Over 500 UCMAS Mental Math students aged 4 to 13 from the four BC centers in Surrey, Vancouver and Richmond took part in this year’s competition. At the competition, which tested speed and accuracy in arithmetic, the UCMAS students had eight minutes to solve as many as 100-200 math questions depending on the students’ level, using only an abacus or mental math. The math questions included arithmetic calculations of columns of figures that required students to tabulate at a rate faster than using a calculator.
Explaining the UCMAS concept further Vandana Bhusary, Director at UCMAS, Surrey, added “Our UCMAS program instills in our students key cognitive skills such as problem solving, visualization, focus and mental sharpness that are essential for their academic and personal success.”
About UCMAS Canada Inc.:
UCMAS Canada Inc. offers UCMAS (Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System) Mental Math program for children aged 4 to 13 through 65 centres located in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. UCMAS is the leading provider of Mental Math and Abacus education in North America. Established in Canada in 2004, it was pioneered in 1993 in Asia and has since grown to 5,500 centres worldwide in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Spain, Australia, India, China and Malaysia. The UCMAS program helps boost brainpower by teaching kids to perform mental math using the abacus in a way that children find engaging and instructive. Described as “Mental Aerobics”, the UCMAS program improves the child’s focus, creativity and memory, leads to proficiency in math and enhances overall academic achievement. For more information visit www.ucmas.ca.