Salopians crowned 1st in UK in global maths competition

Congratulations to the team of Salopian mathematicians who came 1st in the UK in a global competition.  

Two teams of six pupils took part in the International online Maths competition “The Purple Comet”.  The competition is designed to require teamwork and ingenuity to solve as many of a set of thirty maths questions as possible in ninety minutes. 

Over 4000 teams from 67 countries took part, from Albania to Vietnam, in the contest split into classes dependent on size of School.   

Our first team of Kanami F (MSH, LVI), Mico X (EDH, LVI), Jacky G (Rt, LVI), Aidan K (S, LVI), Michael M (S, UVI) and Darren C (Ch, UVI) came 178th in their class out of over 1000 teams but more importantly, they were placed first in the United Kingdom. 

The second team of Tom P (Ch, UVI), Harold J (S, V), Caesar C (O, V), Tommy W (O, LVI), Jeremy C (R, IV) and Steven J (SH, V) came well within the top 400 teams in the ‘Small High School’ class and 3rd overall amongst the UK entrants. 

The second team comprised several 4th and 5th form pupils which bodes well for our future in the contest. 

Well done to all our pupils who took part.