Math Team Equals Victories
On October 22, 2016, the St. Mark’s Upper School Math Team competed in the Texas A&M math contest in College Station, Texas. The contest covered several different events and competitions, including the Power Team, a problem-solving and proof writing event in which a team of 6 entrants work together over the course of one week; the Subject Tests, which include short-answer problems with each student taking a test based on his or her current math class; and the Best Student Test, a short-answer test that is taken by every student and covers many different topics. A Sweepstakes awards is also given based on a point system that gives points to each team based on the placing of each student on the Subject and Best Student Tests, as well as the best Power Team entry for the school.
The St. Mark’s team won second place overall, and one Power Team group and a number mathletes won distinctions:
- 2nd Place – Sweepstakes (the overall school score)
- 2nd Place – Power Team (group problem-solving)
- 1st Place DE Exam (Precalculus) – Dylan Liu ’19
- 6th Place EF Exam (Calculus/Advanced Math) – Jesse Zhong ’18
- 6th Place CD Exam (Algebra 2) – Nicholas Tsao ’20
- 3rd Place Best Student Open (11th and 12th graders) – Kevin Choi ’17
- 6th Place Best Student Open (11th and 12th graders)– Kevin Feng ’18
- 8th Place Best Student Closed (10th grade and younger) – Dylan Liu ’19
Earlier in the month, the team competed in the Oklahoma State University math contest, a competition among students representing schools in Oklahoma, Alabama, and Texas. This contest consists of 25 multiple-choice questions covering a variety of subject. St. Mark’s team members won the following distinctions:
- First Place (three-way tie) – Kevin Choi ’17 and Daran Zhao ‘17
- Fourth Place (four-way tie) - Kaden Han ’17, Dylan Liu ’19 and Nicholas Tsao ‘20
- Honorable Mention - Liam Sohn ‘17, Eric Shang ’17 and Jesse Zhong ‘16
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St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
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St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
