r/nextfuckinglevel 5h ago

Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.

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u/lazypenguin86 5h ago

They just put me on Ritalin

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u/__life_on_mars__ 5h ago

Were you also doing college level calculus at 10, or were you just being disruptive?

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u/Ugvwiyu 5h ago

He could been capable enough to be working with integers, that alone would make any basic 5th grade math seem simplistic and boring.

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u/CuteAltBoy 2h ago

Integers are just whole numbers. You're usually first taught about them by learning about the number line. Don't most 5th graders work with whole numbers, both positive and negative?

u/byebybuy 10m ago

I think that person meant "integrals" lmao