IBA student, In Yeong Choi of Year 6, was awarded With Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) that was held simultaneously last August in Australia and in more than 35 other countries worldwide, including the Philippines. A Distinction Certificate is awarded to a student who is in the top 15% of their year and region. Other awardees were Eun Jin Choi, Yu Bin Lee and Marco Patiño who received credit awards. IBA students who also participated in the competition were Patrick Lao, Lourvina Olimpo, Min Woo Yoo who received proficiency awards and Carljan Ray Roca who received a certificate of participation.

Under Mr. Randy Balleras’ tutelage, In Yeong, together with the other awardees trained during the summer holidays in preparation for the AMC, a correspondence type exam, administered by the Australian Mathematics Trust, aimed at highlighting the importance of mathematics as part of the curriculum and discovering talents in mathematics. It is conducted in cooperation with the Mathematics Trainers’s Guild (MTG) and the Australian Mathematics Trust.

The contest paper consists of 30 multiple choice questions, which are ordered in increasing difficulty. Students are given 75 minutes to solve the problems which cover arithmetic, algebra, geometry and problem-solving.

Over 2,000 Filipino elementary and high school students took part in the AMC, administered here by AMT representatives, MTG and the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology.