Do mentally the addition of all the food that you need when you go to the groceries & supermarket.

Only practice and study

i also wasnt good in math but i found out tha in maths the basics are more important in understanding the advanced parts so if you dont understand a topic trace the root cause of your misunderstanding by starting from the very basic and gradualy build your understandin of that topic eg if your a high school and a topic in algebra eg vectors causes you problems trace vectors from where the topic began eg ninth or tenth grade to your precent level and youll notice where you lost the track . ihope my experiecne will help you wish you the best

First of all please give up your fobia towards maths – If you understand the key trics, maths is not only the easiest subject but also it will improve your understanding / learing ability for the other subjects particularly complicated science / Engineering etc.,

Basic thing you have to do is ~ by heart the number tables at least up to 20 X 20. This will help you not only in improving the math skill but also improve your memory. This will certainly improve the problem solving skills.

Remember the key formulaes – be sure where to use which formula.

Don’t try to by heart solutions, know how to arive at them. Don’t start the tough problems straigt away, start from the simple ones and gradually move towards tough ones.

Seek the guidence of some experienced, good tutor of your choice.

you can not really improve you math skills by crosswords you will have to do math problems or go to wall-mart and get the book math for dummies

Try one of the many programs you can buy on cd rom. You can learn at your own pace and you are not under pressure of performing for a “tutor”. Tutors are fine, unless you just want to descreetly improve your skills on the side.

“Math for Dummies” is a good one. You will be able to “quietly” improve with no pressure. Good luck.

Practice. Working with a checkbook is also a good, practical method.

Sit with someone who LOVES math or is really good at it. My husband tutored me (he was my boyfriend then) for about 40 minutes and my math skills improved so drastically it was almost like I’d had a brain transplant. He identified why I was having difficulty: I had a mental block and wanted to be done before I started. Someone told me last week of an organization (sorry, I don’t know the name) that has 7 questions (math equations) that if solved, the solver will receive a million dollars. Now THERE’S and incentive to improve!

There is something called Vedic Maths …. May be that will help, since it enhances the analytical skills and also makes calculations very simple and hassle free !

Number sense for UIL – see if your school has practice sheets.