The Math Department provides information about competitions: Big Leaps and Olympic Ambition
The annual Kangaroo Math Competition took place on March 17. This is a multiple-choice competition in which students have 75 minutes to answer as many questions as possible correctly across three difficulty levels.
This year, an enormous number of students from grades 3 through 10 signed up. There were 95 in total.
Based on a predetermined point system, prizes 1 through 3 are awarded, as well as a prize for the “biggest kangaroo jump”—that is, the longest streak of correct answers.
The winners at Steinmühle have been announced:
- Johannes Stroth from Class 4 for the longest kangaroo jump in elementary school
- Anna-Lena Griesler (5c), 1st Prize
- Philian Merle (5c), 2nd Prize
- Liam Randau (6b), 2nd Prize
- Johanna Rogosch (6b), 3rd Prize
- Antonia Tapia Gehring (6b), 3rd Prize
- Carlos Toshiro Beato del Rosal (7a), 3rd Prize
- Teresa Dinges (7b), 2nd Prize
- Orlando Geisel (7c), 1st Prize
- Mathilda Lambach (9b), 2nd Prize
The Math Olympiad begins shortly after summer break with a homework round, in which students with a particular passion for math work on competition problems appropriate for their grade level and submit them to their teachers for grading. Successful completion of the problems qualifies students to participate in the second round.
Round 2 consisted of a four-hour written exam in November 2021. Fourteen students in grades 5–12 took part in it. The top students from each grade level then qualified for the next round of the state-wide competition in Hesse. Jan Audretsch (12d) and Teresa Dinges (8b) made the cut.
In the spring, the two of them took another four-hour exam, which was submitted online. Unfortunately, a trip to Darmstadt to compete at the university where the Hessen round is usually held was once again canceled due to the coronavirus.
Jan and Theresa once again achieved great results in the Hessen Round.
Steinmühle extends its congratulations!
