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Tamanna S Mehdi, Author at The New Indian Express says, Maths can scare the best of us. However, Ramadugu Lakshmi Narsimha Murthy, better known as RLN Murthy, a maths teacher for the past 35 years begs to differ.
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| Math teacher takes free online classes Photo: Ramadugu Lakshmi Narsimha Murthy |
Maths can scare the best of us. However, Ramadugu Lakshmi Narsimha Murthy, better known as RLN Murthy, a maths teacher for the past 35 years begs to differ. Murthy, 55, who currently lives in Gurram Guda, Hyderabad hails from the remote Medaram village in PA Pally Mandal, Nalgonda district and asserts that, “Maths is easy. There is no need to memorise; it is logical and concept-based.”
Recently on the occasion of World Mathematics Day on December 22 in recognition of his efforts in teaching maths, he received the ‘Ganitha Bhushan’ award by If Foundation. Murthy who has been teaching maths to Classes VIII, IX, and X at Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) in Toopranpet village, Yadadri Bhongir district since 1998 also has a YouTube channel ‘Sakala Vidya’ where he has uploaded over 1,200 videos. The topics he covers ranges from the Intermediate level to EAMCET and IIT-JEE Mains, among others.
Since the Covid-19 lockdown started, he has been taking live interactive classes for Intermediate, EAMCET and other competitive exams. All of Murthy’s classes and videos are free...
As of now, almost 99.7K people subscribe to his YouTube channel. One popular video on shortcuts to math problems has around 4,74,601 views.
Problem-solving strategies
Read the question comprehensively
Understand the question correctly
Selection of right method/formulae
Continuation using four fundamental operations- addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Source: The New Indian Express
