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Held during the 2023/24 academic year.
Given that it began as a training activity for the Olympiad, it is now called «Olitele», for high school students (although exceptionally, secondary school or vocational training students may participate if recommended by a teacher at the center).
You can now check the final scores and the list of prizes.
For the 17th consecutive year, the SCM has coordinated an online problem-solving activity aimed at students in the final years of secondary education. The activity successfully concluded after a journey that lasted through November and December 2023, with the final submission of answers in January 2024.
In the 17th Olitele, 12 problems were proposed, with a maximum score of 48 points.
Although participation was not as high as in other years, the jury wishes to note a very positive overall assessment of the responses to the explanation problems, and at the same time, it must be said that the set of responses received online to the specific-answer problems was quite interesting.
Consultation of individual final scores
On the proposal of the jury, supported by the SCM, prizes are awarded to contestants who exceeded 45 points out of a possible maximum of 48, and special mention is made of those who exceeded 39 points and those who submitted correct answers to all closed-answer problems.
A diagonal of a convex polyhedron is a segment that joins two vertices that are not on the same face.
Calculate the number of diagonals of a regular dodecahedron.
| Problems and Scoring | Open or Closed Deadline | Publication | Response Deadline | Statements | Forms |
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• 78 contestants
• 17 from 2nd year of high school; 35 from 1st year of high school; 16 from 4th year of ESO; 8 from 3rd year of ESO; and 2 from 2nd year of ESO
(data: correct on first attempt; correct on second attempt; errors on second attempt; only first attempt wrong)
Problem 0: 52, 5, 7, 14.
Problem 1: 41, 4, 4, 2.
Problem 2: 37, 2, 4, 2.
Problem 3: 31, 5, 3, 2.
Problem 4: 30, 3, 4, 4.
Problem 5: 24, 2, 8, 4.
Problem 6: 23, 2, 4, 1. (both sections correct on first attempt; fully correct but one section on second attempt; only one section correct; wrong)
Problem 8: 21, 0, 0, 1.
Problem 9: 20, 2, 0, 0.
• Scores in closed-answer problems:
12 contestants with the maximum of 27 points; 2 contestants with 26 points; 1 with 25.5 points; 1 contestant with 23.5 points; another 2 contestants with 23 points; 5 contestants with 18, 19, or 20 points; …
Problem 7. Responses received: 21.
• Average score, which should be considered very good, 5.31 points.
• 4 contestants scored in the interval [6.5, 7]; 6 contestants in the interval [6, 6.5); another 3 contestants in the interval [5.5, 6)….
Problem 10. Responses received: 15.
• Average score, which should be considered extraordinary, 6.08 points.
• 8 contestants achieve the maximum score of 7 points; 3 scores in the interval [6, 7); 2 contestants in the interval [5, 6);….
Problem 11. Responses received: 15.
• Average score, which should be considered very good, 5.18 points.
• 2 contestants scored in the interval [6.5, 7]; 3 contestants in the interval [6, 6.5); 4 contestants in the interval [5.5, 6)….
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