Students from Bad Soden shine at the mathematics competition in Hesse!

Students from Bad Soden shine at the mathematics competition in Hesse!

On February 17, 2025, outstanding achievements were recognized in the Mathematics Competition of the State of Hesse. At a solemn ceremony, the best of the year of the Henry Harnischfeger School Bad Soden-Salmünster. The school management and teachers were visibly proud of their students, who achieved impressive results in the first round of the competition. Headmistress Susanne Glück presented the documents, while deputy headmaster Sebastian Fritsch praised the outstanding achievements.

The excellent participants include Kaja Schlieben and Leif Brückner, who compete in the high school area. Your successes entitle you to participate in the second round of the competition, which will take place at the Hohen State School Hanau. Jana Langlitz and Lavinia Neunobel were also able to qualify for the next round in the Realschule education course and will compete at the Schluechtern City School. Leif Zinkhan and Lena Heinrich also represent the school in the secondary school area in Schluechtern.

structure of the mathematics competition

The mathematics competition in the state of Hesse is structured as a exam competition and comprises three rounds: the school, the district and the state level. There are three different tasks in the tasks, each with the different courses: the high school area (group A), the secondary school area (group B) and the main school area (group C) reports the website of the mathematics competition . In order to take part in the first round, schools must first download important documents, such as the registration form, and submit them in advance.

The newly introduced learning counter for the school year 2024/25, which enables schools to put together tasks of the first round according to topics. This innovative approach, which was launched in 2006, serves the effective preparation of the pupils for the competition

process and materials

In every round of the competition, participants must work on their tasks without a calculator or formula collection. The published solutions should only serve to control your own results and are not intended as sample solutions, since they do not contain any detailed reasons or alternative solutions complements the official page of the competition .

The school management of the Henry Harnischfeger School was confident that their students will continue to successfully cut off in the course of the upcoming rounds. Mathematics department head Beatrix Feil and the school management wished their protégés every success and thus signal the commitment to the promotion of mathematical talents.