More than 700 Filipino mathematics aces were among the top scorers in the recently concluded 2024 Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC), the Australian Maths Trust (AMT) announced Wednesday, October 16.
According to the Mathematics Trainers' Guild Phils. (MTG) which trained the students, the Canberra-based group, which has been conducting the AMC since 1976, told them that two Philippine contestants both secured "Second Best" or Top 2 honors in their respective Southeast Asia divisions during the event that drew around 53,000 young math aces from 20 countries worldwide.
According to the AMT, Adrian Jeric Ang, a Grade 3 student of Xavier School in San Juan City, had scored 112 out of 120 points in his middle primary division.
On the other hand, Jerome Austin Te, a Grade 11 student of Jubilee Christian Academy in Quezon City, scored 105 out of 120 points in his middle secondary division.
The AMT had earlier honored Te when he aced the AMC by garnering a perfect score in the competition's 2022 edition.
MTG head Dr. Simon Chua said 27 Filipino students would be awarded with High Distinction certificates which are given to contestants in the Top 3 percent of their year level.
Meanwhile, 138 others would get Distinction certificates for being in the Top 20 percent of their year level.
Another 289 students would receive Credit certificates for being in the Top 55 percent of the primary division and Top 60 percent of the secondary division.
On the other hand, Proficiency certificates would be awarded to 267 others who had demonstrated competency in math problem solving.
The Filipino math aces competed against their counterparts from France, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Fiji, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, Macau and China.
Last year, 675 Filipino students won various awards at the AMC, which is open to those in Grades 3 to 12.
Like Te, 15 other MTG-trained math aces had scored 100 percent in the contest between 2009 and 2019.
According to Chua, the MTG administered the AMC on August 10 onsite in its training centers nationwide. Over 800 Filipino students took part in the competition.
The contest paper consists of 30 multiple choice questions which are ordered in increasing difficulty. They cover basic arithmetic, algebra, geometry, fractions, ratios, statistics and problem solving.