| US Students Top World in Number of Questions Answered Correctly during World Math Day Event
World record shattered with 182,455,169 math questions answered correctly |
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| Dallas, TX., March 7, 2008 - More than three quarters of a million students from around the world logged on to www.worldmathday.com on March 5, 2008, to celebrate World Math Day. By participating in the competition to answer the most math questions correctly, students from more than 100 countries answered a total of 182,455,169 questions, quickly exceeding this year's 50 million question goal and shattering last year's record of 38,904,275. The World Math Day competition was held in partnership by Voyager Expanded Learning, 3P Learning and Cartoon Network. |  
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The event began on March 5 west of the International Dateline and continued through the last minute of March 5 east of the International Dateline. Students of all ages and ability levels competed against each other in real-time battles of speed and skill. A total of 171,573 students in the United States logged on and correctly answered 42,087,104 math questions, more than any other country competing in the online competition. To view the overall World Math Day results, www.worldmathday.com. |
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