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Vedic Maths Tricks, Practised Online.

ERPLI Abacus includes a full Vedic Maths module with 31 tricks. Students pick a trick, practise it, and every answer is checked as they go, so your academy can offer Vedic Maths as a second course without extra worksheets.

ERPLI Abacus — Student panel: Vedic Math tricks grouped by operation, each with a Practice button
Student panel: Vedic Math tricks grouped by operation, each with a Practice button.

Everything you need to teach Vedic Maths

Part of ERPLI Abacus — the all-in-one software abacus academies use to teach, practise, test and run their centres.

Answers checked instantly

Students get feedback on every question, so they learn the trick correctly the first time instead of repeating a mistake.

Separate Vedic syllabus

Run Vedic Maths as its own course with levels and topics. Batches and exams pick it up automatically.

Vedic worksheets

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What is Vedic Maths in ERPLI? A practice module in ERPLI Abacus with 31 tricks in six groups. Each trick has a one-line rule, a worked example, and checked answers. Vedic Maths runs as its own syllabus next to abacus.

All 31 Vedic Maths tricks

Each trick has a one-line rule and a worked example. Tricks marked Practice have an interactive practice mode in the student panel.

Multiplication

Shortcuts that turn long multiplication into a few quick steps.

Square of numbers ending in 5

Multiply the leading part by the next number, then append 25.

Worked example

75² → 7 × 8 = 56 → 5625

Nikhilam, just below 100

Practice

Cross-subtract the deficits for the left part, and multiply the deficits for the right part.

Worked example

96 × 92 → 96 − 8 = 88, 4 × 8 = 32 → 8832

Nikhilam, just above 100

Practice

Cross-add the surpluses for the left part, and multiply the surpluses for the right part.

Worked example

104 × 107 → 104 + 7 = 111, 4 × 7 = 28 → 11128

Urdhva-Tiryagbhyam (criss-cross)

Practice

Multiply vertically at the ends and crosswise in the middle, carrying as you go.

Worked example

23 × 12 → 2 · 1 = 2 | 2 · 2 + 3 · 1 = 7 | 3 · 2 = 6 → 276

Multiply by 11

Practice

Keep the outer digits and place the sum of each neighbouring pair between them, carrying where needed.

Worked example

345 × 11 → 3 | 3+4=7 | 4+5=9 | 5 → 3795

Multiply by 9, 99, 999

Practice

The left part is the number minus 1; the right part is its complement to 10, 100 or 1000.

Worked example

7 × 9 → 6 | 3 = 63 · 37 × 99 → 36 | 63 = 3663

Multiply by 5, 25, 50

Practice

× 5 = halve, then × 10 · × 25 = × 100, then ÷ 4 · × 50 = × 100, then ÷ 2.

Worked example

36 × 25 → 3600 ÷ 4 = 900

Same tens digit, units adding to 10

Practice

Multiply the tens digit by the next number, then write the product of the units as two digits.

Worked example

34 × 36 → 3 × 4 = 12, 4 × 6 = 24 → 1224

Same units digit, tens adding to 10

Practice

Multiply the tens digits, add the units digit, then write the units squared as two digits.

Worked example

37 × 77 → 3 × 7 + 7 = 28, 7² = 49 → 2849

Doubling and halving

Practice

Halve one factor and double the other until one becomes easy.

Worked example

16 × 25 → 8 × 50 → 4 × 100 = 400

Squares & Cubes

Square and cube numbers near a round base in a single pass.

Squares near 50

Add the deviation to 25 for the left part; square the deviation for the right part.

Worked example

48² → 25 − 2 = 23, 2² = 04 → 2304

Yavadunam: squares near any base

Practice

Apply the deviation a second time for the left part, and square it for the right part.

Worked example

96² → 96 − 4 = 92, 4² = 16 → 9216

Duplex (Dwandwa Yoga) squaring

Practice

Build the answer from duplexes: a single digit’s duplex is its square, and a pair’s duplex is twice their product.

Cubes near a base

Practice

Left: number + twice the deviation · Middle: 3 × deviation² · Right: deviation³ (borrow if negative).

Worked example

103³ → 109 | 27 | 27 = 1,092,727

Difference of squares

Practice

a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b).

Worked example

53² − 47² = 100 × 6 = 600

Division

Divide quickly using complements and simple multiplications.

Nikhilam division

For divisors just below a base, bring the digits down and add the complement repeatedly.

Paravartya division

Practice

For divisors just above a base, use the negative complement and add down.

Dhwajanka (flag) division

Practice

Flag all but the first digit of the divisor, divide by the first digit, and subtract the cross products.

Divide by 5, 25, 125

Practice

÷ 5 = × 2, then ÷ 10 · ÷ 25 = × 4, then ÷ 100 · ÷ 125 = × 8, then ÷ 1000.

Worked example

740 ÷ 5 → 740 × 2 = 1480 ÷ 10 = 148

Addition & Subtraction

Add and subtract by working from the big place values first.

Nikhilam subtraction

Subtract every digit from 9 and the last digit from 10.

Worked example

1000 − 357 → 9−3 = 6, 9−5 = 4, 10−7 = 3 → 643

Left-to-right addition

Practice

Add the highest place values first and adjust as you go.

Vinculum (bar) numbers

Practice

Write digits 6 to 9 as bar digits (−4 to −1) and carry 1 to the next place, which shortens long additions.

Complement addition

Practice

Round to the nearest ten or hundred, then take back the difference.

Worked example

98 + 37 → 100 + 37 − 2 = 135

Crosswise fraction addition

Practice

Cross-multiply for the numerator, and multiply the denominators for the denominator.

Worked example

1/2 + 2/3 → (1 · 3 + 2 · 2) / (2 · 3) = 7/6

Roots

Find roots of perfect squares and cubes from their last digits.

Cube root of a perfect cube

Practice

Group the digits in threes. The last digit of the root comes from the last digit of the cube, and the first digit comes from the left group.

Worked example

185 193 → 57

Square root of a perfect square

Practice

Pair the digits from the right. The last digit of the square tells you the last digit of the root, and the leftmost pair gives the first digit.

Worked example

2025 → 45

Duplex square root

Practice

Iterative duplex subtraction gives roots of non-perfect squares to any precision.

Checks & Shortcuts

Verify answers and spot patterns in seconds.

Digital root check (casting out nines)

Reduce every number to its digit sum and check that the same operation still holds.

Worked example

478 → 4 + 7 + 8 = 19 → 1 + 9 = 10 → 1

Osculation divisibility

Practice

Test divisibility by 7, 13, 19, 29 and more: multiply the last digit by the multiplier (5 for 7, 4 for 13, 2 for 19, 3 for 29), add it to the rest, and repeat.

Worked example

49 → 4 + 9 × 5 = 49, divisible by 7

Recurring decimals by Ekadhikena

For 1/19 use multiplier 2 and build the 18-digit cycle from right to left.

Worked example

1/19 = 0.052631578947368421… (18-digit cycle)

Percentage flip

x% of y equals y% of x. Pick whichever is easier.

Worked example

25% of 80 = 80% of 25 = 20

Where these methods come from and how ERPLI teaches them

The tricks are the standard Vedic Maths methods, popularised by the book Vedic Mathematics by Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (first published 1965). ERPLI presents each rule as a short statement with one worked example, so students can check the method with their own numbers.

  • Every answer a student gives is checked and marked straight away.
  • Vedic Maths runs as its own syllabus in ERPLI Abacus, with the same students, teachers and batches as abacus.
  • Academies set the level and topic order; ERPLI does not prescribe a fixed course.

Questions about a specific trick? Message the ERPLI team.

See it inside ERPLI

Real screens from the ERPLI Abacus admin and student panels.

Frequently asked questions

Can I teach Vedic Maths and abacus in the same ERPLI account?

Yes. ERPLI Abacus keeps Abacus and Vedic Maths as separate syllabi in one account, so the same students, teachers and batches can use both.

Which Vedic Maths tricks are included?

ERPLI covers 31 tricks in six groups: multiplication, squares and cubes, division, addition and subtraction, roots, and checks and shortcuts. Examples include Nikhilam, Urdhva-Tiryagbhyam, squares ending in 5, multiply by 11, and osculation divisibility.

Do students need a physical abacus for Vedic Maths?

No. Vedic Maths practice in ERPLI is mental and on-screen; for abacus work students can also use the ERPLI digital abacus.

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ERPLI Abacus is abacus academy software from ERPLI. It puts live classes, daily practice, games, online exams, certificates, attendance, fees and franchise management in one platform, under your academy's own brand. Vedic Maths is built into ERPLI Abacus and shares data with every other feature, so students, parents, teachers and owners all use the same login.

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