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Gainesville team advances in Moodys Mega Math Challenge
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Gainesville High had two teams compete in the Moody’s Mega Math Challenge recently. In the front row, from left, are: Tyra Newton, Michelle Razo, Pratyusha Karnati and Anna Diaz. In the back row are: Umer Khan, Spencer Sumner, mentor Chandra Karnati, Stephen McMarrow and Vraj Patel. Team A, which included Pratyusha Karnati, Anna Diaz, Stephen McMarrow and Vraj Patel was one of 200 teams to advance to the second round out of 1,121 total teams.
Gainesville High School had two teams to compete in the Moody’s Mega Math Challenge, a prestigious competition for high school juniors and seniors to develop a mathematical model for a real-world problem. The challenge posed a real-world problem entirely unknown to the team members and involved extensive research, computational skills, in-depth analysis and communication skills. Scholarship prizes totaling $150,000 will be awarded to the top teams.