Livingston Math Team Places First Out of Over 500 Teams in Prestigious Competition
By MICHELLE BENT, LPS
May 15, 2021 at 12:04 AM
Livingston students Aditya Desai, Sidhant Srivastava, Leo Stepanewk, Edward Wang and Charles Yu place first out of more than 500 teams in 2021 MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge
Livingston students Aditya Desai, Sidhant Srivastava, Leo Stepanewk, Edward Wang and Charles Yu .
Credits: Livingston Public Schools
May 15, 2021 at 12:04 AM
LIVINGSTON, NJ Five Livingston High School students from Cheryl Coursen s Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus BC and Multivariable Calculus classes including Aditya Desai, Sidhant Srivastava, Leo Stepanewk, Edward Wang and Charles Yu recently placed first out of more than 500 teams in this year’s MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3) competition and will receive a $22,500 scholarship prize.
UpdatedFri, May 7, 2021 at 1:08 pm ET
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A team of 11th and 12th graders from Livingston High School took home a top prize of $22,500 in college scholarships during an international math competition. (Image: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics/Zoom)
LIVINGSTON, NJ Participation in an intensive, online international math competition has added up to a first-place win for a group of New Jersey high school students. The team of five 11th and 12th graders from Livingston High School in Livingston took home the top prize of $22,500 in college scholarships, out of the total $125,000+ being awarded, after being chosen as winners yesterday. Thousands of high school juniors and seniors across the U.S. and sixth form students in the U.K. vied for distinction in this year s MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge, a prestigious competition that demonstrates the importance of math in everyday life.