Mental Calculation World Cup 2012MCWC 2012

Gießen, Germany, 29 September - 1 October 2012

CONTENTS: Mental Calculation World Cup Web Site | Maths Links
WORLD CUP 2012:  General Information | Results | Mathematikum


The Mental Calculation World Cup 2012 took place at Mathematikum, a science museum in Gießen, Germany.Mathematikum
32 calculators from 16 countries took part.

The first highlight of the MCWC 2012 was a tutorial about factorization of numbers. Willem Bouman from the Netherlands presented his method for finding the prime factors of large numbers.

World Cup Winners:Mental Calculation World Cup
      participants 2012

The world cup winner in the overall ranking was Naofumi Ogasawara, a soroban teacher from Japan. Hua Wei Chan (Malaysia) came second and Jan van Koningsveld (Germany) third.

The world cup winners in the separate categories were:

Addition:
Naofumi Ogasawara (Japan)
Calendar Calculations: Myagmarsuren Tuuruul (Mongolia)
Multiplication: Freddis Reyes Hernández (Cuba)
Square Roots: Naofumi Ogasawara (Japan)
Cube Roots (Interactive Intelligence Trophy): Jan van Koningsveld (Germany)
Most Versatile Calculator (surprise tasks):  Naofumi Ogasawara (Japan)
The complete results can be found here.

Contacts:
If you have any questions on the MCWC, please contact info@recordholders.org.
The best place for discussions about the World Cup and mental calculation in general is the Mental Calculation Mailing List.


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CONTENTS: Mental Calculation World Cup Web Site | Maths Links
WORLD CUP 2012:  General Information | Results | Mathematikum