THE CANBERRA MATHEMATICS TALENT QUEST 2022
The National Mathematics Talent Quest (NMTQ) has provided a venue to showcase the creative thinking skills of students in Australia for many years. To be eligible to enter the national quest a project has to win its category in a similar quest at the state level. Students throughout the ACT have put considerable time and effort into mathematics assignments and projects yet they did not have a mechanism where they could get local or national recognition and encouragement for their work. The executive of CMA decided that we should launch the Canberra Mathematics Talent Quest in 2021 so that we could participate in the national competition and highlight the abundance of local talent.
All entries that were submitted for ACT judging were of a very high standard and eleven entries won their category and were sent to Perth for national judging. Two entries were outstanding and won their category:
Year 1 Small Group North Ainslie Primary School (Alex, James and Marcel)
What is the Chance of a Cow Dropping Leather in Minecraft?
Year 6 Class Arawang Primary School (Maths Extension Class)
Double Trouble
These are the first winners we have had in the National Mathematics Talent Quest. We hope to have many more winners at the local and national level in 2022. A full list of award winners for 2021 is on the CMA webpage.
The entries for the Canberra Mathematics Talent Quest must be submitted by Friday 19th August 2022.
Teachers may wish to get an early start on their entries.
Students are able to participate in the quest in one of three categories:
- Submit an individual entry
- Be part of a small group (up to 6 students)
- Be part of a whole class entry (7 or more students)
- All students from Kindergarten to Year 12 in the ACT are able to submit an entry.
The projects or assignments can be presented in any format including;
- Essays, scripts, stories, poems, diaries, illustrated texts, newspaper format or any other form of writing
- Posters
- Videos
- Models – static or interactive
- Coding
- Power point presentations
- Spreadsheets or databases
Further details, including the judging rubrics and links to sites giving examples of student entries in previous years, are on the CMA webpage.
http://www.canberramaths.org.au/
THE CANBERRA MATHEMATICS TALENT QUEST 2021
RESULTS
(THESE ENTRIES WERE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN PERTH)
1ST PLACE
RESULTS
(THESE ENTRIES WERE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN PERTH)
1ST PLACE
2ND PLACE
The National Mathematics Talent Quest: ACT Winners 2021
Year 1 Small Group What is the Chance of a Cow Dropping Leather in Minecraft
North Ainslie Primary School (Alex, James and Marcel)
Year 6 Class Double Trouble
Arawang Primary School Maths extension class
Year 1 Small Group What is the Chance of a Cow Dropping Leather in Minecraft
North Ainslie Primary School (Alex, James and Marcel)
Year 6 Class Double Trouble
Arawang Primary School Maths extension class
