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Math Club rates 4th out of

40 schools at South contest

By Nicole Bostwick also use old contest tests or
Seventeen extra tests. This make sample problems to
is what math club students work with. To get a variety of
had to prepare for. Math of problems, since that is what
club held 12 competitive tests is in contests, they also took
at Ralston and traveled to five a topic and centered their
other schools for contests. practice around it said Ahl.
Three major contests were When it came time to com­
held inthebuildingsaidMath pete, 40 to as many as 100
Club sponsor Ken Ahl. schools would attend a com­
"Challenging," Senior Jill petition.
Fagerberg said was to her the Fagerberg said said she
best thing about math club. had been an active math club
Students volunteered tochal- member for three years.
lenge themselves represent­ Throughout these years
ing Ralston against other Fagerberg said she thinks
schools with algebra, geome­ Omaha Central was their
try and calculus minds. toughest competitor. Ahl said
Anyone could join math then that taking 4th out of 40
club, "All are welcome," Ahl schools at the South High
said. The team began pre­ contest ranked Ralston very
paring voluntarily on Thurs­ high compared to past years.
day mornings at 7:30 work­ Ahl said he believes this was
ing mostly with math forum, their top accomplishment of
Fagerberg said. They would the year.

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