Math Made Easy
How symptoms commonly present
Dyscalculia/Acalculia:
Difficulty with math generally or unable to use numbers and do math.
- Symptoms may commonly present as:
- Errors in simple math problems i.e. 3 x 2 = 8
- Needing to use fingers or lines of 5 or 10 instead of numerals to count
- Multiplication and division issues
- Word problem difficulties
- Related problems can include:
- Right-left orientation
- Following directions (such as maps or sequential instructions)
- Telling the time
- Punctuality
- Remembering events in sequences
Kids
- Has difficulty telling time, managing time, learning sequenced information or tasks, or being on time
- Computing math shows dependence on finger counting and other tricks; knows answers, but can’t do it on paper.
- Can count, but has difficulty counting objects and dealing with money.
- Can do arithmetic, but fails word problems; cannot grasp algebra or higher math.
Adults
- May understand higher math, but can’t show it on paper.
- May excel at math, or may still rely on tricks for remembering math facts
- Relies on calculators or finger counting. May have difficulty with making change.
- Difficulty with left/right and/or North, South, East, West.
- Gets lost easily or never forgets a place they’ve been.
- Difficulty reading maps.
- May have anxiety or stress when driving in unfamiliar places. Relies on others to drive when possible
- May lose track of time and is frequently late – or is highly aware of it and is very rarely late.
- Finds it difficult to estimate how long a task will take to complete.
- Excellent long-term memory for experiences, locations, and faces.
- Poor memory for sequences, facts and information that has not been experienced.
- Thinks primarily with images and feeling, not sounds or words (little internal dialogue).
Math Made Easy
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