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Join best-selling maths author Rob Eastaway as he takes an entertaining look at how to figure without a calculator. With amusing anecdotes, arithmetical challenges, and handy calculations tips, this is an engaging introduction to the essential skills of estimation.

This talk was filmed in the Ri on 18 October 2019.

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