Volume 24 Issue 30 23 Sep 2016 20 Elul 5776

From the Head of Mathematics

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION (AMC)

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Michelle Lyons-Zwarenstein Head of Mathematics

The 39th AMC took place in August. The AMC is one of the world’s largest school-based mathematics competitions with more than 14 million entries since 1978. This is a fun 30-problem competition with many of the problems set in situations that show the relevance of mathematics in students’ everyday lives.

Congratulations to the following students for their achievement in this problem solving competition.

YEAR 7:

Distinction: Jessica Lowy, Zachary Gothelf, Liam Engler, Ethan Moliver, Shane Doust, Joey Hadad, Jacob Rose and Harry Schulz.

Credit: Ruby Hurwitz, Eleanor Labi, Jonathan Schach, Zac Levenson, Aaron Goldberg, Aiden Poswell, Lara Fosbery and Chloe Miller.

YEAR 8:

High Distinction: Beau Glass

Distinction: Jake Lewitton, Sasha Baskin, Jemma Salamon, Gabriella Goodridge and Jonathan Sebban.

Credit: Matthew Bozic, Jesse Waller, Mimi Silberstein, Samara Trenaman, Elijah Grynberg, Isaac Grove, Jamie Orleow, Kaia Ziman, Jacob Wolf and Mikaela Fraser.

Year 10

Distinction: Joshua Amoils, Ashne Amoils and Dheanna Eller

Credit: Aron Jaffe, Noah Solomon, Matthew Doust, Sienna Amoils, Noa Blair, Aaron Ellis-Bloor and Erin Baskin.