Of the 51 finalists of the 2014 Metrobank Math Challenge, four from Cebu finished winners.
Doun Lee and Jedric Ivor Zafra of Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (Mandaue City), placed third in the Grade 6 team category. Also placing third in the Fourth Year team category were Mikhael Glen Lataza and Syrum Joseph Quinto of the Science and Technology Education Center of Lapu-Lapu City.
The competition is sanctioned by the Math Teachers Association of the Philippines (MTAP) and the Department of Education.
Winners
In the Grade 6 team category Ateneo’s Dion Stephan Ong and Jermil Andrei Gelbolingo topped the contest, followed by Gabriel Soriano and Andrhea Angelina Therese San Gabriel of Small World; and Doun Lee and Jedric Ivor Zafra of Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (Mandaue City), who were second and third, respectively.
In the Fourth Year team category Jonn Angel Aranas and John Morris Fabros of Makati Science High School (Makati City) were first in the team category, followed by Mark Benjar Bartolome and Philip Jhurell Pati of Philippine Science High School-CAR (Cordillera Administrative Region, Baguio City); and Mikhael Glen Lataza and Syrum Joseph Quinto of Science and Technology Education Center (Lapu-Lapu City).
In the Grade 6 individual category, Stefan Marcus Ong of St. Jude Catholic School (Manila), Patrick Niño Policarpio of Greenpark Montessori and Marjana Ysabella Montañez of Hen. Pio del Pilar Elementary School (Makati City) were first, second and third, respectively.
In the fourth-year individual category, Harvey Eaton Ong Uy of British School, Ethan Riley Chan of Zamboanga Chong Hua High School (Zamboanga City) and John Mark Guimba of Dasmariñas National were first, second and third, respectively.
Tablets
This year, contestants used tablet computers, rather than pen and paper, to input their answers.
Questionnaires were also posted on the Math Challenge Facebook page so that students could monitor the proceedings online.
A past Math Challenge winner, Gary Villame has created a technology company called Itemhound with his friends. They developed the software and provided the tablets for free.
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