Tristan Pang came up with the idea of setting up his learning hub after other kids asked him for help with maths. Photo / Sarah Ivey
Tristan Pang came up with the idea of setting up his learning hub after other kids asked him for help with maths. Photo / Sarah Ivey
A 12-year-old maths whiz who is studying at university is trying to help other students learn.
Tristan Pang, who attained 91 per cent in the Cambridge A Level exam, is head boy at Ficino School in Mt Eden, and is also taking maths papers at the University of Auckland.
Nextyear, he will study maths and science full-time at the university, with the aim of becoming an inventor or scientist.
Tristan has previously featured in the Herald after winning an award for a science project that put claims behind Fonterra's light-proof milk bottles to the test.
His advanced studies are all done in his own time, and now he has added to the after-school workload by setting up a website to teach others.
He came up with the idea after being asked by others for help with their maths, including pupils at Pt England School, where he had given a talk at a careers day.
"I had to go to school myself, so I made Tristan's Learning Hub, which is me using videos to teach people," he told the Herald.
Tristan, who gave a presentation at a TEDx event in Auckland last year, said the videos used "in-depth vertical learning". At present there are around 30 videos on maths, but Tristan has plans to add English and science videos.
Learn like Tristan *Tristan Pang is only 12 but is studying maths at the University of Auckland this year. *Tristan has designed a website to help others to learn. *The not-for-profit website explains math concepts in videos.
