Avon Maitland District School Board

Sarah Frier of Stratford Central Public School won top honours in Grade 7 in the 2010 Gauss Math Competition while Alex Peters of Blyth Public School took the title for Grade 8 students.

550 Avon Maitland grade 7 and 8 students wrote the challenging Gauss math contest. The contest is prepared by the University of Waterloo Mathematics department and is written by students the world over.

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Sarah Frier from Stratford Central Public School scored highest in grade 7 in the Avon Maitland District School Board, with a score of 134 out of 150. Sarah was awarded a graphing TI-84 calculator. Here are the some of the questions Sarah was able to answer - can you?

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