Three Square Root Records Achieved
Representatives from the Singapore Polytechnic Memory Sports Club achieved recalling the most number of digits of irrational numbers on 27 Apr 2022. Monica Chua Chi Yin wrote down 2,001 digits for the square root of 2 from memory. Kenneth Tan managed 1,648 digits for the square root of 5 and Mavis Ong Zhi Xuan scored 640 digits for the square ... Read More »
Fastest To Solve The 35-Sliding Puzzle
Kenneth Tan, who holds a handful of national memory records, managed to unscramble the wooden puzzle with 35 blocks in their right order in 1 min 50 sec. The attempt took place in Singapore Polytechnic on 27 Apr 2022. Read More »
Largest Heart Formation Made Of Clothes
Class 3F of Springfield Secondary School initiated an eco-conscious project that commemorated the school’s 30 anniversary and also won a Singapore record. They collected over 2,000 pieces of used clothings from other schoolmates to form a display measuring 10.1m by 9.6m on 22 Apr 2022. The clothes were later sent for recycling. Read More »
Fastest Mental Multiplication
Wee Sue Yin, 17, has just been recognised as Singapore’s fastest in mental multiplication. On 2 April 2022, the calculating prodigy broke all 3 multiplication records in the Singapore Book of Records, in her college, Hwa Chong Institution: Fastest 2×1-Digit Multiplication In 5 Minutes (256 correct answers) Fastest Calculation Of Squares In 5 Minutes (74 correct answers) Fastest Time To ... Read More »
Largest Display Of Handpainted Ice-Cream Sticks
Residents in Potong Pasir drew and painted on ice-cream sticks which were later assembled into a 1.2m-by-6.6m collage displayed at the CC. Students from the neigbouring Cedar Primary and St Andrew’s Junior were also involved to make the 7,000-plus sticks collage. The project was organised by the Potong Pasir IAEC and completed on 14 Apr 2022, the Tamils’ New Year ... Read More »
