The Human Calculator, Scott Flansburg: The Secret to Numbers

March 16 • 2:30 PM

Scott Flansburg, The Human Calculator™ holds the Guinness World Record for being the fastest human calculator for mental computation. Learn the secret to numbers and be dazzled as Scott shows off his world records and lightning speed in mental computation.

Audiences will walk away with a renewed excitement that math is something that can be done by all ages and abilities. It’s about confidence and understanding how important math skills are to everyday life and that simple application to thinking about numbers differently can make everyone think like a human calculator.

In his 20-plus years of teaching math, The Human Calculator™ Scott Flansburg, a popular and celebrated personality, has been interviewed on NBC’s The Today Show, Oprah, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dateline NBC, and much more.

Scott has appeared as keynote speaker for Tony Robbins, NASA, IBM, The Smithsonian Institution and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, among other organizations, and has made free appearances at thousands of schools worldwide. He recently returned from an educational tour in Australia as Patron of the Commonweath Bank Australian Maths Challenge and speaking at Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. Earlier in 2010 he participated in the Mental Calculation World Cup 2010, and in 2009 broke his own Guinness World Record. Scott is the global ambassador for World Math Day and US Ambassador the American Math Challenge.

Scott Flansburg presents all over the world on ways to think about numbers differently. He examines various techniques of looking at solving computation problems in your head. He explores how to improve speed and accuracy of mental computation while discussing integrating engaging technologies into the classroom to help switch kids on to math.