Maths Club launches the MSCW Arithmetic Olympics

On 6 December, our Maths Club launched the MSCW Arithmetic Olympics, which is a competition that begins in classes and leads to the finals where class representatives face off for the title of Champion Mathematician of their cohort.

The students participating were required to compute mental arithmetic such as: 

“What is 7 x 6 – 13?”

Questions were posed by a range of teachers, including Dr Ireland (a brilliant mathematician in her own right) and Mr Walker (known for the real tricky brain teasers that no one could answer!).

Students had to buzz in using their bells and say their answers the quickest. A panel of judges was required to ensure the fastest response was identified correctly and fairly. We thank Sienna Duarte, Caragh Price, Eva McKenzie, Costanza Poluzzi and Natalie Pirrello. Natalie is also to be thanked for helping with scorekeeping. 

Our ultimate winners, who were crowned Champion Mathematicians and took away not only the glory but a nice canteen voucher, were:

• Emily Barrett
• Katalina Sterne
• Lily Carr

We give an honourable mention to Annika Hollings, who graciously conceded a point when the judging was too close to call and the end of lunchtime bell was ringing. Annika demonstrated true Marist characteristics in her sportsmanship and team values.

We also wish to congratulate the entire group of Years 7 and 8 competition representatives, who showed tremendous skill and success in the class competitions:

Miss Emma Pracey, Instructional Specialist