Mathcounts is a prestigious middle school competition consisting of advanced mathematics and problem solving topics
Mathcounts is a national math competition for middle school consisting of four competition a school competition, a chapter competition, a state competition, and a national competition. Each competition consists of a sprint round, a target round, and a countdown round. The sprint round has 30 problems in 40 minutes, with the problems becoming harder further into the round. The target round has four sets of two hard questions, with six minutes for each set. The countdown round takes the top 10, with the competitors going head to head and solving a question in 45 seconds. Each level of competition is extremely competitive and fun.
This year’s Park Forest School Round MathCounts School Competition went very well for the competitors. Here are the rankings at School Competition before Countdown, the final part of the competition:
Jupiter Ding, 8th Grade
Silu Shen, 8th Grade
Emily Wang, 8th Grade
Toby Ma, 8th Grade
Kyle Hynes, 7th Grade
Daniel Xu, 6th Grade
Kueyoung Kim, 7th Grade
Claire Zheng, 6th Grade
Ananya Tadigadapa, 7th Grade
Owen Nasal, 7th Grade
After Countdown Round, the rankings were:
Jupiter Ding, 8th Grade
Silu Shen, 8th Grade
Kyle Hynes, 7th Grade
Emily Wang, 8th Grade
Toby Ma, 8th Grade
Kueyoung Kim, 7th Grade
Daniel Xu, 6th Grade
Claire Zheng, 6th Grade
Ananya Tadigadapa, 7th Grade
Owen Nasal, 7th Grade