{"id":8859,"date":"2023-12-15T14:16:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8859"},"modified":"2023-12-15T14:16:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:16:26","slug":"maths-club-launches-the-mscw-arithmetic-olympics","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/maths-club-launches-the-mscw-arithmetic-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Club launches the MSCW Arithmetic Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-12-at-10.02.27-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8860\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-12-at-10.02.27-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 6 December, our Maths Club launched the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSCW Arithmetic Olympics, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-12-at-10.03.50-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8861\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-12-at-10.03.50-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The students participating were required to compute mental arithmetic such as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat is 7 x 6 &#8211; 13?\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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 <\/span><b>Sienna Duarte, Caragh Price, Eva McKenzie, Costanza Poluzzi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><b> Natalie Pirrello<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Natalie is also to be thanked for helping with scorekeeping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our ultimate winners, who were crowned Champion Mathematicians and took away not only the glory but a nice canteen voucher, were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Emily Barrett<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><i>Katalina Sterne<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><i>Lily Carr<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We give an honourable mention to <\/span><b>Annika Hollings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Giselle Lalic<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Se Jin Oh<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lovisa Saunders<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Rhyanne Arriola<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Genevieve Thomas<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Liana Maoward<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ava Bruno<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Christina Veber<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Christina Veber<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Ashley Elrick\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Sienna Price<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Mya Elias<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Kalia Wong<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Abigail Hallit<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Michaela Ibrahim<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Zoe Balassis<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Stephanie Wong<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Olivia Purkiss<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Annika Hollings<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Tiffany Tsoi<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Mia Cunningham<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Gianna Fimmano<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Victoria Lee<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Sienna Vitale<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Lily Mercer<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Caterina Petracca<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Angelica Bua<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Savannah Lin<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Melissa Lowe<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Larissa Pace<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Talia Wolridge-Smith<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Vivienne Nunez<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Chiara Belmonte<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Ruby Betro<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-12-at-10.17.32-am.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8865\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-12-at-10.17.32-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\"><em>Miss Emma Pracey, Instructional Specialist<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2, #8\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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