負かす／撃墜する does not help you to learn new facts, you might find it easier to 過程 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） if you listen to it.

Trying 説 it out loud or 記録，記録的な／記録するing it and playing it 支援する to yourself several times. If you harbour a 恐れる or loathing of anything mathematical, start with 10 minutes every other day and build up to more.

It's not much - try switching off the TV for a few minutes if it's boring. You've got so much more to 伸び（る）.

PROBLEM SOLVING

? ODD ONES OUT

上げる the brain's ability to make 論理（学）の 関係s by setting aside two minutes to work out the impostor in these 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s:

? Boston, Dallas, New York, Cincinnati, Wyoming

? April, Holly, Charity, Dandelion, Sandy, India

? Tulip, Iris, Hyacinth, Crocus, Impatiens

? A, F, I, E, O

? Yard, インチ, Foot, Acre, Mile

? Sundial, Watch, Clock, 晴雨計, Chronograph

? Tennis, Volleyball, Ice ホッケー, Football, Baseball

? Thesaurus, Dictionary, Novel, Atlas, Encyclopaedia

ANSWERS: Wyoming is a US 明言する／公表する. The others are cities. Dandelion is the only 工場／植物 in the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） that is not also a girl's 指名する. Impatiens is the only flower in the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） that is not perennial. F is the only consonant, the others are vowels. Acre is a 手段 of area, all the others 手段 length. A 晴雨計 対策 空気／公表する

圧力, all the others 手段 time. Ice ホッケー is played with a puck. All the others are

played with a ball. All except the novel are

言及／関連 調書をとる／予約するs.

? ANAGRAMS

These can really 上げる your word 技術s. Give them a try, even if you're not an anagram person. 手早く書き留める 負かす／撃墜する the letters as 資本／首都s, 令状ing the words backwards or in a circle. This takes your mind off the 初めの word and its meaning and helps you see the many 選択s 利用できる. It may also help to 令状 each letter on a small card and shuffle the cards around on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する. You'll get better with practice.

1. Take no more than five minutes to find out what the に引き続いて five anagrams have

in ありふれた: MAY, TAKE, LACIE, YACHT, ARMY

2. Whoever you 会合，会う today, try to come up with at least one anagram from their 指名する.

3. See how many hidden words you can find in your own 指名する.

4. Find as many hidden words

as you can in: RETIREMENT,

WASHINGTON and CHRISTMAS

ANSWER to question 1: They are all girls' 指名するs: AMY, KATE, ALICE, CATHY, MARY

? NUMBER GRID

配列し直す the に引き続いて numbers so each 列／漕ぐ／騒動, column and diagonal 追加するs up to 15

? NUMBER MAGIC

You've got 10 minutes to answer as many of the に引き続いて questions as possible:

1. Last year Simon was 正確に／まさに six times as old as his son. This year he is 正確に／まさに five times as old as his son. What will their ages be next year?

2. Jane walks half a mile in 15

minutes. How far will she have gone in one-and-a-half hours?

3.Ten people at a 会合 each shake 手渡すs with everyone 現在の. How many handshakes will there be in total?

4. The sum of the ages of three children in a family is 34. What will the sum of their ages be in three years time?

ANSWERS: 26 and 6, 3 miles, 45, 43

? MATHS PRACTICE

1. Use all the digits from one to nine and any combination of 加える and minus 調印するs to 追加する up to 100. The digits must be used in the 訂正する

order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

2. Two mothers and two daughters went for lunch. They bought a 巨大（な） pizza and divided it into equal parts using

three long straight 削減（する）s. They then had equal 株 of the pizza. How did they do it?

ANSWERS: 12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100. They were grandmother, mother and daughter. They 削減（する） the

pizza into six and ate two pieces each.

? BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY

Play this game with children to 上げる

their word 技術s too:

1. 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） all the things you can think of that are invisible (love, germs, 空気／公表する, 怒り／怒る...)

2. Recite the alphabet out loud,

大（公）使館員ing a word to each letter: A - Animal; B - Boat; C - Cat... Now go through the alphabet 大（公）使館員ing two words to each letter. Repeat as 急速な／放蕩な as you can. When you are ready, attach three, then four, then five words to each letter.

3. See how many five-letter words you can 令状 負かす／撃墜する in two minutes. Now try

six-letter words.

4. 令状 the letters of the alphabet, A-Z, on the left-手渡す 利ざや of a sheet of paper. Beside each letter, 令状 a word

beginning with that letter that is 関係のある to a 主題, such as holidays. The idea is to challenge your brain.

? MATCHPLAY

建設する four equilateral (equal-味方するd) triangles from six matches. You must not bend or break any of them.

ANSWER: 建設する one triangle

flat on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する and then build a

pyramid of matches on 最高の，を越す.