International Mathematical Modelling Challenge
IM2C is an international mathematical modelling competition for teams of up to four students from secondary schools. The problem set for the 2016 Challenge asked students to investigate how the organisers of an athletics competition could minimise their financial risk as they consider offering incentives to attract top-level competitors.
Australia’s best two solutions, by teams from Perth Modern School and Trinity College, also in Perth, received Meritorious Awards, the second highest award category, in the international component of the competition against solutions from a pool of 40 teams from 23 participating countries.
Other award-winning school teams in the national phase of the IM2C were from Canberra Grammar School; Coomera Anglican College, Qld; Glen Waverley Secondary College, Melbourne; Manea Senior College, Bunbury, WA; Mildura Senior College, Vic; Ormiston College, Brisbane; Somerville House, Brisbane; and St Ursula’s College, Toowoomba, Qld.
Registrations for the 2017 IM2C are now open. For more information, go to www.immchallenge.org.au.
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