Imperial College Kindergarten

In the second round, after Sheng Lanting turned in his paper first, Li Yunling followed closely, and then Shan Wushuang and Commander Yi turned in their papers almost at the same time.

The children in the Golden Sun class also handed in their papers one after another, leaving only Xue Bo still immersed in calculations.

Liu Xue was worried. Xue Bo's arithmetic level was indeed no better than the others in the class. The key was that he was lazy.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the field was once in a state of anxiety.

The speed of the abacus is getting faster and faster, reaching the ears of the waiting people, which makes people a little more irritable.

Finally, when the final bell rang, Xue Bo stood up and handed in his paper!
"Huh", Liu Xue stopped patting his heart, this guy was still making faces!
After reading all the submitted answers, the judging panel frowned again and looked at the children in the Golden Sun class.

The look was mixed with shock, suspicion, and scrutiny. In the end, he said nothing and signaled Ji Mingyu to announce the list of candidates for the third round.

When he heard that all the children in the Golden Sun class had passed, Liu Xueting took the lead in applauding, and then everyone present spontaneously cheered for the children!
"Good job!"

"Yes, they were able to successfully advance to the third round, which is amazing!"

"I never thought that a few little dolls could win glory for me, Daxia!"

"It's really unexpected, and they all passed!"

"My dear, is this new math really so powerful?"

"It's not that bad. The main reason is that it's fast. Even a child can do it easily. However, there are still some capable people. Look at Hanli's Li Yunling and Kunlun's Shan Wushuang. They are also very good."

"No, when I go back I have to urge my children to work hard to get admitted to the Imperial College Kindergarten next year!"

"What kind of baby is a chicken? A chicken baby is not as good as a chicken itself. Did you come out of the Imperial College?"

"This...who doesn't want his son to become a dragon!"

Seeing that the direction of the discussion was gradually going astray, Ji Mingyu saw the right opportunity to take control of the audience.

"Everyone, please be quiet, it's our third round of competition!"

The words fell and the discussion subsided.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Ji Mingyu announced the rules of the third round loudly: "In the third round, each country will ask a question. The first among all contestants to complete all questions within the specified time will be the first place."

"If two countries have the same score at the same time, a fourth round will be added."

"Now, please send one person from each country to present a question."

After hearing the rules of the third round, several children gathered together to discuss and decided to let Sheng Lanting come up with the questions.

Xie Miao looked at the deliberation among the boys and couldn't help but laugh: "Isn't Assistant Liu worried that they won't be able to solve other countries' problems?"

You know, this is no longer the first round. The contestants from other countries have already seen the level of the children in the Golden Sun Class. In order to prevent them from winning, they are likely to give particularly difficult questions.

"I'm actually afraid that the questions they asked will stump other countries." Liu Xueting shook his head, with no worried expression on his face.

When the questions presented by representatives from various countries were displayed, Liu Xueting saw the grid that was obviously different from the questions from other countries, and laughed out loud, secretly thinking that it was indeed this game.

In fact, many people saw the grid suddenly listed on it and had the same doubt - what is that?
The contestants from all over the world frowned and had solemn expressions. The idea that they were proud that they had solved a problem and that they would make those little kids realize that math is not easy was shattered in an instant.

Let me ask you, if you can’t even understand the question, how can you compare?

"You Daxia are too difficult, aren't you?"

"That's right. We have never seen this before. How do we solve the problem?"

"Isn't this obviously trying to embarrass people?" "I can't understand the question, I can explain it." Faced with the questions from everyone, Sheng Lanting remained calm with a sweet smile on his lips, "This is actually not difficult at all. It's very easy." Fun!"

ha?Fun?

The people of Baiyue Kingdom turned green: "We can't even understand, and you still say it's fun?"

Sheng Lanting nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "Yes, this is the little game we play after class!"

What a little game!

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched.

Liu Xueting's face was full of black lines. If this little guy wasn't from the same country as her, he would really deserve a beating!

"Let me explain it! If you know the rules, you will find it easy and fun!" Seeing everyone's disbelief, Sheng Lanting hurriedly pointed to the grid, "There are nine rows and nine columns of grids above. There are already some numbers listed, but there are still some blank cells waiting for us to fill in, and the numbers we can fill in range from one to nine."

"But please note that the numbers in each row, column, and palace cannot be repeated. Isn't it very simple?"

Although Assistant Professor Liu used Arabic numerals to solve Sudoku for them in private, for the convenience of other countries, he even changed it back to the original universal numerals when setting the questions!
Participants: My ears heard it, but my mind is still confused!
Only Li Yunling looked at the grid carefully, raised her eyebrows, and seemed to have an idea: "I see, it's interesting!"

Sheng Lanting blinked: "Right, I didn't lie to you, it's really fun!"

"Okay, now that the explanation of the topic is over," Ji Mingyu quickly pulled him away. If he didn't pull away and let him continue talking, it would be really annoying. "Then let's start the third round of the competition!"

All contestants: What else can I do? Just go ahead!

By the time all the children in Golden Sun's class handed in their papers, the judging panel had given up on maintaining a calm expression.

Some of them were still calculating the Sudoku, but they had already finished calculating all the other questions!

Have to take it!
Mr. Zhao sighed, took the answers from the children, and checked the Sudoku first. Every row, column, and palace was filled with exactly nine non-repeating numbers!
Hiss...how on earth is this done?
Unconsciously, Mr. Zhao asked his question out loud.

Sheng Lanting thought that they must be number one anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to tell them the solution directly, so he explained: "You can use the elimination method to exclude each number from its row, column, and palace position."

Mr. Zhao: I seem to understand but also not understand.

Hearing this, Mr. Zhao had to admit that the new arithmetic of the Great Xia Dynasty had severely dampened their self-confidence!

"Young people are to be feared." Mr. Zhao said with emotion. At the same time, he announced that the first place in arithmetic was won by the Jin Taiyang class of Daxia Dynasty Imperial College Kindergarten!

When they heard with their own ears that everyone had won the first place, the children were stunned, and then they all rushed to Liu Xueting's side as soon as they realized it!

Liu Xueting hugged the cubs tightly and kept praising: "That's great! My cubs! You are really great!"

"Oh my God! Did I hear that wrong?"

"You heard me right, they really won the first place!"

"Hey, be a good boy. If I see this scene in my lifetime, my life will not be wasted!"

"Awesome, these are the only two words that come to my mind."

"Is there still a shortage of people in the Golden Sun class?"

"Wow, if you think about it, my Da Xia Dynasty won a lot of first places in this exchange conference!"

"It's really amazing!"

(End of this chapter)