14-year-old Aaryan Shukla from the Indian state of Maharashtra has broken six Guinness World Records in Dubai.
1. Fastest time to mentally add 100 four-digit numbers - 30.9 sec
2. Fastest time to mentally add 200 four-digit numbers - 1 min 9.68 sec
3. Fastest time to mentally add 50 five-digit numbers - 18.71 sec
4. Fastest time to mentally divide a 20-digit number by a 10-digit number (set of 10) - 5 min 42 sec
5. Fastest time to mentally multiply two five-digit numbers (set of 10) - 51.69 sec
6. Fastest time to mentally multiply two eight-digit numbers (set of 10) - 2 min 35.41 sec
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In a chat with Guiness World Records, Aryan talked about his routine every day.
“Daily practice is one of the important aspects to prepare for competitions, […] so I practise for about five or six hours daily.”
Aaryan’s proud mum said: “Since childhood, he was very good […] with numbers. He enjoyed studying and playing with numbers.
“At the age of six he started the practice of mental calculation, and he was very good, so we started doing some research on this.
“[…] At the age of eight we went for an international competition and he won medals and trophies, which were great achievements.”
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