Rachinsky's 1001 Problems in Mental Arithmetic
by S. A. Rachinsky
Translated by Valery Manokhin, PhD
1,001 carefully selected problems from the village schoolteacher whose students were depicted in Bogdanov-Belsky's famous 1895 painting "Mental Arithmetic."
· 240 pages
Where this fits in school — US, UK and Canada ↓Adults and self-learners welcome — great mathematics has no age limit.
Where this fits in school
Not sure this is the right first book? Start here →Full curriculum table — every book by school year →| United States | 4–8 | Mental-arithmetic drill, not a course |
|---|---|---|
| England | Years 5–9 | KS2–KS3 |
| Canada (Ontario) | Ontario 4–8 |
Not covered in this book
statistics and data handling · probability · metric units — the problems use pre-revolutionary Russian measures, with a conversion table
Source these strands elsewhere. They are missing from the book, not from this description.
How this book fits
See the whole sequence →What comes next
- Rachinsky Solutions$39.95
Courses this goes with
- Kiselev's Arithmetic$44.95
- Malinin & Burenin$44.95
- Rashevsky's Arithmetic$39.95
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Table of contents
1 section headings — the printed contents page in full.
Translator's Introduction
How to Use This Book
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Problems 1–100
Problems 101–200
Problems 201–300
Problems 301–400
Problems 401–500
Problems 501–600
Problems 601–700
Problems 701–800
Problems 801–900
Problems 901–10011 section
- Problems on Calculating Surfaces and Volumes
Quick Conversion Table
Glossary of Units and Measures
Answer Key
Formats and editions
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Product details
- Publisher
- Northern Star Academic Press
- Language
- English
- Translator
- Valery Manokhin, PhD
- Print length
- 240 pages
- First published
- 2026-07-15
Published by Northern Star Academic Press · First faithful English translation from the original Russian edition
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