Middle School Team In Livingston Places First In NJ Competition, But Not In Sports

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston's middle school kids aren't confused by "fuzzy math." They know their way around their numbers.

In the annual New Jersey Math League (NJML) competition on April 6, Mt. Pleasant Middle School finished first in the state and the county, with sixth grader Hadrian Zheng taking first place in the state in the individual competition.

In addition, Heritage Middle School's seventh grade team earned third place in the state and second place in the county, while the eighth grade team came in second place in both the state and the county.

The New Jersey Math League is a competition in which students answer challenging questions that expand upon their knowledge of pre-algebra (grade 6 competition), algebra (grade 7 competition) and geometry (grade 8 competition).

For the sixth grade division, students signed up to take part in the competition that was held after school. For seventh and eighth grade, the competitions were administered in Alaina Burrows' algebra 1 classes in grade 7 and Gary Silverman's geometry classes in grade 8.

The top five scores make up the team score. The individual student names and team scores are submitted to the New Jersey Math League, where students' team and individual scores are then compared to scores from teams and students at the regional and state level.

The Winners:

Mount Pleasant Middle School

Grade 6: 1st place in the state and county

Heritage Middle School

Grade 7: 3rd place in the state and 2nd place in the County
Grade 8: 2nd place in the state and county

Student State Rankings:

6th Grade Team

Hadrian Zheng (1st place in the state)
Hubert Zheng (8th place in the state)
Connor Li (11th place in the state)
Devin Sunderam (tied for 16th place in the state)
Andrew Zhou (tied for 16th place in the state)

7th Grade Team

Ethan Chan (7th place tie)
Derek Peng (7th place tie)
Benjamin Sun (12th place)
Aiden Lee (12th place tie)
Daniel Liang
Claire Cheng

8th Grade Team

Fiona Chen (3rd place)
Chenhao Luo (11th place tie)
Lev Koganov (11th place tie)
Akshay Gupta
Jeffrey Yang
Arav Kaushik

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