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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.

United States4–8Mental-arithmetic drill, not a course
United KingdomYears 5–9KS2–KS3
CanadaOntario 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

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How this book fits

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Problems to work alongside it

What comes next

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
  1. Problems on Calculating Surfaces and Volumes

Quick Conversion Table

Glossary of Units and Measures

Answer Key

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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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