Ranchi: Seven-year-old city boy Virat Maken has entered the India Book of Records (IBR) for "maximum multiplication tables recalled in the reverse order".
A letter of confirmation issued by IBR said Maken, who hails from Namkum area, has set a record by recalling the multiplication tables from 75 to two in the reverse order in 11 minutes and six seconds. Maken's record will feature in the IBR publication soon.
Virat, who is in Class 1 at the Phantom Army Pre-Primary School, achieved the feat by using unique calculation methods called "waves calculation" and "hand calculator’" which were developed by his father, Gagan Maken, during the lockdown period.
Gagan said, "My son has an inclination for mathematics and when I introduced him to the new methods of addition and subtraction, he learnt them quickly. Soon, he was reciting tables in both forward and reverse orders at lightning speed.”
Impressed by his son's skills, Gagan contacted the IBR which informed him that it has no instances of a child reciting the tables in the reverse order. He added that after a practice session, a video footage of Virat reciting the tables with his eyes shut was sent to the IBR. After a forensic examination of the video and the photos, the IBR confirmed the record.
Gagan is a mathematics teacher and runs institutes in Namkum and Kantatoli localities. He has left the managerial job of a private bank to pursue his passion for mathematics. He claimed to have developed the waves calculation and hand calculator methods when he got spare time during the lockdown.