Maths prizes to N.I.
Pupils from Auckland Grammar won the first two
prizes in a national mathematics competition decided in Christchurch last evening. . Graham Coop won a $3OO account at the Bank of New Zealand for first prize. Howard Wong-Toi won a $2OO account for second and the third-place-getter, Andrew Colman, of Christchurch
Boys’ High School, received a $lOO account.
More than 2000 pupils from 114 schools entered the competition, which was organised by the Canterbury Mathematical Association. After a preliminary test, 20 finalists were invited to Christchurch to sit a 90minute paper to decide the winner.
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Press, 31 October 1981, Page 6
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