Text size

Bulgarian 6th-grader is the new junior world champion in speed math

published on 10/4/22 2:24 PM

Photo: ruo-sofia-grad.com

The new world champion in mental calculation for children up to 12 years old is Bulgaria's Kaloyan Geshev, a 6th-grade student at Sofia's 125 Boyan Penev School.

At the World Mental Calculation Championship held in the city of Bielefeld, Germany, the Bulgarian boy achieved an incredible score of 2,217 points, with which he won the gold medal and the world title.

Kaloyan Geshev managed the tasks of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, cube roots, fractions, currency conversion, conversion of measurement units, calculation of calendar dates and many others in less than two hours. He only had a sheet of paper for writing down the answers.

56 children from 13 countries participated in the competition and for the second time in its history a child from Europe became the winner.

Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!

Radio Bulgaria Life Bielefeld Germany mental calculation World Mental Calculation Championship

Gallery

More from category

Starting today: Send your letter to Santa Claus in Stara Zagora

From today, residents of Stara Zagora, young and old, can send their letter to Santa Claus. A letterbox has been set up in the foyer of the city's State Puppet Theatre to collect messages for Father Christmas. The cultural institution guarantees that..

published on 11/16/24 8:30 AM

A beautiful Bulgarian Christmas tree shines again at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

A Christmas tree with Bulgarian decorations has been placed in a central location at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. For the fifth consecutive year, Bulgarians living in Chicago crafted the lavish decoration of the Bulgarian..

updated on 11/16/24 7:10 AM

How much of the Bulgarian cultural heritage in Ukraine has been preserved remains unclear

The usurpation of cultural heritage is one of the many inevitable consequences of any military conflict, both historically and today. Until the end of the war in Ukraine, it is impossible to adequately analyse the extent of the damage caused to the..

published on 11/15/24 12:00 PM