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-Faith Odunsi, a 15-year-old secondary school student has set a new record by winning a global maths contest.

-Miss Faith defeated students from the US, UK and other countries to clinch the top prize.

-The brilliant student had earlier set a record by answering 19 questions in 60 seconds in the Cowbellpedia competition.


Faith Odunsi, 15, recently made Nigeria proud as she emerged the winner of the Global Open Mathematics Tournament, an international competition with participants from Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australia.

Ms Faith, an SS3 student from Ijebu in Ogun state shared her experience winning the global competition in an interview with The Punch. She told the newspaper that winning the "tough competition" made her happy and honoured.

Faith narrated how she excelled in different stages of the contest to emerge the overall winner. Her words: "In the first stage, there was a computer-based test and we had to answer many questions in one hour. My score in the test was 66.

The second stage took the same format and I also scored 66. "The quarter and semi-finals were on Microsoft themes. We were asked questions and we put in our answers; the first to put in the correct answers got 10 points."

Speaking about how she prepared, Faith said she made sure the competition did not affect her academic activities. So, it's after the school period that she had another class with her teacher who coached her for the contest. She also studied at night from 11pm to 12am.

As the winner of the contest, Faith was presented with a monetary award of $1,000 (N379,000, according to the CBN's current exchange rate). She added that the organisers said they would come for the official presentation of the award. Before winning the global contest, Faith had in 2018 set a record in Cowbellpedia by answering 19 questions in 60 seconds.She intends to study Computer Engineering for her tertiary education.

A 15-year-old Nigerian student emerged victorious in a global mathematics competition, surpassing contenders from China, the UK, the US, Asia, and Australia.

The young prodigy, Faith Odunsi, not only won the competition but also set a new record by winning with a 30-point margin. She prepared for the contest after class with her teacher who coached her and she also studied at night from 11 pm to 12 am.

Faith Odunsi is currently a senior high school student at the Ambassadors School in Ota, Ogun State. She has plans to study computer engineering in college.

Congratulations Miss Faith Odunsi a 15year old girl who represented Nigeria🇳🇬 at the Global Mathematics Competition*, beats China, United States of America,U.K /other representatives, and became the world best Mathematics student. The judges called her Calculator.

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