Now-a-days,our children are used to calculators and computers. Their dependence on these machines is too much to do even small calculations.A small sum involving very little arithmetic calculation cannot be done by a school going boy without the use of pocket calculator. There were the days when our forefathers,who fostered and practiced traditional system were able to do difficult sums mentally and come out with instant answers. Ancient system of Mathematics like Vedic Mathematics stresses the importance of mental calculations.In India,we have come across several wizards of Mathematics,who were able to do calculations mettally at an astonishing speed and accuracy.If you study the System of Vedic Mathematics you will find a number of subtle tricks,which will give instant answers to questions,which otherwise may require more time and calculations in the traditional system. To startwith we will see today, sums involving simple multiplication.{our children, you might have seen are generally averse to multiplication,especially with numbers of two digits and more. HOMEModern age has made people to depend more on machines.Technological advancement has invented appliances for every household activity.Cooking, washing of clothes,sweeping,etc. ie.everything we do daily,can now be done without involvement of much physical labour.But one thing we have to admit that despite things are being accomplished easily and efficiently by machines, one could not match the natural beauty and ectacy.The taste and flavour of dishes manually made in our kitchens, in the customary and traditional methods will be so delicious that machine can never produce.Same thing is true in all spheres.