Krabi Kindergarten pupils take gold medals at world maths olympiad

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Krabi Kindergarten pupils take gold medals at world maths olympiad

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Children at Krabi Kindergarten are among the gold medal winners at the World TITLE: International Mathematical Olympiad in Tokyo.

 

Director of Krabi Kindergarten Suthep Piakbutr, said today that first graders Tan Thongnoon and Chatdanai Limsirilangsan both won gold medals at the 2019 World International Mathematical Olympiad that was held on December 28 in Tokyo. The maths competition brought together 330 maths students from 12 countries: Australia, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Singapore, and Thailand.

 

Prior to the final competition in Tokyo, 1,700 students competed at the Thailand International Mathematical Olympiad in Phuket in April of 2019. A subsequent competition was held where 1,300 students competed at the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad from August to September. Thailand received 21 gold metals, 11 silver metals, 13 bronze metals, and 3 merit awards. The two students at Krabi Kindergarten were among the 21 gold medal finalists.

 

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[sweatalot]

I wonder what math problems they solved

[Prairieboy]

(PISA Data): "And in mathematics, Thais scored 419 points, well below the OECD average of 489."

 

 

 

[Mavideol]

20 hours ago, sweatalot said:

I wonder what math problems they solved

maybe the same school were TAT got theirs 555

[WalkingOrders]

Good for them!

[TEFLKrabi]

Praise where it’s due. They beat kids from other countries, Singapore and India amongst them. Well done Krabi.

[natway09]

Encouraging !!

[Redline]

So everyone got metals