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10 lines on Srinivasa Ramanujan for kids
National Mathematics Day is celebrated on 22 December, the birthday of the great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Here are simple lines for every class, a short speech and useful words.
By the Eloqova team · Updated 14 November 2026
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5 lines on Srinivasa Ramanujan for UKG and Class 1
- Srinivasa Ramanujan was a great mathematician.
- He was born in Tamil Nadu.
- He loved numbers.
- His birthday is National Mathematics Day.
- He makes India proud.
10 lines on Srinivasa Ramanujan for Classes 1 to 3
- Srinivasa Ramanujan was a great Indian mathematician.
- He was born on 22 December 1887.
- He was born in Erode, in Tamil Nadu.
- He loved numbers from a young age.
- He learned a lot of maths on his own.
- He wrote down thousands of results in his notebooks.
- He went to Cambridge University in England.
- He worked with a famous mathematician, G.H. Hardy.
- His birthday is celebrated as National Mathematics Day.
- He teaches us to follow our passion.
10 lines on Srinivasa Ramanujan for Classes 4 and 5
- Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in Erode, Tamil Nadu, and grew up in Kumbakonam.
- He showed an amazing talent for mathematics as a child and taught himself from books.
- He worked as a clerk at the Madras Port Trust while continuing his maths research.
- In 1913 he wrote to G.H. Hardy, a famous mathematician at Cambridge, and shared his results.
- Hardy was so impressed that Ramanujan went to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1914.
- He did important work on numbers, fractions and infinite series.
- In 1918 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the youngest ever.
- 1729 is called the Hardy–Ramanujan number because of a famous story about a taxi.
- He passed away in 1920 at the age of just 32.
- Since 2012, India has celebrated his birthday, 22 December, as National Mathematics Day.
A short speech on Srinivasa Ramanujan (Classes 3 to 5)
Good morning, respected teachers and dear friends. Today, on National Mathematics Day, I will speak about Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Ramanujan was born in Tamil Nadu in 1887. He had little formal training, but he loved numbers so much that he filled notebooks with new ideas. His letters to G.H. Hardy took him to Cambridge, where he became one of the greatest mathematicians in the world.
His life teaches us that curiosity and hard work can take us very far. Thank you.
Useful words for talking about Srinivasa Ramanujan
- mathematician
- mathematics
- numbers
- genius
- notebook
- formula
- theorem
- infinity
- series
- fraction
- research
- Cambridge
- Royal Society
- Trinity College
- talent
- curiosity
- passion
- self-taught
- 1729
- National Mathematics Day
How to practise at home
- Check why 1729 is special: it equals 1³ + 12³ and also 9³ + 10³.
- Say 3 facts about Ramanujan without looking.
- Tell a family member which maths topic you enjoy most and why.
- Practise the short speech and keep it under one minute.
Questions parents ask
Who was Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician, born in 1887, who made important discoveries about numbers and became a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Why is 22 December National Mathematics Day?
22 December is Ramanujan's birthday. India has celebrated it as National Mathematics Day since 2012.
What is the Hardy–Ramanujan number?
1729. It is the smallest number that can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways: 1³ + 12³ and 9³ + 10³.
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