A team of students from Watford Grammar School for Boys have triumphed in an international maths competition.
L to R: Kshitij Tyagi, Meyer Louka, Dominic De Jonge, Jakub Skop and Neil Nair, Watford Grammar School for Boys students and M3 Challenge finalistsA team of students have triumphed in an international maths competition.
The event, named the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge , had nearly 3,000 students from the US and UK, including 11th and 12th graders and sixth form students, put their mathematical abilities and creative thinking to the test this year.Jakub said:"Participating in M3 Challenge is one of the best experiences for applying our knowledge to tackle real world problems.
The competition, which is the brainchild of the Philadelphia-based Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and supported by MathWorks, emphasises the power of applied mathematics as a problem-solving resource. The team's coach, maths teacher Yachna Tailor, said:"The team has worked exceptionally hard preparing for and completing M3 Challenge.Dr Karen Bliss, senior manager of education and outreach at SIAM, said:"The cost of housing in the US and the UK has increased faster than people’s incomes, making rent or mortgage payments challenging for many.
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