One of our gifted mathematicians took part in one of the UK’s most prestigious competitions this week.

Year 8 student Narayan Collins was invited to take part in the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust’s Junior Kangaroo competition after he excelled in the Trust’s Junior Challenge.

Narayan scored 89 in the earlier competition, which earned him Gold, and he should receive his result from this week's Junior Kangaroo competition soon.

He said: “I practised really hard for the Junior Challenge and I was very excited to find out my score.”

Narayan was not the only CBA students to perform well in the Junior Challenge.

Ben Webb and Amy Barn also both won Gold with scores of 82 and 81 respectively.

Another seven students won Silver and a further 11 students won Bronze in the competition.

CBA Assistant Director of Mathematics Maxwell Sam said: “This year we limited our entrants for the Junior Challenge to our very best mathematicians from Years 7 and 8 and they have achieved a fantastic result.

“In particular, it’s wonderful that we have a student who was invited to take part in the Junior Kangaroo. Narayan has put our school on the map and he’s proved himself to be a very good mathematician both in class and at Maths Challenge level.

“In addition to the students who took part in the Junior Challenge we also had other students who did the competition paper for fun during Session 4.”

The competitions test students’ problem solving, critical thinking and analytical abilities.

Narayan sat the Junior Kangaroo paper this week. It was a one-hour multiple-choice paper which featured 25 questions.

(Pictured are Year 8 student Narayan Collins and CBA Assistant Director of Mathematics Maxwell Sam)

 

Junior Challenge Results

 

Gold

Narayan Collins

Ben Webb

Amy Barn

 

Silver

Joshua Jarvis

Jack Carey

Kyle Murray

Keane Haggar

Mitchell Smith

Dovydas Rolicius

Martyna Piskor

 

Bronze

Ryan McLoughlin

Abbi McKay

Mathew Hartly

Louis Baulch

Madison Hobman

Nicole For

Chris Williamson

Elan Southwick

Ashleigh Bottrill

Oskar Szynk

Martin Zelinsky