An Outstanding Achievement in HYPATIA Contest
The Hypatia Mathematics Contest is a state-level international competition in Canada, which is named after the famous mathematician Hypatia. This contest is held once a year on the third Tuesday of April by the Canadian National Computer and Mathematics Education Centre which referred to CEMC. It mainly faces to the senior students in Grade 11, which contains 4 problems out of 40 points. The aim of this contest is to provide an opportunity for students to develop their mathematical problem solving ability through a written mathematical activity, and also for the selection of Canadian Olympic athletes in the future. Now, it becomes more important and useful for the international students who want to declare the famous universities in Canada even apply their scholarships. In a total of 48 students took part in this Hypatia contest on the date of April 17 in 2008. In an excellent result we have 29 winners accounting for 60% of a total number of participants. The tutor is Xuhua. Here are the results:
| Award Cutoffs | Number of winners | Gold Standard | 38 | 1 student | Silver Standard | 35 | 14 students | Bronze Standard | 33 | 14 students |
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