TOTALLY TRUE

Four-Year-Old Prodigy Stumps Maths Teacher

And is told she has asked a stupid question. Can you answer it?

Annie Trevaskis
4 min readApr 2, 2024

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Child in yellow shirt learning how to count in front of an abacus
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I was only four when I decided I liked letters better than numbers.

There were only 26 letters of the alphabet to learn, so I could already read when I went to my first Maths lesson. I asked the teacher how many…

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Annie Trevaskis

I came, I wrote, I conquered. That last bit might not be true, but at least I am putting up a good fight.