Schools / * Education news : Math Champions Can Add to Achievements
Several local teens who took top honors at a recent mathematics competition, MathCounts, earned the right to compete with other top math students from across California for a chance to go to the national competition in Washington, officials said.
Sponsored by UC Irvine’s computer science department, MathCounts includes team and one-on-one contests designed to promote math skills among seventh- and eighth-grade students. More than 170 students from 26 Orange County schools participated.
The students tackled problems such as “What is the 199th digit of the decimal representation of 3/37th?” (The answer: 0.)
In the Irvine competition, first place went to William Chan of Harry C. Fulton Middle School, Fountain Valley. Second place was captured by Joseph Yu of Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Irvine; third place, Eric Grey, also of Fulton; and fourth place, Andy Kutas of Ethel Dwyer Middle School, Huntington Beach.
Others cited were Michael House, Serrano Intermediate School, Lake Forest; Ray Juang and William Lin, La Paz Intermediate School, Mission Viejo; and Bryan J. Fibel, Aliso Viejo Middle School.
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