mental calculation

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Noun

mental calculation (countable and uncountable, plural mental calculations)

1. Arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator.

   Synonym: mental arithmetic

Translations

arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator

• Arabic: حساب ذهني
• Bulgarian: смятане наум n (smjatane naum)
• Catalan: càlcul mental
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 心算 (sam¹ syun³)

  Mandarin: 心算 (zh) (xīnsuàn)

• Dutch: hoofdrekenen (nl)
• Finnish: päässälasku
• French: calcul mental (fr)
• German: Kopfrechnen (de)
• Greek: νοεροί υπολογισμοί (noeroí ypologismoí)
• Hebrew: חישוב בעל-פה
• Hindi: मनगणित (managṇit)
• Hungarian: fejszámolás (hu)
• Indonesian: aritmetika cepat
• Italian: calcolo mentale
• Japanese: 暗算 (ja)
• Korean: 암산 (amsan)
• Malay: congak (ms)
• Norman: caltchul du sens d'sa tête
• Norwegian: hoderegning
• Persian: محاسبه ذهنی
• Russian: устный счёт (ustnyj sčot)
• Serbo-Croatian: ментална аритметикa
• Spanish: cálculo mental
• Swedish: huvudräkning (sv)
• Tamil: மனக்கணக்கு (maṉakkaṇakku)
• Ukrainian: усні обчислення (usni občyslennja)
• Waray-Waray: kalkulasyon ha huna-huna

See also

• computer
• human calculator
• lightning calculator
• mental calculator