MATHS TABLES CONTEST FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS



The St. Xavier's College - Schools linkage in association with St. Mary's Convent High School, Mapusa, recently conducted a Mathematics Tables Contest for school students. This contest was conducted with the aim of creating a liking, for maths . The contest was conducted at St. Mary's Convent High School, and was coordinated by Mr. Mahesh Nair, Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, St. Xavier's College. Participants included teams from several schools in and around Mapusa.


The contest consisted of several rounds, including a general, written and visual round. The contest saw the use of technology in the form of the LCD projector and multimedia. The contestants were particularly thrilled with the buzzer round of the contest, during which participants wanting to answer a question were required to indicate this, by pressing a buzzer. This round demanded presence of mind, and quick reflexes, as the team which pressed the buzzer first got the chance to answer. The visual round was also quite popular among the participants. This round required participants to decipher visual clues to answer questions. Participants also had a chance to dazzle the audience with their computational skills and quick thinking in the final round of the contest called the rapid fire round. This round offered unlimited question to the teams, and these had to be answered within a prescribed time limit.


The participants were very enthusiastic throughout the contest, and thoroughly entertained the audience with their accurate answers and competitive spirit. Their efforts were much appreciated by the audience which encouraged and cheered their favourite teams. The contest concluded with the declaration of results and the awarding of prizes to the winners. All participants were awarded participation certificates.