SINGAPORE -- Cherlyn Lee is only five, but she is a computational whiz.She correctly answered six out of 10 tasks — each involving the addition of 10 rows of 10-digit numbers — at a mathematical olympiad on May 30. The score is a new Singapore record. The 5 minutes 17 seconds she took was also the fastest among 345 other contestants, most of whom were older than her.
By comparison, the world record holder is Alberto Coto of Spain, who in 2008 got 10 out of 10 correct answers in 4 minutes 26 seconds. He was 38 then. Full Story
