5th Grade Math Olympiads By Susan Shaw
Back Row: Pranav Madabhushi, Aaditya Venkateswaran, Ashish Manoj, Sebastian Sock, Derek Cho, Rohan Singh, Anish Rao, Zeke Smith. Middle Row: Matthieu Zee, Shiv Subrahmanian, Ankita Chowdhry, Nikita Mehta, Kitty Lalwani, Jayu Minakshisundar, Nathan Gunawan, Craig Broadman. Front Row: Jane Gardner, Jeanette Yan, Serena Sung-Clarke, Nadia Kim, Pablo Leon, Jonathan Hsun, Wilson Li.
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ath Olympiads is a mathematical problem solving competition that runs from October to March each year. This year’s fifth grade team was a competitive group. They worked hard throughout the year learning different problem solving strategies and practicing to improve their scores with each successive contest. Each of the five contests has five questions and students are given a total of 25 minutes to answer the questions. Through the Math Olympiad program, the fifth grade students learned new strategies that they could then apply to other math problems. They enjoyed the challenge and delighted in the confidence they gained when they solved a particularly difficult problem. This year’s team received a plaque for a team score of 176, placing them in the top ten percent of all teams participating. 4,636 teams participated in this year’s Math Olympiads from 30 different countries. 340 of those teams earned the “Highest Team Achievement” plaque and the SAS 5th grade team was one of them. Congratulations to Derek Cho who received a trophy as the team’s high scorer with a score of 20/25. Derek also received a gold pin and an embroidered patch for scoring in the top two percent of all participants. Jayu Minakshisundar, Nikita Mehta, Jeanette Yan, Rohan Singh, Craig Broadman, Serena Sung-Clarke, Wilson Li, Anish Rao, Aaditya Venkateswaran, Pranav Madabhushi and Sophia Eristoff each received silver pins and embroidered patches for being in the top eight percent of all participants. Congratulations to all of the Math Olympians who each received a certificate for their efforts.
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SAS NewsFlash – May 2008