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November 13, 2009
Brian Jeon
The recently-created Math Club had their first competition Oct 13. The competition is called the Math League and is issued uniformly to all high schools. It consists of 6 math problems to be completed in 30 minutes. While the prospect of a math competition may sound intimidating, the problems themselves are actually quite simple.
“The problems are based more on logic rather than difficult techniques. A freshman would be able to complete the problems,” Math Club advisor Ioana Browne said.
The competition resulted in success, with 34 participants and a total score of 29 out of 30 gathered from the top five scorers. Browne believes that the competition reflects the success of the club as a whole.
“It was a lot of fun. And even though I understand that there are regulations to the test, it was still strange that so much time was given. Either way, it was quite fun and very well organized. It had an amazing turnout.” senior Sean Chadha said.
Math Club was created this year when senior Nicole Pham had the idea on a whim. After hearing of the idea and the academic nature of the club, Browne gladly accepted to become the advisor.
“The point of math club is to get students excited about math. The students get to see math outside of the classroom and see the problems more as puzzles and fun problems.” Browne said.
The club aspires to compete with other schools such as Mission San Jose High School and to join international competitions such as the American Math Competition.
