Congratulations to all the 401 participants and their Area Facilitators in the 3rd Philippine National Vedic Mathematics Olympiad! The Gold Medalists in their respective categories are: Beginners: Jan Lemuel F. ZapantaBarrio Obrero Elementary SchoolZyana Jacynth R. PajaritoRamon Magasaysay Central Elementary…
“Multiply the last digit by 5 and add it to the remaining number.” This is the divisibility rule which was said to be “discovered” by a 12-year old Nigerian boy, Chika Ofili for which he was given recognition by his…
Last week we discussed, using 7 as an example, a divisibility test which can be used for any divisor. We will now discuss the divisibility rule for 7 as commonly taught in schools: “the difference between twice the unit’s digit…
Congratulations to the three elementary pupils, three high school students and four teachers who passed the Level II assessment given by the Institute for the Advancement of Vedic Mathematics (IAVM) in cooperation with MATH-Inic Philippines last June 12, 2022. They…
Congratulations to all those who took the Level I assessment on June 10, 2022, which was conducted by the Institute for the Advancement of Vedic Mathematics (IAVM) in cooperation with MATH-Inic Philippines. Two high school teachers, two high school students…
Most Grade 3 or Grade 4 learners are taught a method of determining a number’s divisibility by 7. In 2019, a 12-year-old Nigerian boy Chika Ofili, became an internet sensation when he received a special award from his school because…
A number that is divisible by 18 must be divisible by 2 and by 9. It also follows that numbers divisible by both 2 and 9 must be divisible by 18. Therefore, to find out if a number is divisible…
“Most of us want to avoid 9 in almost all calculations. But again, we can make calculations easier by thinking of 9 as the difference of 10 and 1, (10 – 1). This fact is particularly useful in division by…
This question was given in the Primary category in the 2nd MATH-Inic Vedic Mathematics National challenge held online last April 30, 2022. The conventional approach to this problem is of course, 1) perform the subtraction and 2) divide the difference…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2nd MATH-Inic Vedic Mathematics National Challenge held online last April 30, 2022. Here are the top three scorers in each category: Beginners (9 years old and younger) Jan Lemuel F. Zapanta, Barrio Obrero ES,…