Mu Alpha Theta, the school’s math competition team, traveled to Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 10 to compete against 21 other schools from across the state in the January Statewide FAMAT competition hosted by Chiles High school.
Junior and high school students competed in topics covering pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, precalculus, statistics and calculus. Each took either two individual tests or an individual test and a team round.
The 60-minute individual test, consisting of 30 questions in ascending difficulty, awards students 5 points for each correct answer, 1 point for each unanswered question and 0 for wrong answers. If students are to get the same scores, the sudden death method is used for placings. After that, additional math questions are used as tie breakers for any students with identical answers.
The team round, usually with around 13 questions depending on disputed answers, awards teams of the top four students in each math division with points based on the minute they turn in the question. Given that they turn in a question in the first minute and all their answers are correct, they have the opportunity to earn 20 points. The second minute awards 16 points, the third awards 12 and the fourth awards 8.
Additionally, open divisions like Mu Alpha Open allowed for multiple grades to take the test as it can cover everything from algebra to calculus. Similarly, the Theta Open can cover everything from geometry to algebra.
Congratulations to the following list of placers at this year’s January Statewide:
Geometry Individual Awards
Freshman Ziqian Yu – 5th
Eighth grader Arnav Bhatia – 6th
Algebra II Individual Awards
Freshman Jesse Deng – 6th
Theta Open Individual Awards
Freshman Siddhartha Gupta – 6th
Freshman Ezra Moses – 8th
Freshman Pascal Brinkmann – 10th
Mu Alpha Open Individual Awards
Senior Jack Finneran – 4th
Senior Rajam Arunprakash – 5th
Senior Samuil Petrov – 6th
Senior Sebastian Estrada – 8th
Senior Allen Ting – 10th
Precalculus Individual Awards
Anika Mishra – 1st
Lauren Lee – 2nd
Kabir Gandhi – 4th
Jeffrey Xu – 6th
Daniel Zhao – 8th
Statistics Individual Awards
Junior Daniel Cai – 3rd
Junior Pranav Rai – 9th
Junior Jason Tang – 11th
Junior Kaitlyn Lee – 15th
Calculus
Senior Yusuf Sheikh – 2nd
Senior Guilherme Salles – 3rd
Senior Timothy Kong – 4th
Senior Allen Ting – 5th
Senior Junsuoh Hong – 6th
Junior Darsh Patel – 10th
Senior Samuel Petrov – 13th
Among 21 other schools, the geometry and Algebra II teams placed 4th, the precalculus and calculus teams placed 1st, the statistics team placed second and, ultimately, Heritage placed second after Frazer High School. Looking forward to a competitive and challenging season, students are continuing to expand their mathematical knowledge and improve with practice.
Statistics students from Doral Academy, Frazer High School and Heritage receive their awards. Junior Daniel Cai was placed 3rd overall with a score of 120 on the Statistics Individual test. (Photo/Sanvi Pandya)
The calculus team places first overall at the January Statewide. Senior Yusuf Sheikh, senior Timothy Kong, senior Xuzhou Ren and junior Darsh Patel competed against 21 other schools in the second session of testing at Chiles High School. (Photo/Sanvi Pandya)
