Dr. Weil's Math Shortcut

The video below is me showing you how to use the easiest way I have created to do math. The jpeg file below it is an image of the paper I did the shortcut on.

Beginning Dr. Weil's Math Shortcut video (8 mins)

Beginning Dr. Weil's Math Shortcut image

This is the full pdf file explaining how to use the math shortcut.

Beginning Dr. Weil's Shortcut pdf

If you love math, the Math Tutorial for Astronomy Students includes the algebraic math that other CCSF Astronomy Instructors use and a longer explanation of my shortcut.

Need help with understanding how to write big and small numbers in astronomy? This may help.

Scientific Notation (6:29 min)