Since its first run in 1978, the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) has grown into the nation’s largest and most prestigious maths competition for school students. Each year, it brings together unique and challenging problems, crafted by leading educators and academics, to stretch students’ thinking and problem-solving skills.
On Thursday 7 August, a group of enthusiastic Year 7, 8, and 9 students proudly represented the school in the Junior and Intermediate Division of the AMC. For 75 minutes, Yarrangabee Centre was transformed into a silent arena of concentration. Every problem was a puzzle, every answer hard-earned – no calculators, only sharp minds, persistence, and determination at work.
While the outcomes remain unknown until later in Term 4, some of the participants shared their experiences here.
The problems began as gentle warm-ups, then quickly became brain-bending provocations, testing more than just fluency with numbers, but also our capacity to enact creative and efficient methods to solve challenging mathematical tasks. I truly pushed my understanding, reasoning, and problem-solving skills to new heights.
I participated in the AMC maths competition to test my mathematical skills as the tests questions require good problem-solving skills and logic to answer them. They require the test taker to read each question diligently and the time limit of 75 minutes of 30 questions backs up this statement. This test is very good and tests my skills, hence the reason I like it.
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