Introducti on,
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important place in the school
curriculum. The study of mathematics
requires specific abllity of intelligence. It
helps in training and disciplining the
mind as also developing the power of
thinking and reasoning. Mathematical
skills and their applications form an
indispensable tool in our daily life. It has
been rightly said that higher the
achievernent in the field of mathematics,
so is the nation’s development, Today, in.
the fast technologically-oriented society,
it has found a greater role to play. There
is hardly any subject in which
mathematics has no role to play.
However, inspite of all the above
characteristics, due to the hierarchy of
concepts and largely deductive and
abstract nature of the subject,
mathematics is considered as a very dull
and difficult subject. A phobia has been
created in the minds of the children that
mathematics is tough to learn. As a
result, most of the students are not
taking interest in the subject and it has
become one of the main causes of
student's failure in mathematics. No
doubt, mathematics is a subject which
requires single-minded concentration
and continuous efforts to achieve perfect
and accurate learning, A student who
can concentrate well can learn well,