Amazing! 13-Year-Old Breaks New Record in Maths Competition, Solves 17 Maths Questions In 1 Minute

A 13-year-old girl, Oluwatunmise Idowu, has set a new record in maths competition after solving 17 Maths questions in one minute in the annual Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television quiz.

According to Punch , the student who is a pupil of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun is the daughter of a Mathematics teacher. Idowu and a number of c0-contestants were required to answer as many questions as possible in 60 seconds as the test was based on speed and accuracy.

Co-participants in the competition in the Group B phase in which Idowu won were Ayomide Nafisat Abdulwaheed, a JSS 3 pupil of Reality High School, Osogbo, Osun State; Olajide Osoba of Atlantic Hall, Epe, Lagos State; Edidiong Okon of Topfaith International Secondary School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; Charles Adesoba of Petoa City College, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State; and Vanessa Ibol of NOWA Secondary School, New Kashi, Nassarawa State.

Idowu beat the 15/60 seconds record of last year by Ayodeji Akinkuowo of Adeyemi Demonstration College, Ondo State. Akinkuowo eventually won the senior category of the competition.

The youngster, who said she spends four hours practising Mathematics everyday, also hopes to win the crown this year.

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“I want to win. My parents want me to win, just like my school also wants me victorious. Winning the crown will be the greatest gift I want from God this year.

Apart from the one million naira prize, the bragging right in my school and among my friends will be inestimable. I can’t wait for the glorious moment. I pray for God’s favour,” she said.

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