A 12-year-old Nigerian identified as Chika Ofili, made history after discovering a new formula in solving Mathematical problems.

Chika Ofili who is based in the UK, was awarded over the weekend at the Trulittle Hero Awards for discovering the new formula for divisibility by seven in mathematics. The young math genius discovered an innovative mathematical formula which intends to make the teaching and learning of the subject easier.

Chika’s discovery verified that, if one takes the last digit of any whole number, multiply it by 5 and then add the result to the remaining part of the number, you will get a whole new number. This new theory by the young brain has been subjected to credible tests and it proved positive.

 Ofili’s teacher, Miss Mary Ellis, who is also the head of the Mathematics department at Westminster Under School, disclosed that he discovered the formula while solving a holiday assignment. She added that she gave him a book titled “First Steps for Problem Solvers”  which contained several divisibility tests to check if numbers are divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 before completing full math problems.

By:Fatoumatta Samateh