Winners of Math Competition Announced, 471 Digits Remembered

Charlie Mendes remembered 471 digits of the number pi.

That was for the Pi Day festivities at Millikan Middle School last week. The students were in a room with three judges as they rattled off as many of the infinite number of digits as they could.

Mendes wins a check for $314, the first three digits of pi. 

Second place, Emilia Lundmark, recited 453 numbers and won $31.40.

Third place winner Olivia Goldberg recited 440 numbers and won $3.14.

The Math Academy at Millikan awarded T-shirts to any student that recited at least 50 numbers of pi correctly. 

The other winners in the top 10 of the competition at the Sherman Oaks public school include:

Abigail Cohen with 434 digits;

Grant Blair with 372;

Lauren Bussell with 355;

Angela Park with 281;

Kevin Park with 237;

Masha Sheyolevsky with 227; and

David Avshalom with 217.

“We’re proud of all of them,” said Math Academy chair Michelle Yamasaki, who also thanked Ralphs and Dominos for sponsoring the fundraising event.

Congrats to all.