Burgmann Maths Day 2024

By Simon Wu, Year 10

Burgmann Math Day is an eagerly anticipated annual event, where schools send their top Year 10 students to Burgmann College for a day of intense mathematical competition, all based on a ranking system.

This year’s contest took place on Thursday 17 October and the ten of us met up early in the morning to talk about what to anticipate, and about the nervousness felt all around.

The day featured a variety of challenging activities, including the Relay Race, the Swiss Contest, and crosswords, to name a few.

Radford College entered two teams in the competition. Radford 2, consisting of Eshaan Extross, Kate Colyer, Micah Tay, Udara Manage, and Simon Wu, put in a commendable performance, finishing in 5th place out of around 30 teams.

The other Radford Team, Radford 1 consisting of Ben Wang, Kevin Wong, Andrew Wang, Keren Zhang, and Emma Huang, not only claimed 1st place but did so in dominating fashion, finishing more than 40 points ahead of the team that finished in second place.

A big congratulations to all the participants for their outstanding effort, and special thanks to Mrs Alyssa Maier, Mr Bradley Van Den Heuvel, and the maths department for their ongoing support and encouragement.