5 Houston students beat out thousands of students nationwide in prestigious international math competition

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St. John's School students participate in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge, spending 14 hours working on a real-world question about the predicted growth of E-bike use and its impact on society.

FOX 26 Reporter Randy Wallace explains what one group of students did that's attracting big attention."This is not go take a math test and get a number of answers right and win a competition, said Dwight Raulston Director of curriculum at St John's School. "This is taking that knowledge to the next level and actually using it."

Students all over the country and the UK competed in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge. They all had the same 14-hour deadline. "Especially as the competition drew to a close," said team member Oliver Lin. "The hours were getting long, some people were getting kind of tired, and more difficult to work with. I will say I myself may have been one of them.""For sure, we were literally trapped in one room the entire time for 14 hours, and we were sitting there working the entire time," said team member Caden Juang. "I can definitely say that tensions did get very high.

 

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