Heathmont Gazette

Mathematics News

Education Perfect Maths Competition

 

At the end of Term 2, students between the Year levels of 7 and 10 had access to an Education Perfect Maths Competition.

Students were able to access this within a 7 day period and were able to participate by completing as many questions in any mathematic strand across all days, up to a maximum of 8 hours a day.

The results at the end of this competition for Heathmont College are as follows, based on all students who participated:

The following students received awards at the start of Term 3 based on the number of questions answered within the competition:

 

  • Felix Li (Year 7) – For answering 694 questions, you earned 573 points which placed you in the top 2.73% of competitors in the competition from around the world.
  • Mya Greenyer (Year 8) – For answering 743 questions, you earned 566 points which placed you in the top 2.76% of competitors in the competition from around the world.
  • Tyler Byrne (Year 7) - For answering 874 questions, you earned 518 points which placed you in the top 3.04% of competitors in the competition from around the world.
  • Izzy O’Shea (Year 7) - For answering 661 questions, you earned 511 points which placed you in the top 3.12% of competitors in the competition from around the world.

Congratulations and many thanks to all who participated in this competition.

 

Mr Nathan Auld

Mathematics Curriculum Area Leader

 

 

In the Maths Classroom

 

Only one colour, but not one size. Stuck at the bottom, yet I easily fly.

Present in sun, but not in rain. Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.

What Am I?...A shadow!

 

Year 10 students in their mathematics classes have been investigating what factors change the length of a shadow. They experimented with different objects and moving a light to understand how the shadows changed and used that to build a diagram. They then used these diagrams to come up with a way to estimate a shadows length based on different factors which allowed them to solve more challenging questions.

 

Well done Year 10’s!

 

Jesse Givens-Lamb

Mathematics teacher