MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS

ENHANCEMENT CLUB - COMPETITIONS

This Semester has seen the seen the highest participation rates in the Mathematics competitions. Students have demonstrated McKinnon’s core values of resilience and striving for Excellence in the face of a challenge through their participation in competitions that extend them beyond the classroom. They have also awarded themselves and their House valuable competition points.

COMPUTATIONAL AND ALGORITHMIC THINKING (112 PARTICIPANTS)

Held for the first time – Used to demonstrate students logical thinking and reasoning, as well as the potential for programming capacity.

SUDOKU COMPETITION

Year 7 & 8 students participated in a 1:1 and group Sudoku Challenge.

Participants: Alice Papadimitriou, Evan Lin (Second Place), Azam Chelakkadan, Eric Chopra, Evie Gallo (Best Time: Individual Round), Aaron Baker (Fourth Place), Rachel Healy, Aditi Patil, Maggie Zhou (First Place), Ricky Cheng (Third Place), Prarthana Agarwal and Keya Desai.

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE MATH COMPETITION AND THE MATH CHALLENGE

An amazing turnout for both competitions with this year seeing triple the level of participants compared to the previous year. These Math competitions are designed to broaden student’s capacity for mathematical reasoning, insight and creativity.  

At first, I was nervous for the competition, but it turned out to be better than I expected. I thought it would be serious and I would be judged on how good I was at maths. I soon realised that it was more about challenging myself and seeing where I was at and that I didn’t have to worry about anything.

I discovered that I was better at maths than I thought and was able to answer the questions. The competitions have taught me to focus more on how I worked it out rather than worrying about the answer.

Ava Sullivan

Year 7 Student - ELMS)  

Challenging yet invigorating, demanding but rewarding, the Maths challenges offered by McKinnon Secondary College are designed to test the wit of those students who have an interest in mathematics. It doesn’t matter if you're great or not at math, the challenges mostly assess your ability to think outside the box (No I’m not talking about surface area). You could know calculus to the college level and still get stumped by some of the most basic questions.

Even if you don’t think you fit any of these qualifications our Enhancement Club can support you through the process with detailed knowledge and understanding of all fields in these mathematics competitions.

My experience has been great with these competitions and I hope to do them next year.

Aaron COELHO-IRANI

Year 10 Student

ENHANCEMENT CLUB

Every Monday Lunchtime (Room A17), students may review class work, enhancement materials and discuss and prepare for the Mathematics Competitions.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sudoku Challenge (Term 2, Week 9. Any Year 7 & 8 students);

Australian Math Competition (Term 3, Entries closed);

Math Quest Challenge (Term 3, Open to Year 9 & 10 students interested in Math Modelling. See Mr Georgiadis);

Math Olympiad (Term 3, Selected Team).

George Georgiadis

Maths Teacher