District 15 dominates Illinois Math League

District 15’s mathletes continue to shine in competition, dominating recent contests in the Illinois Math League.

The Illinois Math League’s contests challenge students and schools in interscholastic league competitions. Students in each league compete for the highest scores, while schools compete for the highest team score, which is the total of the top five scores in each school.

The contest’s questions cover material appropriate for the students’ grade level. Questions may cover basic topics plus exponents, fractions, reciprocals, decimals, rates, ratios, percents, angle measurement, perimeter, area, circumference, basic roots, patterns, sequences, integers, triangles and right triangles, and other topics. Detailed solution sheets demonstrate the methods used to solve each problem.

These contests encourage a variety of problem-solving skills and methods to improve students’ abilities and understanding of mathematical connections while having fun.

At the sixth-grade level, where 126 schools competed, 4 of the top 10 schools were from District 15. Frank C. Whiteley School finished in first place, Hunting Ridge School finished in second place, Central Road School finished in seventh place, and Pleasant Hill School finished in 10th place. Additionally, Marion Jordan School placed 21st, and Stuart R. Paddock School placed 28th.

In individual standings, 9 of the top 16 students at the sixth-grade level were from District 15 schools.

6th-Grade Individual Rankings

Rank

Student

School

3

Kevin Wu

Frank C. Whiteley School

3

Jerry Zheng

Frank C. Whiteley School

6

Andrew Popovich

Hunting Ridge School

8

Kevin Chen

Hunting Ridge School

8

Advay Mahajan

Central Road School

8

Dhyan Patel

Hunting Ridge School

8

Cole Riemer

Stuart R. Paddock School

16

Matt Grabianski

Hunting Ridge School

16

Jonathan Lee

Frank C. Whiteley School

-Story Submitted by Community Consolidated School District 15