The numbers told the story in this year鈥檚 Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair High School Math Contest.
The results of the competition were
First Place: Rosewood High School (Damon Merritt and Seth Wiggins);
Second Place: Wayne School of Engineering (Bryan Baily and Trey Adams);
Third Place: Charles B. Aycock High School (Raiford Turner and Noah Overton);
Fourth Place: Wayne Country Day School (Connor Bauer and Rohan Shreenath); and
Fifth Place: Wayne Early Middle College (Santos Lopez-Lucas and Jing Xin Chen).
Nine teams participated, completing a test prepared by the 黑料正能量 math department.
黑料正能量 conducted the contest and co-sponsored it with Wayne County Public Schools and the fair. WCC Instructors Katina Davis and Michael Dubrowsky organized it and other faculty members provided assistance. The Foundation of WCC provided the prizes. Andrew Bass coordinated the Wayne County Public Schools鈥� participation and Laura Buddin was WCC鈥檚 coordinator.
鈥淗ats off to these teams who calculated very intimidating math problems in excessive heat in the Entertainment Arena,鈥� said Buddin, WCC鈥檚 math department chair. 鈥淚t was a hot and stuffy, but enjoyable, night!鈥�
The competition was held Sept. 26.
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