Quick Mental Math (QMM) wins Rep. Adrian Smith’s (NE-03) 2020 Congressional App Challenge

When asked what inspired the creation of Quick Mental Math (QMM), the student said, “My inspiration for Quick Mental Math came from my brother. During the coronavirus quarantine, I noticed that my brother was wasting a lot of paper trying to improve his multiplication skills and thought to myself that there must be a less wasteful way to learn basic math. So, I decided to develop QMM as a more environmentally-friendly and convenient way for students, like my brother, to perfect their math skills.”

Over 6,500 students registered for the 2020 Congressional App Challenge. These students created and submitted 3,088 functioning apps, marking the end of an extremely successful Congressional App Challenge amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All told, 308 Members of Congress hosted Congressional App Challenges in their districts across 49 states, Puerto Rico, the Mariana Islands, and Washington, DC.

The CAC is an initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host competitions in their districts for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. The Internet Education Foundation provides the CAC with supplemental support. In the six years of the Congressional App Challenge, thousands of functional apps have been created by over 30,000 students, and participant demographics surpass all industry diversity metrics.