Impie third at international maths contest in India
Carika was the only student from Ekurhuleni who qualified to participate at this auspicious event
CARIKA Kruger, an 11-year-old learner at Laerskool Impala, came third in her level at the 20th UCMAS Abacus & Mental Arithmetic International Competition in New Delhi, India, in December.
A new world record was set as this competition was the biggest mental arithmetic competition in the world with 11 548 students from more than 21 countries in the world participating.
Carika was the only student from Ekurhuleni who qualified to participate at this auspicious event.
Carika had 100 addition and subtraction questions, 100 multiplication and 100 division questions to complete in eight minutes without any abacus or calculator.
She had to complete this paper with mental arithmetic, using the skills she acquired on the UCMAS programme such as concentration, imagination, memory, observation, creativity, judgement, application and reasoning.
