CDS MathCounts Team Wins USVI Competition

CDS MathCounts Team Wins STX Competition

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Country Day is very proud of our MathCounts team! They didn't stop with winning the team competition; the title of Top Mathlete and 1st place Mathlete in the Countdown Round were also given to members of the CDS team! All four team members placed in the top eight for the entire competition.

Fifty-two students from eight St. Croix schools participated in the Regional MathCounts Competition on February 28th at Good Hope School. The competition consisted of four rounds, three for individuals and one for teams. The team round, traditionally one of Country Day's best, consisted of ten problems to be solved by the four team members. The Countdown Round was an oral knockout round in which pairs of students raced each other to answer a math problem, a task that takes quick math skills and nerves of steel.

An example problem is: The giant earthmover used for open-air coal mining has rubber circular tires 11.5 feet in diameter. How many revolutions does each tire make during a six-mile trip (to the nearest whole number)?

Country Day's first all-female team will be traveling to St. Thomas on March 17 for the Territorial Competition to face the top four mathletes and the Antilles School team. The National Competition will be held May 5 through 8 in Detroit, Michigan. The four top individual Mathletes in the territory are eligible to go to Michigan.

The answer is 877 revolutions.