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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Math Competition by Zander 8-24-11




                Today at 2:00 pm I went to a math contest representing Central New Brighton school 8th grade with a few of my friends. I have never been to a math contest in School. But I had to go because my mom thought it would be a good experience for me and, the school needed another player and they thought that I was good at math. Before we left we got to each get some bread. I got a big loaf and stuck it is my backpack and snacked on it during the competition.

                There were lots of rules for the competition and it made a big difference on how it was played. One of the main rules is that there is only one runner for your team in the whole competition. Plus, the distance and the traffic of the runners are all the same. Plus they only give you one question at a time so it makes your team work together to finish it. . There are 4 people per team including the runner.  There were 100’s of kids that came from tons of different schools all around the south Island. The Judges had been experimenting and got the rules almost to perfection in the 40 years that they have been running it.  I thought that it was pretty fair to all the teams.

                To get to the competition, I went in the teacher Mrs. Lumley’s car with JW and Phillip who are part of my math team. We went to a big stadium in Christchurch that had a café next to it. When we went in, there were lots of people who were there for the competition. We took our seats and watched the seventh years do their work. I thought that it was all a bit crazy that so many people were so excited to go to this competition. The 7th years got all of the questions wrong. When it was our turn, we got 20 points. Each question was worth 5 points. We tried 12 questions. So we didn’t do so well. But at least we beat the 7th years. Towards the end, I realized that my parents were watching. I was pretty happy with my team for my first competition.  After the awards ceremony, we went home for dinner.

Zander

4 comments:

  1. Zander,
    Good work! Sounds like a lot of fun.
    Love,
    GRAMPS

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  2. Z--Good call on your parents part. It must have been a good experience for you to have joined in the math competition. So, what kinds of problems did they give you?? Is it the kind of work you had last year?

    Other question--your picture is great; you look pretty serious! The thing I really noticed was that there doesn't seem to be any snow in the back ground. Does that mean that it's melted? Or just that the picture was taken before the snow came?

    We're delighted that you're all in school and seem to be enjoying that! Keep up the good work.
    much, much love, bippy

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  3. Zander, don't they call it "maths" with an "s"? It took me so long to get used to how they say that. I'm proud to hear about your participation in a maths competition. Sounds like you had fun and understand the value of teamwork!

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  4. Zander the math wiz:) Sound like you had a great day exploring new places and learning new things. Keep up the good work and share your knowledge with the team.

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