Great

ruggedadventure:
*claps for her

clap her

Why is maths always sad Oya make u ans dis lil riddle.

For solving 17 Maths questions in one minute, a pupil of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State, Oluwatunmise Idowu, has set a new record in the annual Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television quiz.

Idowu, 13, set the new record when she slugged it out in the Group B stage of the on-going competition with 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.

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

The competition is an annual programme organised by Promasidor Nigeria Limited. The phase won by Idowu involved a test of contestants’ speed and accuracy as they were required to answer as many questions as possible in 60 seconds.

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

“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.


REALITY HIGH SCHOOL is in ILESHA, not Oshogbo.
....and i can categorically say that the school is the best school in Osun State....and one of the best in the south-west and in Nigeria. They have appeared in the finals of The Cowbell National Mathematics Competition both in the junior and senior category a record 10 times (2007 - till date) and have about 12 trophies in their cabinet including the Benson Oweka Prize. For this, i think the school deserves a special recognition from Promasidor Nigeria Limited.
I proudly say my three siblings and i have represented the school in the finals either in the junior or senior category and came out 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
I'm really proud of you guys....you kept the great legacy going.


ABEG....GIVE THAT GREAT SCHOOL 3 GBOSASSSS

jide219:



http://punchng.com/13-year-old-sets-new-record-maths-competition/

School in Otta Ogun State are known for grooming young Mathematicians. From Ambassadors College, to Ota Total Academy, to Iganmode Grammar School, and now Scholars Universal School.


These schools were past winners or top 3 contenders at previous Cowbell Mathematics competitions.

Congrats to her

Fourwinds:
u are very funny....read ur explanation and look at urself....

y are u playing d Ostrich....if other subjects use Mathematics it means they can not do without it....


is like telling someone hair is not important in d body...

You are getting it all wrong bro. No genius and real scientist will question the importance of mathematics in scientific disciplines but it is typically useless to solve mathematical equations and failed to apply it to scientific expressions.

In country like Nigeria, we need more of mathematics applications than we need its theoretical analysis. Our problem solving skills should not just stop on the written pages of the manuscript but by using it to build a model that will simulate reality.

Yoruba people and sharp brain like bread and butter

OK wedonhere

Sometimes, I think that competition is rigged...
She tried sha....

Wow! Datz so cool

keep it up sweet. make mum and dad proud

femidejulius:
While it is commendable, we should ask what exactly does solving maths add to our lives?

I hate formal education. We learn to draw and label insects when we were younger. Till now, it hasn't helped us a bit to better our lives. I still remember dos maths equation we were forced to solve. Today, they are still solving it in sch. Yet, it hasn't brought any positive change.

And this horseshit got 35 likes... weyrey nation.

Who solved the question, whose picture are we seeing? Mtchew

revolt:
That girls brain was hot!! I watched it. Ofcos not too many comments here cos our youths would rather watch big broda or some whizkid baby mama news!! The things that matter theyre not informed in.
Little wonder they all shouted change and sai baba without knowing anything about the old papas past.

DAMN!!!

HCpaul:


You are getting it all wrong bro. No genius and real scientist will question the importance of mathematics in scientific disciplines but it is typically useless to solve mathematical equations and failed to apply it to scientific expressions.

In country like Nigeria, we need more of mathematics applications than we need its theoretical analysis. Our problem solving skills should not just stop on the written pages of the manuscript but by using it to build a model that will simulate reality.

Just because there isn't a current application of a specific sub-field of math doesn't mean it's useless. In fact, it's usually ahead of physics in terms of development.

Example: long before the development of quantum mechanics, the solutions to the angular part of Laplace's equations (spherical harmonics) have been well studied. Many years later (1920s or 30s), physicists found out that these spherical harmonics form a complete set of eigenfunctions of the angular momentum operator. Before then, it would be regarded as useless by people who share your view. But those solutions are bloody important!

Group theory is another example... and many more.

What we need in Naija isn't even advanced science. It's just the most basic stuff: goddamn manufacturing companies and energy generation.

Keep the flag flying

kaen1317:
It's a pity u come from a stupid senseless country like Nigeria where talents are wasted if not b the Grace of God

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That is why when i see the success story of venus and serena williams i am just glad their father relocated them to the US.

She is a proud daughter of yoruba land reporting live from NCAN oou chapter

Congratulations
Hope the parents won't force her to go and study medicine and surgery.... Cos it will be a disaster.. .

Fellow NCAN members where are you

Ginus in the making, no doubt about that

Awesome!

sammystick:

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Wow!!!!!

I am not surprised.Sebi na Yoruba?They have the greatest number of the best black mathematicians in the WWW...whole wide world.Yoruba in the same sentence with brain,intelligence,wisdom na like bird and fly....INSEPARABLE.

Good one. I wish her the very best and pray she wins the competition too. This is worthy of commendation

Sleekyshuga:

Sorry to say but your mind set is totally wrong..

Education is a key/basic/bedrock/foundation to every child's starting point..

'If you think education is expensive, try ignorance..'

Mathematics is an everyday applicable course..

**thinking** What will it profit you to make all the money in the world, and employ someone to draw up simple basic calculations for you ?

@ topic, WOW!!! Commendable.. If only the price money can be something tangible, though she is leaving a record that would always be referred to..

I never said education is useless. Did I? I believe in education too, but I choose to believe in the education that contribute to our lives positively as a nation. I will rather believe in the education that supports invention than one that leads nowhere. What has the mathematical equations you have ever solved contributed to the development of mankind? It is not about solving equations. It is about if those equations you solved eventually solved real life problems.

narttis1:


Very dumb

Lol. You have eyes but can't see. The Wright brothers were called crazy when they said they will fly in the skies. Deep thinking are often met with criticism from a generality of 'dumb' people.

Hey! Go solve some more maths

LucifersTongue:

And this horseshit got 35 likes... weyrey nation.

Funnily, the likes kept increasing. Maybe it isn't a horseshit after all

femidejulius:
While it is commendable, we should ask what exactly does solving maths add to our lives?

I hate formal education. We learn to draw and label insects when we were younger. Till now, it hasn't helped us a bit to better our lives. I still remember dos maths equation we were forced to solve. Today, they are still solving it in sch. Yet, it hasn't brought any positive change.

I disagree sir. I mean with the Math equation thing.

Am no lover of math but understanding a simple but tactical concept makes you errrrm errrm.... More common sensical

LucifersTongue:


And this horseshit got 35 likes... weyrey nation.

Baba me sef reason am o. Explains why nigerians don't have common sense

Ordinary math they cannot understand.

Come out into the real world, they still cannot understand many things

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Olorun oni fikan mi ropo wa lojo ayo wa,where her pishure now..............??