Mathematics Achievements

Just before the end of Term 4, we acknowledged over 40 students who received a Distinction or High Distinction in either the Australian Maths Competition (AMC), Maths Challenge or Maths Enrichment Program.

The AMC is Australia’s largest maths competition, with hundreds of thousands of students across the country taking part. The 30-problem paper demonstrates the importance and relevance of maths in everyday lives. MLC School students received outstanding results in this year’s competition, with extra congratulations going to:

• Jocelyn Su (Year 8) – High Distinction
• Nitya Nimalan (Year 10) – HIgh Distinction

The Maths Challenge was a four week competition run by the Australian Maths Trust where students worked independently to complete a set of six complex problems. Both:

• Haegan Sitou (Year 9)
• Nitya Nimalan (Year 10)

were awarded High Distinctions for their sophisticated and logical entries – well done girls!

Throughout the year the Mathsketeers have been working hard to complete the Maths Enrichment Program. Students were introduced to challenging concepts such as Number Theory, Combinatorics, the Euclidean Algorithm and Sequences & Series, and were then tasked with independently solving a problem related to each concept. The students showed great dedication to completing the program and are to be commended on their resilience and enthusiasm! Congratulations to all that participated, and special mention to:

• Carina Chu (Year 8) – Distinction
• Sophia Hu (Year 8) – Distinction

Finally, a big congratulations to ALL students who took part in a Maths competition this year. We had more than 250 entries across the Senior School in the various competitions, and it’s exciting to see student interest and participation in Maths growing. Please keep an eye out for future newsletter announcements about 2023 opportunities!

– Alex Schroder
Teacher – Mathematics