Ilonggo Students Excel in Australian Mathematics Competition
Posted by RexNov 25
Jian's I.S.A. Recognition Day
Grade-3 Most Outstanding & Special Award in Math, March 2009
Jian Kyle Tiampong, Kathleen Therese Tilos, Luke Kenneth Gurrea, Nicole Cassey Lao, Paul Bryan Buni, Kevinn Friedrich Chan, Jan Jemi Gerwayne Tiu, Krisha Wee, and Karl Francis Chan.
Nine amazing kids that made Ilonggos very proud of them in the Australian Mathematics Competition. They are part of the fifty-six other students also won top honors in the AMC, held simultaneously last August in Australia and 35-plus other countries worldwide, including the Philippines
Over 2,000 Filipino elementary and high school students took part in the AMC, administered by AMT representatives, Mathematics Trainers’ Guild-Philippines (MTG) and the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology:
Jian Kyle Tiampong - Distinction Awardee
Distinction Awards are given to students with percentile ranking between the 85 and 98 percentile
Kathleen Therese Tilos – Credit Awardee
Luke Kenneth Gurrea – Credit Awardee
Nicole Cassey Lao – Credit Awardee
Paul Bryan Buni – Credit Awardee
Kevinn Friedrich Chan – Credit Awardee
Jan Jemi Gerwayne Tiu – Credit Awardee
Krisha Wee – Credit Awardee
Karl Francis Chan – Credit Awardee
Credit Awards are given to students with percentile ranking between the 50 and 85 percentile.
The Australian Mathematics Competition:
The first AMC was held in 1976, was open to students within the Australian Capital Territory, and attracted 1200 entries.
The, in 2004, the competition was expanded to allow two more divisions, one for year five and six students, and another for year three and four students. And in 2005, students from 38 different countries entered the competition.
The AMC test paper consists questions on topics that include arithmetic, number theory, combinatorics, geometry, measurement, algebra and probability and thank goodness, no calculus! Students have 75 minutes to read and answer 30 questions, which are ordered in increasing difficulty. Of the 30 questions, 25 in multiple-choice and 5 questions with an integer answer between 0-999.
So, Congratulations kids! We are very proud of you!!
Lastly, I know there are different levels in the competition, but just for fun, I grabbed one problem from a student preparing for the test. He posted it in a blogsite, physicsforums.com, soliciting some answers. You can try your math talent on the question below:
Four singers take part in a musical round of 4 equal lines, each finishing after singing the line through three times.
The second singer begins when the first singer begins the second line, the third singer begins when the first singer begins the third line, the fourth singer begins when the first singer begins the fourth line. The fraction of the total singing time that all four are singing at the same time is:
A. 3/4
B. 3/5
C. 2/3
D. 5/6
E. 8/15
Sources: facebook.com, carillon.up.edu.ph, en.wikipedia.org
Hi! For the math question, my answer is 3/4. Though the fourth singer started singing only on the fourth line of the first singer, they would all be singing together until the first singer finishes the 12th line or the end of the song or after nine lines. 9/12 =3/4.
May i know the correct answer please? thanks!:)