On Dec. 20, two teams of students from South Middle School’s Math Team traveled to Brookhaven National Laboratory to compete in the Long Island Regional MoMathlon. This regional tournament features middle school students from across Long Island competing in three rounds of mathematical problems: individual round, team round, and mix-up rounds.
In the lower division of the individual round, South Middle students earned four of the top five spots: Austin Chen placed first, Zale Zhang placed second, Nathan Yu placed third, and Yu Han Chen placed fifth. In the upper division of the individual round, Michael Sun came in fourth place.
During the team round, South Middle’s Team A finished in second place and Team B came in third place. Team A has been invited to the MoMath Tournament of Champions on Jan. 17, where they will compete against middle school teams in New York City.
The MoMathlon competition is co-sponsored by the National Museum of Math, Con Edison, and the Brookhaven National Laboratory. The faculty advisor of the South Middle Math Team is Nathan Wong, science teacher.