Monthly Archives: November 2014

A BIG two weeks!

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The Math Team has been busy! Here’s what’s coming up:

Tuesday, 12/2: Math Team meeting, 3-3:30pm, SH25
Monday, 12/8: USA Math Talent Search #2 due. Math Team meeting, 2:50-3:30pm, SH25.
Tuesday, 12/9: NEML #3, 3-3:30, SH27 [Anyone can participate!]
Tuesday, 12/16: Math Team meeting, 3-3:30pm, Sh25

Here’s what been going on for the past two weeks:

On the 11th, 28 students participated in the second round of the New England Math League. You can read all about the competition right here.

HMMT
What an event!

On the 15th, 6 students and I traveled to Harvard for the Harvard-MIT Math Competition! In all, 140 teams were present from all over the US and beyond!

There were over 800 students competing!

The competition was broken into four rounds: two individual and two team that you can learn more about right here. It’s was an incredible event to behold. So much amazing math energy all in one place.

Our competitors found the rounds challenging but quite fun!

The last round (GUTs) was particular entertaining: Teams worked together and ran their solutions to the graders for immediate scoring. Each problem was worth differing amounts of points ranging from 1 to 15.  All of the coaches and spectators were in another room watching the live scoreboard update in real time!

Overall we had a GRAND time and were very happy with our results which you can view right here. We can’t wait to return for HMMT 2015!

On the 17th, the Math Team had its regular meeting and spent the majority of the time working on the PUMaC (Princeton) Power Competition questions. Our PUMaC remote team is comprised of: James Kim, Ray (DongHo) Kim, Jack (Dong Ha) Lee, Alicia Lima, Nam Pham, Michael (Nghia) Tran, Derrick Zhao, and Shirley Zhou.

Math Team Meeting FUN! :)
Math Team Meeting FUN! 🙂

On the 18th, 22 middle students sat for the AMC 8 math competition. The students had 40 minutes to complete 25 multiple choice questions. This is the first time we’ve run the AMC 8 and it was really exciting to have a quarter of the whole middle school choose to participate!

 

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NEML #2: Results

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We had another great showing in the New England Math League!

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NEML #2: Room 1

28 students participated in the second round of the New England Math League, with participants spanning all 6 grades! Each competitor had 30 minutes to work by themselves on the same 6 questions. Each question was worth one point and calculators could be used.

NEML #2: Room 2
NEML #2: Room 2

Our team score is made up of the sum of the top 5 scores… and we did very well, scoring a 25!

Our average score per participant was 3.46.

The next NEML competition will be held on Tuesday, December 9th at 3pm in Schoolhouse 27.

Overall top scorers by grade after 2 rounds:
7th: Kenneth Wang (4)
8th: Ryan Dwyer (3)
9th: Jack Lee (11)
10th: Nam Pham (6)
11th: Mike Huang (6)
12th: Ray Kim & James Kim (10)

Here’s everyone who scored a 3 or higher:

First Name

Last Name

Gr

NEML2: Total

Soo Jeong

Han

12

5

Umi

Keezing

12

5

Dong Ho

Kim

12

5

James

Kim

12

5

Hannah

Lee

12

5

Jack (Dong Ha)

Lee

9

5

Loren

Po

12

5

Michael

Tran

12

5

Cade

Zawacki

12

5

Shirley

Zhou

9

5

Yoonji

Kim

12

4

Nam

Pham

10

4

Matt

Steinberg

12

4

Cici

Zhang

12

4

Anabelle 

Farnham

9

3

Ryan

Jeon

11

3

Fiona

Li

12

3

Emily

Peirent

12

3

Steven

Sun

12

3

Kenneth

Wang

7

3

Complete results can be found on the results page (ask Mr. Seamon for the password).

Posted in: NEML

NEML #2: Tuesday 11/11!

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NEML-logoThe next New England Math League competition will be on Tuesday, 11/11 from 3 to 3:30pm in Schoolhouse 27. Anyone at any level of mathematics study is highly encouraged to attend!

You can actually start the competition any time between 2:35 and 3pm by coming by Schoolhouse 25.

Each participant has 30 minutes to complete 6 questions on their own. You may use a calculator.

Right now we are ranked 32nd out of 143 schools in New England, and 15th out of 76 school in MA. You can check out a detailed breakdown of the standings right here.

Here are some competitions from past years, including the solutions:
NEML 1: 2012-2013 (PDF)
NEML 1: 2005-2006 (PDF)

NEML 2 Flyer (PDF):
Math-Team-Poster---NEML-2

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NEML 1 Regional Results

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NEML-logoThe regional results for the first round of the New England Math League have been posted (PDF).

With our score of 27 out of 30, we ended up tied for 32nd out of 143 schools in all of New England, and 15th out of 76 schools in MA! Congratulations again to our two students who scored a perfect 6/6, Alex Li and Jack Lee!

The next NEML competition will be held on Tuesday, 11/11 from 3 to 3:30pm in Schoolhouse 27. Everyone is welcome to participate! Refreshments will be served after the competition.

Here are some past NEML competitions in case you’d like to practice: NEML 12-13 Contact 1 (PDF), NEML 05-06 Contest 1 (PDF)

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AMC 8 Update

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AMC-lgoI am very excited to announce that 29 students have signed up to participate in the AMC 8! Student who are on the list will be emailed shortly. We have space for a few more participants, so if you’re interested in joining the fun (and you’re in 7th or 8th grade), please talk to Ms. Fulcher or Mr. Seamon.

The contest will take place on Tuesday, 11/18 from 2:30 to 3:30 in WB. Any Williston 7th and 8th grader is welcome to participate. The competition itself lasts 40 minutes and is comprised of 25 multiple choice questions. No calculators are allowed and there is no penalty for guessing. Cookies and other refreshments will be provided after the competition.

An information letter for parents can be viewed right here (PDF). A summary of the contest rules is also available (PDF) and a more detailed competition FAQ is also online.

Here are the problems from a few past years:
2012 Problems, 2012 Solutions
2011 Problems, 2011 Solutions
2010 Problems, 2010 Solutions
2009 Problems, 2009 Solutions
2008 Problems, 2008 Solutions

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11/3 Meeting

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Despite having a limited amount of time due to the daylight savings-induced modified schedule, 17 students and I got through lots of fun Math Team work!

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We worked through four more NEML practice problems spanning all sorts of topics. You can view the problems (and answers) right here (PDF).

I encouraged everyone to work on the Math Talent Search problems and turn in work to me by Wednesday, morning, 11/5 at the absolute latest. (I have to submit the work online by 3pm that day.)

We talked about the upcoming events:
Tuesday, 11/11: NEML #2, 3 to 3:30pm in SH27
Saturday, 11/15: HMMT @ Harvard
Monday, 11/17: Math Team Meeting, 2:50 to 3:30pm in SH25
Tuesday, 11/18: AMC 8, 2:30 to 3:30pm in WB

Complete competition details can be found on the Competitions page.

There’s also still a little time to get in on the jersey order. $25 payments are due by the 11/17 team meeting. You can sign up for a jersey right here.

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