Friday, January 6, 2017

Pekan Matematika competition in Malang

Hello readers,

I am going to tell you about a Math competition called "Pekan Matematika Nasional"

     There is this competition, called Pekan Matematika Nasional, or in other words, PemNas. This competition was held by Unibraw, but I joined it at ITS near Pakuwon City. I was surprised that I got picked by the school to join this competition. Me and some of my friends were picked for this also. It was like 15 people from Cita Hati School. So, after I sat at the table to do the paper, I looked at some of the questions and I think to myself "What is this?" Because I literally do not know a lot of the question and never experience the question.
     After a few days, the results was introduced to us. I was nervous when I scrolled down the result. I was surprised that I was picked to go through the semifinals, because only 50 people were picked to go through. And actually, it was held in Malang.
     We slept for a day in Malang because the competition was very early, and we went for a day before. We had a traffic jam when going to Malang. So, when it was supposed to be only like 2 hours to go there, we were in the car for like 4 hours. But I actually enjoyed it. It finally was the day of the competition, and I was nervous. So the way this works is that there are 10 questions of multiple choice, and 5 essays. And only 5 people can go through the finals. There were 2 other students from Cita Hati also that went to Malang.
     When I Tried to do the questions, it was really difficult, it was like 10 times harder that the one in Surabaya, not even kidding. So after we finished, we sat for like 3 hours waiting for the result. Sadly, all 3 of us did not get picked, but it is ok though, it was a learning experiece. Finally, we went home to Surabaya. The ride home was even longer, which was 6 hours. But it was fun, so it did'nt actually felt that long

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