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Mathematical skills tested

St Paul's Collegiate School —

The problems are designed to test mathematical thinking and questions are designed so that they can be answered just as quickly without a calculator as with one.

On 9 August 2018, sixty four St Paul’s students participated in the Australian Mathematics Competition. 

This competition is made up of mathematics questions which need to be completed in 75 minutes.“The problems are designed to test mathematical thinking and questions are designed so that they can be answered just as quickly without a calculator as with one. The problems get more difficult through the competition, so that at the end they are challenging to the most gifted students. Students of all standards will make progress through the problems, and also be challenged along the way.” (Australian Mathematics Trust)

Results show that, once again, some of our students have performed to a very high level. Ten students have gained Distinction, and one Year 9 student, a High Distinction.

These students are to be congratulated on their superb efforts!


Year 9                                                       Awarded                                         Percentile Rank

Logan Orsler                                   High Distinction                                            99

Samuel Peoples                                  Distinction                                                   96

Dylan Fletcher                                    Distinction                                                   91

Kiel Kleuskens                                     Distinction                                                   82

Matthew Jones                                   Distinction                                                   80


Year 11                                                      Awarded                                        Percentile Rank

Ben Littlejohn                                       Distinction                                                    86

Gustav Jooste                                       Distinction                                                    84

Lucas Goodwin                                     Distinction                                                    82

Jeff Lester                                                Distinction                                                    80


Year 12                                                     Awarded                                            Percentile Rank

Simon Han                                             Distinction                                                       83


Year 13                                                     Awarded                                             Percentile Rank

Ben Chungsuvanich                         Distinction                                                        77