The National Competition for Mental Mathematics for Children was organized by the International Soroban and Mental Mathematics Federation in cooperation with Al-Zahra University / College of Education, Department of Mathematics, with the participation of 150 students from the Iraqi governorates of Basra, Najaf, Babil, Wasit, Karbala, Baghdad, Qadisiyah, Mosul, Anbar, Salah al-Din and Erbil.