Math Counts - Students Win Local Math Competition

A team of middle school Mathletes® from Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor won the 2018 Hartford Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition at the University of Hartford on Feb 3.  Members of the winning team are Aryan Kalia, Jaideep Naik, Michael Ngo, Yunfei Zheng and coaches are William Denker and Beth Goldman.

The second, third and fourth place teams are Irving Robbins Middle School in Farmington, Avon Middle School in Avon and West Woods Upper Elementary School in Farmington, respectively.  There were 230 Mathletes from 28 schools competing at the event.

The top individual was Michael Ngo from Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor.

The second, third and fourth place individuals are Aryan Kalia from Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor, Savi Agarwal from Irving A. Robbins Middle School in Farmington and Richard Jiang from Irving A. Robbins Middle School in Farmington, respectively.

The top 20% participating (20% teams plus individuals not on a winning team) will now advance to the State Competition, to be held at the University of Hartford on March 10. The top four individual winners at the State Competition will advance to the Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition to be held in Washington, DC on May 13 & 14.

The following is a list of schools that will be represented by either a team and/or an individual(s) at the State competition:

Avon Middle School, Avon

Betances BSTEM at Dwight, Hartford

Breakthrough Magnet School, Hartford

DePaolo Middle School, Southington

Granby Memorial Middle School, Granby

Henry James Memorial School, Simsbury

Irving Robbins Middle School, Farmington

John F. Kennedy Middle School, Plantsville

King Philip Middle School, West Hartford

Renbrook School, West Hartford

Sedgwick Middle School, West Hartford

Smith Middle School, Glastonbury

Thompson Brook School, Avon

Timothy Edwards Middle School, South Windsor

Two Rivers Magnet School, East Hartford

Watkinson School, Hartford

West Woods Upper Elementary School, Farmington 

The top Mathlete in the Countdown Round was Aryan Kalia from Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor. The Countdown Round is a fast-paced oral competition for the top-scoring sixteen individuals. In this round, pairs of Mathletes compete against each other and the clock to solve problems.

In our increasingly technological society, those students who do not begin developing strong problem-solving, logical thinking and analytical abilities in middle school will face an uphill battle later in life if they wish to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. As the only nationwide math enrichment, club and competition program designed to improve math skills for U.S. middle school students, MATHCOUNTS prepares students for future career opportunities and success. More than 6 million students across the U.S. have participated in MATHCOUNTS programs in the last 34 years.

The competition is organized by the Connecticut Society of Professional Engineers, hosted by the University of Hartford and sponsored by businesses and individuals in the greater Hartford area.

The National Sponsors of MATHCOUNTS are Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Insurance, Phillips 66, Texas Instruments Incorporated, 3Mgives, Art of Problem Solving and NextThought.  MATHCOUNTS was founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CNA Insurance.

Additional information on MATHCOUNTS is available at www.mathcounts.org