Sometimes you have to do a mental calculation and it's hard to find the solution or you have doubts about whether the result is correct. The use of calculators helps to do more complex calculations, but it reduces the brain's ability to perform simple operations that were previously done quickly and confidently.
Today's exercise develops e power up the ability to perform a mental calculation quickly, increasing concentration skills and mental flexibility.
We are at episode number 39 of the column “Gym mental" for a "Brain Vincente” the result of the collaboration of FIRST online Professor Giuseppe Alfredo Iannoccari, neuropsychologist, professor at the State University of Milan and president of Assomensana, the association for the development and enhancement of mental activities. Each Sunday a mental gymnastics exercise is proposed on FIRSTonline that stimulates different mental abilities. In the banner on the right of our home page or , here all the exercises already published are grouped together, which have stimulated a different ability of our brain each time.
Let's remember the basic rules
For each exercise you will be shown:
- which cognitive functions it stimulates
- what purpose does it serve in everyday life
- delivery to carry out the exercise
- how long should the execution time be?
- how to calculate the score
- the finish line for an optimal score
- how to make it more empowering
- which variations to adopt to continue doing so
Mental gymnastics exercise number 39: “The naughty clock”
This week we propose the new exercise “The Naughty Clock” for the column “The Winning Brain” which develops e power up:
- Calculation
- Concentration
- Mental flexibility
- Processing speed
Delivery: The clock display does not go beyond 12.59 and to indicate subsequent times it expresses the hours in minutes.
For example, instead of writing 13.00 it writes 12.60, that is 12 + 60 minutes; instead of 14.15 it writes 12.135 (12 is the hour; 135 is the sum of two hours = 60 + 60 minutes + 15 minutes = 135).
Please convert the following times as quickly as possible:
12.80; 12.120; 12.150; 12.200; 12.265; 12.300; 12.350; 12.395; 12.510; 12.600.
Execution time: 120 seconds.
Score: 10 points for each word.
Traguardo: score 100 points in 120 seconds.
Strengthening: score 100 points in two minutes with the following times:
12.185; 12.162; 12.175; 12.230; 12.450; 12.540; 12.700; 12.765; 12.888; 12.999.
variants: reverse the exercise, turning the hours after 12.00 into 'naughty' hours.
Example: 15.30 = 12.210.
Call: write your results in the comments.
