Hello Mr. King - Chapter 181

Chapter 181: Chapter 181 - Math Competition

Chapter 181: Math Competition

The argument of the fans might look fierce, but it wasn’t toxic so Yun Xiangxiang ignored it .

She turned around to continue solving the math questions . The intra school competition was tomorrow, and she was still slightly nervous .

Her nerves were even worse than during the entrance exams . The entrance exam was just testing the acceptance rate, so the quality of the candidates varied a lot .

But the math competition this time only had all the top students in the school . Nobody would attempt it if they were bad in math . All the participants scored full marks in the entrance exam’s math, as well as being the high ranked top students in the math course .

She might be nervous, but it did not affect Yun Xiangxiang’s sleep . She woke up early and went to school .

“Xiangxiang, you’re finally back . I was worried about you,” Tao Manni pounced on Yun Xiangxiang and hugged her .

Yun Xiangxiang’s Weibo account hid her address . Naturally, they would not go and check Yun Xiangxiang’s IP address . They thought Yun Xiangxiang was still overseas . If she missed this competition, heaven knows how badly she would be criticized .

“I would never miss the events I promised to attend,” Yun Xiangxiang took out the breakfast and placed them on the table . “I got these for you girls . ”

“We had our breakfast, but we still have some space in our bellies,” Feng Xiaolu who was passing by spoke with a grin .

They woke up early in the morning, worried that Yun Xiangxiang might not make it back . They could not starve themselves, but they didn’t really have the appetite .

It was Friday today . There were no classes in the first period in the morning . The math competition would start at 9:40, so Yun Xiangxiang did not need to attend the morning lecture .

“You said you were coming back on the first . We were waiting for you,” Tao Manni gazed at Yun Xiangxiang . “Let’s celebrate together tomorrow, okay?”

“Sure, I’ll treat you girls tomorrow,” Yun Xiangxiang promised .

“I’ll tell Tingting and Xiao Yuan in the group later . You want to ask Yang Qi out too?” Ma Linlin asked .

“Why not? I’ll call Xiangling and Mengmeng over . The more the merrier,” Song Meng was prattling about feasting on roast ducks when Yun Xiangxiang mentioned it yesterday .

Song Meng was obsessed with that restaurant’s roast duck . As it was a beautifully quiet place, Yun Xiangxiang promised to take her there . She sent the address to her dorm’s chat group, “We’ll be eating here . It’s a bit far . We will have to take the subway and switch to the bus before we can reach there . ”

“It’s in the suburbs . Let’s ride on bicycles while we are there . Are there any karaoke bars there? Wanna go have some fun in the KTV after our meal?” Tao Manni asked after looking at the address .

“I’ll have to pass . I need to go home early . So many things I have to do,” Yun Xiangxiang immediately passed . She wanted to go there precisely because she did not want them to have too much fun .

The girls were dejected, but they knew Yun Xiangxiang was a busy girl . Feng Xiaolu harrumphed, “If we are not going to have fun, then we’ll have to eat as much as we can!”

“Of course, of course . Eat as much as you would like to,” Yun Xiangxiang felt no pressure about this . “There’s even mahjong and billiards to be played there… we will go there at noon . I’ll play with you girls for the afternoon . ”

They would be by each other’s sides during the afternoon ride . Yun Xiangxiang was not worried about that . She, however, had to end the gathering early in the evening and ask Qianqian to send the girls home in another car . Yun Xiangxiang would not relax otherwise .

It just so happened that the car Lu Jin gave her was sent to China when she was still watching the fashion show . It arrived one day earlier than she did . She would have Song Qian and Ai Li each drive a car, and Song Meng and Li Xiangling would stay with her for the night .

Yun Xiangxiang gave the girls the souvenirs she brought back from Italy, including the ones who were from the dorm room next door .

The girls chatted and laughed for a while before Tao Manni and the others had to go to class . Yun Xiangxiang went to the examination hall . The dean, who was the invigilator, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yun Xiangxiang . Having a student like her was both torture and a blessing .

At five minutes before the question sheets would be distributed, the dean held up a sealed bag, “There are only forty-four freshmen taking part in the math competition this time . Our questions are massively different from the past years . It not only tests your practical skills, it also tests you on your knowledge on math, as well as your understanding on history . ”

The hall collectively groaned as the dean made that declaration .

They could still solve knowledge based problems, since they were related to the formulae . On the other hand, questions on the history of math would spell the end of them .

Yun Xiangxiang wasn’t sure whether she could answer them either . The history-themed questions might be math based, but if they were pitted against a top student in the history course, they might not win .

When they received the papers, there were three questions on math history in the multiple choice questions .

First question: Who is known as the grandmaster of modern math in China?

All four choices were Chinese mathematicians . Yun Xiangxiang knew nothing about this . She could only answer based on the ages of the mathematicians . Since the person was supposed to be a grandmaster, then he must be the oldest, most accomplished, and made the most contributions!

Second question: Who is the founder of the research for the mechanization of math in China?

Yun Xiangxiang knew the answer to this question . Song Mian mentioned it when he was explaining the field of mathematical mechanization .

It was a coincidence that the correct answer for this question also appeared in the choices of the first math history question .

It raised the probability of her getting the first question right by twenty-five percent .

Third question: Who found “Math Journal,” the first math magazine in China?

Once again, there were four choices . One of them also appeared in the first question . Yun Xiangxiang realized something . These questions were not just about history, they were also an indirect way of testing them on probability .

It was fortunate that she knew the answer to the second question . She might not be able to deduce the correct answer that way, but she was closer to the correct one . She would have an easier time of guessing if she knew some info on the other choices .

Following the ten multiple-choice questions were subjective questions . Similar to the multiple-choice questions, the subjective questions had two questions on math history .

First question: Who was the founder of geometric calculus in China?

Song Mian mentioned it when he was explaining geometric calculus to her . Yun Xiangxiang answered quickly and looked back at the ten answers in the multiple-choice questions .

This person was also within the ten non repeating choices .

Yun Xiangxiang swiftly searched for the second subjective history question: Who was the first self taught mathematician, and a legendary formula in China?

Yun Xiangxiang’s math lecturer mentioned this during the rare times when Yun Xiangxiang attended class . It could be said to be a bonus question .

Sure enough, the answer too appeared within the multiple-choice questions . It verified her guess that some questions were about knowledge outside of classes .

But as long as they listened and remembered what the lecturers said during the class, they did not need to do much reading to glean the correct answer . They just needed to find it through the process of elimination .

There was also a question of judgment which involved one of the ten answers above . Her judgment was correct, and she crossed off another choice from the multiple-choice question .

It depended on whether her classmates remembered these people or not, but Yun Xiangxiang felt that most of them would not memorize these .

Many mathematicians could use many formulae like they are extensions of their body, but they never knew from whom these formulae came from .

Yun Xiangxiang continued answering the paper . Most of it was still about practical skills . Her days of hard work paid off . Already there were a few questions that tested on things they did not learn yet .

Yun Xiangxiang barely kept her laughter in when she was doing the first question of problem solving .

It was a very classic math question used by international top institutions to test the applicants’ IQ .

Many people did not know how to solve it when it was first released .

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