MTQ/NMTQ Winners 2019

 

2019 MATHS TALENT QUEST

Maths Talent Quest is a MAWA student activity that requires students to think creatively about complex real-life mathematical problems, thinking as a mathematician would. Open to students from K – 12, participation in this activity strongly supports students to develop an appreciation of mathematics across the STEM disciplines with an emphasis on strong communication skills and mathematical understanding.

This year we had ninety-two entries from over 300 students across Western Australian Primary and Secondary Schools. Our mathematicians of the future produced outstanding entries and the range of topics illustrates the diversity that can be found in the careers that are available to people with a strong mathematics background.

A big thank you must be given to our judges who have the tough job of trying to differentiate between the creative ideas and the different ways of communicating them. Each entry needs to be judged two or three times so without their support we would not be able to offer this activity. ECU preservice teachers are invited by MAWA to assist with the judging, helping us to get through the task and also offering valuable Professional Leaning to our future teachers about the mathematical investigative process. MAWA would like to acknowledge Sharon Schubert from Iona Presentation College who will represent WA as a VIP judge at the judging of the National Maths Talent Quest (NMTQ) on the 12^th September.

All Distinction and High Distinction winners are invited to join us for the Award Ceremony to be held at Scitech on the 21^st October. NMTQ winners will be announced at the ceremony and we wish all our eight WA entries the best of luck.

Year 4 Group

Ashdale Primary School

Smartie Investigations

Amery Hall, Prisha Patel, Kiva Shah

 

Year 5 Individual

Rossmoyne Primary School

Eagles Statistics using Fantasy points

Ethan Reid – Riley

 

Year 6 Individual

Rossmoyne Primary School

Buy what you need, not what you want

Jaylene Chang

 

Year 7 Group

Carine Senior High School

Is Rapunzel’s Hair Possible?

Jeel Thumar, Ilsa Murad, Olivia Taylor

Year 8 Individual

John Curtin College of the Arts

5 Cost Effective Ways to Make School Better and Happier

Daisy Chalken

 

Year 8 Group

Mt Lawley Senior High School

 He’s Always Watching – The Codemaker

Poppy Steenbergen & Lottie Berinson

 

Year 9 Individual

St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls

Optimising Revenue: Finding the optimum number of students for a school

Shenyi Wang

 

Year 9 Group

St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls

Hockey Sticks

Hannah Keogh, Zali Dale, Lara Had

 

Award	Year Group	Name of Students	Project Name	School	Number
		NATIONAL ENTRY	Medallion for each student
National Entry	4	Amery Hall, Prisha Patel, Kiva Shah	Smartie Investigations	Ashdale Primary School	3
National Entry	5		Eagles Statistics using Fantasy points	Rossmoyne Primary School	1
		Ethan Reid-Riley
National Entry	6	Jaylene Chang	Buy what you need, not what you want	Rossmoyne Primary School	1
National Entry	7	Jeel Thumar, Ilsa Murad, Olivia Taylor	Is Rapunzel's Hair Possible?	Carine Senior High School	3
National Entry	8	Daisy Chalken	5 Cost Effective Ways to Make School Better and Happier	John Curtin College of the Arts	1
National Entry	8	Poppy Steenbergen & Lottie Berinson	He's Always Watching - The Codemaker	Mt Lawley Senior High School	2
National Entry	9	Hannah Keogh, Zali Dale, Lara Had	Hockey Sticks	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	3
National Entry	9	Shenyi Wang	Optimising Revenue: Finding the optimum number of students for a school	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	1
				Total	15
		HIGH DISTINCTIONS	Certificate for each student and $100  per entry
High Distinction *	4	Amery Hall, Prisha Patel, Kiva Shah	Smartie Investigations	Ashdale Primary School	3
High Distinction *	5		Eagles Statistics using Fantasy points	Rossmoyne Primary School	1
		Ethan Reid-Riley
High Distinction *	6	Jaylene Chang	Buy what you need, not what you want	Rossmoyne Primary School	1
High Distinction *	7	Jeel Thumar, Ilsa Murad, Olivia Taylor	Is Rapunzel's Hair Possible?	Carine Senior High School	3
High Distinction *	8	Daisy Chalken	5 Cost Effective Ways to Make School Better and Happier	John Curtin College of the Arts	1
High Distinction *	8	Poppy Steenbergen & Lottie Berinson	He's Always Watching - The Codemaker	Mt Lawley Senior High School	2
High Distinction *	9	Hannah Keogh, Zali Dale, Lara Had	Hockey Sticks	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	3
High Distinction *	9	Shenyi Wang	Optimising Revenue: Finding the optimum number of students for a school	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	1
High Distinction	3	Ethan Perera and Tyler Yeoh-Ellerton	Lego	Carey Baptist College Harrisdale	2
High Distinction	4	Shimmah Ghatfy & Zahra Abel	Investigating rubbish on our beaches	Rockingham Beach Primary School	2
High Distinction	5	Aarnav Gupta	Travelling in Three Dimensions	Victoria Park Primary School	1
High Distinction	6	Anoushka Gupta	Light It Up	Victoria Park Primary School	1
High Distinction	7	Clara Hoarau, Emelia Bullers, Luca Polmear, Natalie Poole, Mackenzie Reynolds	Number Theory	John Curtin College of the Arts	5
High Distinction	7	Jessica Del Casale	What IF Earth was a different size?	Mt Lawley Senior High School	1
High Distinction	8	Matthew Vinci, Jonathan Vinci,Nishok Nimaleen	How to make an Emu fly	Aquinas College	5
		Riley Nel, Matthew Wallace
				Total	32
		DISTINCTIONS	Certificate for each student and a $50 per entry
Distinction	4	Kyle Shafeeu, Donny Pham	Spring Loaded Car	Ashdale Primary School	2
Distinction	4	Phebe Hunter	Space Travel	Carey Baptist College Harrisdale	1
Distinction	4	Nishaan Sunner and Samanyu Vallabhaneni	Gold	Carey Baptist College Harrisdale	2
Distinction	7	Nikolas Rickard, Mason Wigmore, Blake Stuart	The Maths behind Iron Man	Fremantle College	3
Distinction	7	Tara Whitney, Amelie Armstrong, Isabella Pymm	Can Dumbo Fly?	Fremantle College	3
Distinction	7	Rosa Dickie	Key to Kool Kicks	Mt Lawley Senior High School	1
Distinction	7	Chloe Burns & Eladia Hamilton-Dalziell	Packing For Mars - How big a suitcase will you need to pack?	Mt Lawley Senior High School	2
Distinction	7	Sasha Gerrick	Cricket	Butler College	1
Distinction	8	Anna Connolly, Iona Anderson, Brooke Noak	Rapunzel's Hair	Carine Senior High School	3
Distinction	8	Courtney Ridgewell , Edward Atkinson	Ozone hole over Antarctica	Duncraig Senior High School	2
Distinction	8	Amy Moran Sreya Mannamkunnath	A Lifetime of Beauty	John Curtin College of the Arts	2
Distinction	8	Hannah Kader, Sarah Mohamad Fami, Kanon Naito, Eliza Ramsay	If the Shoe Can Run	John Curtin College of the Arts	4
Distinction	8	Lochlan McKenna	QWERTY Keyboard Investigation	John Curtin College of the Arts	1
Distinction	8	Carl Avellanosa, Jasmin Calayag and Neha Kerai	Rad Route	Ellenbrook Secondary College	3
Distinction	8	Noah Case Tenten	Exploring Maths Through Kitemaking	Iona Presentation College	1
Distinction	9	Zoe Colvin, Lily Andrews, Elana Godfrey, Dwija Trivedi	Zoe Colvin, Lily Andrews, Elana Godfrey, Dwija Trivedi	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	4
Distinction	9	Natasha Wong, Bella Sayer and Sri Mohan	Does the circumference of a wheel affect the speed of the vehicle?	St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls	3
Distinction	9	Ting Ting Fang, Eva Coulter, Chloe Osborn, Grace McGhie	Action Movies in Real Life	Carine Senior High School	4
Distinction	9	Kai Mancini	Aerodynamic Origami	John Curtin College of the Arts	1
Distinction	9	Samora Wa Azaro, Tanesha Eddy	The Penalty Shot	John Curtin College of the Arts	2
				Total	45