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We would like to invite your esteemed organization to be a part of KENKEN International Championship 2020. The only Mathematical Puzzle championship to recoganize your childs aspiration to the International Level (New York)

Recognised by NCTM (The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, USA) as a powerful tool to build problem-solving aptitude, perseverance and stamina in kids, Kenken puzzles are a proven method for making the basics of mathematics fun.

This Championship elevates that to the next level and challenges students to test their mettle against their peers. The Final Round of the Championship will be conducted in New York, this December 2020 and we are on the hunt to select the next KENKEN Champion to represent INDIA at this global stage.

I trust and hope together we can recreate champions representing our Nation and School.

What is KENKEN?

Tetsuya Miyamoto(Miyamoto Tetsuya, born 1959)is Japanesemathematicsteacher who invented the numerical logic puzzleKenKen. (It is calledKashikoku-Naru-Puzzlein Japanese, which literally means "a puzzle that makes you smarter." It is also known asKeisan Block.)

Miyamoto developed KenKen in 2003 to help his students improve their calculation skills, logical thinking and patience. His puzzle series has sold over 1.5 million copies inJapan. It was introduced to the rest of the world at the 2007Bologna Book Fairas KenKen and has been translated intoKorean,Thai,German,French,Czech, Mandarin Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Slovene, Spanish, Portuguese, and Icelandic. KenKen made its debut inThe Times(London) in March 2008,and theNew York Timesin February 2009.The first U.S. KenKen tournament was held in March 2009 inBrooklyn, with Miyamoto in attendance.

Miyamoto graduated fromWaseda UniversityinTokyo. He worked as an instructor at ajuku(university preparatory cramming school) inYokohama. In 1993 he founded his own school namedMiyamoto Sansuu Kyoushitsu(Miyamoto Math Classroom) in Yokohama, and established his unique "non-teaching classroom" methodology called "The Art of Teaching Without Teaching". He moved his classroom to Tokyo (near Tokyo station) in 2009, and moved his classroom to Manhattan in 2015. His Manhattan class is namedMiyamoto Mathematics Inc. He currently spends 8 months in New York and 4 months in Japan. He teaches KenKen to children on weekends.

He wrote over 180 books in Japanese, including his teaching methodology book called "Kyouikuron" that has been sold over 100,000 copies, "Kashikoku-Naru-Sansuu" series that is consist of 96 math problem books that scaffold gradually.