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Seattle Seventh Grader Wins National Math Bee (ap.org)
Edward Wan, a Seattle-based seventh grader has won the national math bee. Wan, who studies at Lakeside Middle School, beat 224 other middle school students nationwide to win the 2016 Raytheon Mathcounts National Competition. From an Associated Press report: Competition officials said in a news release the 13-year-old won the final round by answering the question, "What is the remainder when 999,999,999 is divided by 32?" Wan gave the correct answer of 31 In just under seven seconds.Deadspin reports about the live streaming of the event: Today's Mathcounts national championship for middle-school mathletes aired on ESPN3, and it was definitely the best live sports anyone could be watching at 10 a.m. on a Monday morning. We couldn't agree more.
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We need a safe space for kids who can't spell. Other than the comment threads at Salon.com, that is.
He probably did what I have done at that age. 1,000,000,000 by 32 is 500,000,000 by 16 is 250,000,000 by 8 is 125,000,000 by 4 is 62,500,00 by 2 is ...doesn't matter but it is divisible without remainder. So one less means that 31 must be left.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Though TFA talks about a national competition, last year the American team has won the international Math Olympiad. For the first time in 21 years too.
Maybe, Bush's hated ideas of accountability for schools and teachers weren't entirely bad? Neah, can't be...
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