Jalandhar, March 1
A Class VI student of Cambridge International Co-Ed School, Chotti Baradari, Lakshit Jindal has brought laurels by reaching the national-level and securing 12th position in India in KenKen mathematical puzzle game. He has also bagged a gold medal for solving a 6x6 grid in 12 minutes and 10 seconds.
Lakshit elaborated, “KenKen is a grid-based numerical puzzle that uses the basic mathematics operations-addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division-while also challenging the player’s logic and problem-solving skills. In a way, KenKen is like a game of pool or even chess which originated in Japan in 2003”.
His proud father advocate Manu Jindal explained, “KenKen India organises championships under three categories Delta from classes III to V, Kappa from classes VI to IX and Sigma from classes X to XII. It starts from school round, after which the students compete for city level and first few position holders compete in state round. Only a few of them