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World Record broken as almost 2 Million students from 206 countries unite to break a world record.
It All Adds Up For 11 Year Old Kaya Genc, World Math Day 2009 Champion!
World Record broken as almost 2 Million students from 206 countries unite to break a world record.
World Record broken, with a record number of students from 206 correctly answering 452,681,681 questions during the World Math Day.
An 11 year student from Queensland Australia, correctly answered 129,106 arithmetic questions in 48 hours, to take home the title of World Math Day Champion for 2009.
WHITE PLAINS, NY, March 07, 2009 /E-Learning PR News/ -- Kaya Genc, an 11 year old student from the land 'downunder', Australia, has correctly answered 129,106 arithmetic questions in 48 hours, to take home the title of World Math Day Champion for 2009. Kaya triumphed over more than 1,952,879 million students from 204 countries to take home this year's global title.
After he was given his winning news, Kaya said, "Wow! I can't believe I've beaten the whole world! I've been working hard practicing and preparing for the event, so I'm happy all the hard work has paid off."
Event organizers have announced that they have also broken the world record set last year, with a record number of students correctly answering 452,681,681 questions during the event in 2009. US students on World Math Day correctly answered over 127 million questions.
Peter Walters, Chief Executive Officer of 3P Learning USA, event organizers, said, "We have had an outstanding response to the event this year with almost 2 million students, from all corners of the globe. It's well beyond anything we imagined possible when the event first began 3 years ago". "In 2007 and 2008, the average student who participated in World Math Day had improvement of 30% in mental math speed and accuracy," he also reported.
The event, has become the world's largest annual educational event. Students compete in real time against other children using the World Math Day website and online program, playing 60-second games during which they answer as many mental arithmetic questions as accurately and as fast as they can.
For the second year running, Cartoon Network, the leading kids television channel, has lent its support in promoting the event and encouraging kids to take part.
This year 3P Learning, creators of World Math Day and the flagship learning platform LiveMathBowl, are also donating $4 from every LiveMathBowl license sold before the 10th of March, to UNICEF.
Images and further information available from www.worldmathday.com
Peter Walters and Kaya Genc are both available for interview.
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