Remember your teacher once said that psychological math is important because you can’t walk around with the calculator everywhere? It's OK, the fact that we're going to do now, in fact, we're everywhere (hi, smartphone), the teenager from India took a step further: he's essentially becoming a human calculator.
According to a statement from Guinness World Records on February 12, 14-year-old Aaryan Shukla conducted the calculation of world records through six psychological mathematical mathematical calculations. Cruise and earned the well-deserved nickname, “Human Calculator Kid”.
“This 'human calculator' may be doing psychiatric math faster than you can do it,” Guinness World Records spokesman Vassiliki Bakogianni wrote in a statement.
Specifically, Shukla:
- 100 four-digit numbers mentally added in 30.9 seconds
- One minute and 9.68 seconds, mentally adding 200 four-digit numbers
- 18.71 seconds add 50 five-digit numbers mentally
- Five minutes and 42 seconds, mentally divide 20 digits by 10 digits ten times
- 51.69 seconds mentally multiplied by two five-digit numbers ten times
- Two minutes 35.41 seconds, multiply mentally by two eight-digit numbers ten times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl2zxdjwt48
According to the statement, these are one of the most difficult psychological calculation world records ever made. Shukla's incredible achievement is also after another world record he broke at the age of 13 in April 2024: The fastest time adds 50 five mentally digit number.
It only took him 25.19 seconds. This is the addition every half second. I wouldn't be surprised if students seeking “shortcuts” in math assignments start calling Shukla instead of reaching out for their Chatgpt browser tags.
“A lot of things in psychological calculations happen in a flash of a second, so I can’t say what’s going on in my mind, […] I did this naturally. “Basically, it's so fast that you can't think of it, you just have to do the calculations.” ”
Shukla's mother says her son showed psychological math skills at a very young age (or we'll say young) Age: “At eight, we were in international competitions and he won medals and trophies, which was a huge achievement,” she explained. Shukla's father also pointed out that spiritual mathematics does not run in the family.
But while it seems like a pure, unique talent, Shukla's achievements have a lot of hard work.
“Daily practice is one of the important aspects of preparing for the competition. […] So I practice for about five to six hours a day. He explained. Most importantly, Shukla also has the responsibility to practice Sahaja Yoga meditation to “stay calm and focus”, enjoy reading, play video games, play cricket and travel.
Aaryan is a world champion and a member of the founding committee of the Global Psychological Calculator Association (GMCA), and in his father's words, “a person of a billion people.”
