Solutions to Rachinsky's 1001 Problems in Mental Arithmetic
by Valery Manokhin
Translated by Valery Manokhin, PhD
The essential companion to Rachinsky's 1001 Problems — every problem solved, every error corrected. Step-by-step arithmetic reasoning for all 1,001 problems in the 1899 collection, with 12 errata corrections to misprints in the original answer key (problems #188, #410, #454, #468, #519, #563, #705, #779, #796, #836, #889, #892 — independently verified). Includes a complete conversion table for pre-revolutionary Russian units (puds, funts, zolotniks, sazhens, arshins, vershoks, desyatinas, chetveriks). 257 pages, professionally typeset. Solutions organised by problem number to match the companion problem book exactly.
· 1001 exercises · 257 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
Full curriculum table — every book by school year →| United States | 4–8 | Solutions companion |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Years 5–9 | KS2–KS3 |
| Canada | Ontario 4–8 |
Not covered in this book
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 →Worked solutions to
Table of contents
The printed contents page in full.
Introduction
Solutions 1–100
Solutions 101–200
Solutions 201–300
Solutions 301–400
Solutions 401–500
Solutions 501–600
Solutions 601–700
Solutions 701–800
Solutions 801–900
Solutions 901–1001
Appendix: Russian Units of Measurement
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Product details
- Publisher
- Northern Star Academic Press
- Language
- English
- Translator
- Valery Manokhin, PhD
- Print length
- 257 pages
- First published
- 2026-07-19
Published by Northern Star Academic Press · First faithful English translation from the original Russian edition
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