By YASEMIN TALAT
BROOKSIDE College pupil Richard Le is proving he knows his numbers.
Richard was one of several hundred thousand students from across 40 countries to enter a major global mathematics competition.
The Australian Mathematics Competition included 70,000 entries from 600 schools across Victoria, including 117 students from Brookside College.
Richard was the only student from his school to be recognised with an award for his high achievements.
He was ranked in the top 25 in Victoria for his age category and was presented with a prize certificate.
He was also one in 66 students to win a Prudence Award for the highest number of consecutive correct responses in his school.
But it was more fun than anything else for the Year 7 student, whose favourite subjects are Maths and English.
“It was fun to solve the questions,” Richard said.
“I chose to enter because I like maths and I’m pretty good at maths,” he said.
“I like that you have to do problem solving and it uses logic and you have to think about the problems and solve them.”
This is the third year Richard has entered the competition, and each year he gets even better results.
Brookside College numeracy events and promotions co-ordinator Rebecca Jameson said Richard’s results were fantastic.
“We were so proud and just over the moon at his achievements,” Mrs Jameson said.
“Richard last year received a high distinction, he improved upon his last year’s result and received a prize level this year.”
Richard hopes to enter the competition again and achieve a medal which is higher than the prize certificate.
The objective of the AMC is to make maths exciting and inspiring for all students from Year 3 to 12, no matter what their maths ability.
