Most toddlers are very good at belly aching for sweets and dragging their feet on a supermarket trip . Michael McBride , however , is more of a help than a hindrance to his mother – making sure she gets the right change at the checkout . The three-year-old spends his time calculating the cost of groceries as he marches around the aisles adding up the weekly food basket . Scroll down for video . Michael McBride is just three years old and can already count to 10 in four languages , including Russian and Japanese and do his 14 times table . He has an IQ of 145 - just a few points off the level required for Mensa . Michael 's mother Emma Greenwood ( right ) said they started to realise his intellectual skills when he began learning words and numbers from her iPad when he was just 18 months old , now he calculates her bills . Not that his talents stop there . While most children of his age can only count to five , he has taught himself how to count to ten in four languages – English , Spanish , Russian and Japanese – and learnt his 14 times table . In fact he has an IQ of 145 and is already close to qualifying for Mensa . Tests found he had a reading and spelling age of eight and one expert was amazed at how he could converse like an adult . Michael has never had any formal tutoring and instead started to teach himself numbers and words on his mother ’ s iPad . He quickly learnt how to read eight-letter words and now corrects mother Emma , 39 , if she misreads his bedtime story book . Yet his family say he also loves riding his bike and splashing in puddles like any other young boy . Mother-of-two Emma , a postal worker from Yate , Bristol , said : ‘ We don ’ t push him because we are content to let him be himself – but he just teaches himself . Michael can read to himself and experts said his scores for logical thinking 'hit the ceiling ' when tested . ‘ He is quite fascinated by numbers , and also loves big words . ‘ His English is very good , but he is like a sponge and his retention is brilliant. ’ Emma and husband Anthony , 33 , a chef , first noticed Michael ’ s talent when he was 18 months old and started to learn from educational games on the iPad . But soon he was asking questions his family couldn ’ t answer . Michael ’ s grandmother Jenny Greenwood took him to a specialist in Birmingham and tests found he had a reading and spelling age of eight – and an IQ of 145 . The UK average is 104 . She said : ‘ In the last few weeks he has been obsessed with the planets , learning all the names and where they are. ’ Michael ’ s parents have not submitted him for Mensa membership because they feel he is too young , although the youngest-ever member was just two years and four months-old . Membership of the society is reserved for those with an IQ in the top 2 per cent of the population , around 148 . IQ can change over time but most will not change by more than a few points . The score will usually stay the same as it is a measure of ability rather than knowledge . Dr Peter Congdon , who performed intelligence tests on Michael , said he was ‘ in the very superior range ’ and should jump a year at school so he is not held back . He said : ‘ He is outstanding , there is no doubt about it. ’ The three-year-old can spell eight word letters on his own , spelling words he has never seen come across . As well as doing his times tables and learning several languages , Michael likes doing 'normal ' things for his age like splashing in puddles . The youngster ( pictured ) has taught himself by using his mother 's iPad . Mensa was founded in England in 1946 by Roland Berrill , a barrister , and Dr Lance Ware , a scientist and lawyer . The society welcomes people from all backgrounds who have an IQ is in the top two per cent of the population . Albert Einstein apparently had an IQ of 160 , while former US presidents Abraham Lincoln , Benjamin Franklin and Bill Clinton also racked up very high IQs - mustering 128 , 160 and 137 respectively . Napoleon Bonaparte scored 145 and Sigmund Freud had a score of 156 . There are currently more than 1,000 members of Mensa aged under 18 . Children under the age of 10-and-a-half can join Mensa by submitting prior evidence of their IQ score being in the top two per cent . Adults and children over the age of 10-and-a-half , take the Mensa Supervised IQ Test . The youngest person to ever join British Mensa was Elise Tan Roberts in 2009 aged 2 years and four months .
Michael McBride is three - year - old and must already count to 10 in Russian . At 18 months he began learning words and numbers from apple 's computer . He taught himself Russian and Japanese and can do his 14 times table . Youngster picks up the shopping bill and calculates the correct change . He has an IQ of 145 - just a few points off the level enough to join Mensa . rich Emma , a postwoman , and Anthony , a chef , add he still enjoys ' splashing in puddles ' like other kids his age .