12-year-old Chikadibia Ofili emerged as one of the youngest Mathematics scholars after he discovered a new way to solve problems.
Chika, who was born in London and attended Westminster Under School discovered a formula that provides solutions to several division problems.
He discovered the formula while completing an assignment from his teacher. According to his teacher Mary Ellis, the assignment required Chika to determine if some numbers were divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7,8, and 9.
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However, the math book did not contain a test for dividing by 7.
To solve the division problem, he created a formula that required one to take the last digit of any whole number, multiply it by 5 and add to the remaining part of the number.
Chika found that if the new number was divisible by 7, the original number would be divisible by 7 too.
The method went through algebraic tests which proved successful and changed the way math could be understood.
Due to his outstanding feat, Chika received the TruLittle Hero Awards in 2019. The award was dedicated to giving special recognition to children under 17 years in the UK for marveling achievements.
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