by: Ibrahim and Ryan

The annual math bee took place for fifth graders on April 4, 2017. Zameen and Youssef from Ms. Andrinopoulos’ class were the winners of this year’s bee. We asked one of the co-founders, Mr. Silverman about the P.S 102 Math Bee. Here are the questions and his answers.

Question 1: Who were the founders of the Math Be?

A: Ms. DeChillo and Ms. Quaglione who both used to work at P.S. 102, as well as myself and Mrs. Hom, were the first to organize the event. Since that time, Ms. Stornaiuolo has joined us as the bee’s host.

Question 2: How do you decide on the questions?

A: Well, for some time, we used the same questions for each grade with different twists. This year we increased the difficulty by using more Common Core questions.

Question 3: What inspired you to do the Math Bee?

A: Years ago we had a Reader of the Month, but had no way of celebrating math. The SLT was interested in a math celebration and the math bee was born. It started as Math Madness, just like March Madness.

Question 4: What makes this Math Bee different from others? If its not different what makes it special to you if it is?

A: Each year’s Math Bee has a new twist to keep things exciting. For example,  the Bayview Bonus and Core 4 Questions were things that we added along the way to keep the players and the audience interested

Question 5: Have you ever been in a Math Bee as kid?

A: No. but I love being part of the Math Bee and helping to celebrate Math at P.S 102.

The Math Bee been around for 9 years and it doesn’t look like it will be stopping anytime soon.