PVNC Catholic Mathletes Crunch Numbers For Success At Annual Math Olympics
/From high-speed multiplication to complex logic puzzles, students were crunching numbers at the annual PVNC Catholic Math Olympics at Holy Cross Secondary School on Tuesday.
Photo courtesy of PVNC Catholic.
The event was hosted by the PVNC Catholic Math Team, with over 200 students from 22 schools competing.
The Mathletes took a variety of challenges that included the following:
The Skills Challenge: A gauntlet of puzzles designed to push critical thinking to the limit.
Probability & Strategy: Fast-paced dice games where Mathletes calculated risks in real-time.
Number Hive: A buzzing multiplication challenge that rewarded speed and precision.
Spatial Reasoning: The legendary estimation jar, where students used their best formulas to guess the coin count.
The results of the competition are as follows:
Grade 3/4
1st Place: St. Alphonsus CES, Peterborough
2nd Place: St. Paul CES, Peterborough
3rd Place: St. Mary CES, Campbellford
Grade 5/6
1st Place: St. Anthony CES, Port Hope
2nd Place: St. Dominic CES, Lindsay
3rd Place: St. Anne CES, Peterborough
Grade 7/8
1st Place: St. Anne CES, Peterborough
2nd Place: St. Joseph CES, Douro
3rd Place: St. Martin CES, Ennismore
