Acadia student scores in mathematics

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A Grade 7 student at Acadia Junior High put a perfect score on the board during a national mathematics competition, and led her teammates to first place among over a hundred other Canadian schools.

Ruhani Jindal placed first overall in Canada in the Canadian National Mathematics League contest held in February.

“Math is my favourite subject,” she said. “I enjoy anything with numbers, and I try to enter all the math contests I can.”

She credits her teacher Pritpal Sandhu with keeping up her interest in mathematics, and her classmates for posting good scores on the same competition test.

“In this contest, there were 35 questions to be done in 40 minutes. It had all types of questions, from word problems and simple equations. Then it got harder, so by the time I got to the third page it took more time,” Jindal said. “It covered math like basic algebra, geometry and angles.”

She found out her score during the school’s tri-parent conferences. “My parents were really happy about my score. It’s exciting to be first among Grade 7 students across Canada. There were six of us in Canada with a perfect score,” she said. “My teacher then told the whole class about the first place rank out of 113 schools with a score of 159. Our team score put us first in Manitoba and first in Canada.”

Twenty students took part in the math contest, and a plaque will be awarded to the school.

Competing in math contests is something Jindal intends to keep up. She wrote one in March and another on May 12. “I like the challenge,” she said. “It keeps me motivated to learn more.”

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