| Priyanshi Somani | |
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Somani winning the 2010 Mental Calculation World Cup |
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| Born | 16 November 1998 Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Mental calculator |
Priyanshi Somani (born 16 November 1998) is a mental calculator.[1] She was the youngest participant of the Mental Calculation World Cup 2010 and won the overall title. She is the only participant who has done 100% accuracy in Addition, Multiplication, Square Root till date in all four Mental Calculation World Cups. Somani is the winner of "Pogo Amazing Kids Awards 2010" in genius category. Her name is also added in the Limca Book of World Records.
Priyanshi Somani, daughter of business man Satyen Somani and Anju Somani, started learning Mental Maths at the age of 6. She was the youngest participant of the Mental Calculation World Cup 2010 and won the overall combination title held at the University of Magdeburg, Germany on 5-7 June 2010. Somani claimed the title among 37 competitors from 16 countries, after standing 1st in extracting square roots from 6 digit numbers up to 8 significant digits in 6:51 minutes, 2nd in addition [10 numbers of 10 digits] and multiplication [2 numbers of 8 digits]. She is the only participant who has done 100% accuracy in Addition, Multiplication, Square Root till date in all four mental calculation world cups. She also made a "World Cup Record" in the square root.Priyanshi also solved 10 assigned tasks of square root correctly in 6:28 minutes on June 7, 2010, during the World Cup.
Priyanshi has also qualified for the Memoriad competition going to be held in Turkey 2012. Priyanshi has been named the Indian Ambassador for the prestigious World Maths Day 2011 event.
In 2006, 2007 and 2008 National Champion in abacus and mental arithmetic competition in India and in 2007 International Champion at Malaysia. In International Olympiad of Mathematics 2008 Priyanshi stood 1st at international level in grade 5. 1st position in Mathematics International Assessments for Indian Schools conducted by Macmillan Publishers India Ltd. among 15 countries in 2008 in grade 5.
Priyanshi Somani is the winner of "Pogo Amazing Kids Awards 2010" in genius category. Her name is also added in the Limca Book of World Records.
Priyanshi was the “Guest Of Honor” in the 16th Mental Arithmetic International Competition on 28th November 2010 organized by UCMAS Global Education Group at Malaysia among 43 countries.