These 9 students have qualified to compete in the National MathCON 2018 Finals in Chicago, Illinois, on May 5 at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Forum.
Jerry Yuan, Luca Nijim, Arda Kurama, Maddie Zavada, Zichu Wang, Derick Shi, Raymond Luo, Noah Schafer and Jacob Moehn outperformed 50,000 competitors across 43 states to qualify for Nationals!
More than 50,000 students from across the nation in grades 5-12 including home-schooled, charter, public and private school students competed in the online competition held from January 22 to March 2.
Of the competitors, 576 students are invited to advance to the finals where they will be going head to head in a 90-minute timed test with 70 questions including multiple choice and constructed response. The MathCON competition questions include several mathematical disciplines including algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, number systems and pre-calculus.
The day-long finals event will bring together elementary, middle and high school students to compete for various prizes and national prestige through various math questions and activities. In addition to the finals testing, students at this year’s competition will enjoy a mathematics magic show by renowned magician, Tom London-Tech Magician, a variety of interactive mathematics games, entertainment by Chicago DJ Ryan and a pizza party with other participants. For a full agenda, visit mathcon.org.
At Finals, the National Finalists (top student in each grade 5-12) will receive a cash prize of $300. The Gold medal winners will receive $200; Silver medal winners will win $100; and Bronze Medal winners will be awarded $50. This year, the top 576 student finalists are representing 29 states and are traveling from as far away as California, New York, Alaska and Rhode Island.
