TINIG SIPNAYAN Vol. III No. 4

 

EBSNHS Mathletes bag awards in

 International Vedic Math Olympiad

           Eduardo Barretto Sr. NHS mathletes bagged four (4) major awards in the recent concluded 1^st International Vedic Math Olympiad last September 11, via online.

           International Vedic Math Olympiad (IVMO 2021) is a new world-wide competition, aimed at testing Vedic Math skills, speed of mind and mathematical acumen. There were five levels of entry, Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior and Open and the total number of participants was 466 coming from nine countries.

  Ronel R. Bautista from Grade 10 -Katmon won gold medal and rank 6^th worldwide under the intermediate category. He got 64 points out of 100. On the other hand, John Henry V. Labog from Grade 10-Molave, bagged bronze medal and rank 51^st worldwide with the total score of 34 points.

Meanwhile on the Junior Category, Keneth John Zuniga from Grade 8 – Zamora won silver medal and rank 30^th worldwide with the total score of 56 out of 100. And from Grade 8 – Rizal, Miguel Angelo Alladel bagged bronze medal and rank 40^th worldwide with the score of 50.

  Other participants were Sean Rein Roxas and Allysa Carla Cedeño from grade 10 rank 62^nd and 71^st respectively under intermediate category.

  Each Olympiad consisted of 50 multiple choice questions which were to be answered within one hour. The competition was run through Regional Centres with competitors registering with Regional Coordinators. The coordinators were also largely responsible for providing lessons in the Vedic Maths techniques

  In this year’s IVMO, participants came from Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Italy, Netherlands, Great Britain and the USA. Entries numbers were Primary – 207, Junior - 119, Intermediate – 89, Senior – 24 and Open – 27.