Mental arithmetic world championship for children and teenagers

Junior Mental Arithmetic World Championship

Since the Andreas Mohn Foundation was established, we have been supporting particularly gifted children and young people.
Children and young people aged 8 to 17 can take part every year.
It's all about the Junior Mental Arithmetic World Championship.

Together with Caroline Merkel, Vice World Champion in Creative Thinking, and her team, we invite participants from all over the world to Germany.
They compete in different age groups for the world championship title.

It doesn't feel like a normal competition.
It's more like a big family reunion.

Many participants already know each other from previous competitions.
This quickly dispels any competitive thinking.
The children and young people stay at the youth hostel with their families.
They eat together.
They play together.
They talk to each other.

This international family gathering grows every year.

    2010: around 30 participants

    2019: 75 participants from many countries: Greece, Peru, China, South Africa, the Netherlands, Singapore, Czechia, Germany, India, Kyrgyzstan, Russia

The competitions have so far taken place in youth hostels in Münster and Bielefeld.

There are practice sessions with mathematics experts.
There, the children prepare for the two-hour mental arithmetic marathon.
The calculations include, for example:

    Addition

    Division

    Root extraction

    Calendar calculations

For variety, there is a leisure programme every year.

    Crime tour through Münster

    Visit to Dr. Oetker World

    Visit to Olderdissen Wildlife Park in Bielefeld

    Joint dinner with games show and brain teasers

More information and registration:
www.juniormentalcalculators.com

We congratulate all the winners from previous years.
We would like to thank all participants and organisers for their friendly cooperation.
We are grateful for the fair competition and the wonderful time we had together.