So, just how much interest are you paying on that credit card?
And that square footage your contractor is talking about — you just need the driveway resurfaced. You weren’t counting on fractions and division.
Good luck, doubling that recipe while you’re at it: What’s two-thirds, times two?
If you thought you were done with math after school, think again, Monica McCartney says.
McCartney is the math coach for Monongalia County Schools. It’s her job to help demystify the subject, so youngsters can grow up to be comfortable adults in a world that’s chock-full of numbers — like it or not.
“You never get away from math,” she said.
Meanwhile, the local district just came out of its annual Math Field Day competition, an annual showcase of the county’s top numbers-minded students. The regional contest for students across north-central West Virginia is March 11 at University High School.
The winners:
Fourth grade
1st place — Xinxi Xu, North Elementary School
2nd place — Henry Turner, Mountainview Elementary School
3rd place — Joseph Samuel, Covenant Christian School
Alternates — Wesley Paulk, Ridgedale Elementary; Lucy Mapunda, Mountainview Elementary
Fifth grade
1st place — Riya Zinn, North Elementary School
2nd place — Anand Subramani, North Elementary School
3rd place — Hank Montoro, Suncrest Elementary School
Alternates — Arjun Chadha, Suncrest Elementary School; Colton Bonfilli, Brookhaven Elementary School
Sixth grade
1st place — Gloria Hu, Suncrest Middle School
2nd place — Destiny Shi, Suncrest Middle School
3rd place — Shreyansh Medatati, Suncrest Middle School
Alternates — Isabell Tabone, St. Francis Central Catholic School; Yunay Chaudhary, Suncrest Middle School
Seventh grade
1st place — Tessa Abildso, South Middle School
2nd place — Emily Lui, Suncrest Middle School
3rd place — Elliot Sorensen, Suncrest Middle School
Alternates — Elijah Shinn, Mountaineer Middle School; Cael Livengood, Covenant Christian School
Eighth grade
1st place — Ryan Karim, Suncrest Middle School
2nd place — Caden Yao, Suncrest Middle School
3rd place — Larry Du, Suncrest Middle School
Alternates — Pavan Subramani, Suncrest Middle School; Logan Mercer, Mountaineer Middle School
Ninth grade
1st place — Sanketh Guppi, Morgantown High School
2nd place — Maxwell Chen, Morgantown High School
3rd place — Mark Wang, Morgantown High School
Alternates — Solas Chhin-Kreiner and Sreyan Das, both of Morgantown High School
10th-12th grades
1st place — Lauren Shen, Morgantown High School
2nd place — Joyce Hu, Morgantown High School
3rd place — Austin Luo, Morgantown High School
4th place — Grace Yan, Morgantown High School
5th place — Amy Lu, Morgantown High School
6th place — Carter Herron, Morgantown High School
7th place — Daniel Han, Morgantown High School
8th place — Andrew Kisner University High School
9th place — Lucas Marsh, University High School
10th place — Brandon Ngo, Morgantown High School
Alternates — Shawn Li, Morgantown High School; Claire Lu, Morgantown High School
Other awards
Fourth-grade awards for Best Physical Estimation and Best “Stresstimator” went to Kyle Eddins of Eastwood Elementary, Lane Bergeron of Ridgedale Elementary and Xinxi Hu of North Elementary, respectively.
Byron Ellison of Cheat Lake Elementary won the 5th grade award for Best Physical Estimation.
Winning that same award for their grades were Leo Grammer, 6th grade, Westwood Middle; Ryan Ghorayeb, 7th grade, St. Francis Central; and Paige Mayle, Westwood Middle.
Carter Herron, Amy Lu, Brandon Ngo, Lauren Shen and Grace Yan, all of MHS, took home the 10th-12th grade Team Award.
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