Don’t be afraid !! This is not another ‘supposed to be boring’ math lesson ! So please do care to read on. As a school student one is always expected to learn the three R's – reading, writing and arithmetic. Almost all people begin to develop a sense of arithmetic in their childhood. Yes, believe me – very few people suffer from dyscalculia , a condition in which the patient has difficulty in understanding numbers and their manipulations. Numbers actually fascinate us even in our ignorance. A child is happier with five chocolates than he is with only one chocolate. I am sure that arithmetic calculations must have been a fun during the early years in school but all of a sudden when the arithmetic expands to mathematics, students develop a commonly observed syndrome which we may call mathphobia , meaning fear of mathematics. Suddenly, mathematics starts using English and Greek alphabets too, as if the numbers weren’t enough ! But you need to accept these changes. At first, take them ...