2011 Australian Mathematical Olympiad – New Zealand results

Friday, March 4, 2011 16:52
Posted in category News

New Zealand now participates in the Australian Mathematical Olympiad, held in February each year. The results of the 2011 AMO were announced this week, and the training squad has done very well, netting a total of eleven awards: two gold, four silver and five bronze.

Our award winners were:
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2011 British Mathematical Olympiad, Round two – New Zealand results

Friday, March 4, 2011 14:44
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The training squad took part in Round Two of the British Mathematical Olympiad in December. The following students scored 15 or more out of 40, and are listed among the top 35 overall on the BMOC site:

  • Malcolm Granville, Auckland Grammar School (39)
  • Tom Yan, Auckland Grammar School (33)
  • Robert Zhang, Auckland Grammar School (28)
  • Arun Chockalingam Shanmuganathan, Auckland International College (20)
  • Natalia Chen, St Andrew’s College (18)

Congratulations to all, and again a big thanks to the BMOC for allowing us to take part.

2011 IMO squad

Friday, March 4, 2011 14:43
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New Zealand’s training squad for the 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad was announced in January. The final team of six to travel to Amsterdam, the Netherlands will be decided in April.

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2011 British Mathematical Olympiad, Round one – New Zealand results

Friday, March 4, 2011 14:43
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Nineteen of the 24 students selected for the 2011 NZMOC January Camp took part in Round One of the British Mathematical Olympiad in December. The following students scored 40 or more out of 60, and are listed among the top 34 overall on the BMOC site:

  • Malcolm Granville, Auckland Grammar School (60)
  • Tom Yan, Auckland Grammar School (58)
  • Ha Young Shin, Christchurch Boys’ High School (52)
  • Robert Zhang, Auckland Grammar School (47)
  • James Allen, Kristin School (40)

Congratulations to all, and a big thanks to the BMOC for allowing us to take part.

NZMOC back online

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 23:42
Posted in category News

You  may have noticed that we’ve been offline for a while. Well, now we’re back! And shortly I’ll post some updates on what we’ve been up to in the meantime. Until then, you might enjoy reading about Stephen Mackereth’s experience at the 2010 IMO in Kazakhstan, or tackling the first squad assignment. Enjoy!

Chris

2010 Camp Selection problem solutions

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 15:22
Posted in category Easy, Medium, News, Problems

A big thank you to all those who submitted solutions to this year’s camp selection problems. We received over 100 submissions; they have now been marked, and we hope to begin sending out invitations to the January camp soon.

In the meantime, here are the solutions. Enjoy!

- Chris