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.
The @WillistonNS Math Team scored a 25/30 on the second round of the New England Math League! http://t.co/B7V0Z4Lm4r pic.twitter.com/gjlOuK289O
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 11, 2014
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!
800+ of the most talented HS mathematicians in the US (+beyond) here @Harvard for the #HMMT @iWilliston #MathPride pic.twitter.com/mUwLkhM3gr
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 15, 2014
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.
The @WillistonNS Math Team joins the river of competitors heading into the GUTS round at #HMMT @Harvard https://t.co/pMJgblhSug
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 15, 2014
Our competitors found the rounds challenging but quite fun!
The @WillistonNS Math Team right before heading off to do battle with the #HMMT Team Round @Harvard @iWilliston pic.twitter.com/KfDcir4wY2
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 15, 2014
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!
The @WillistonNS Math Team is on the GUTs board at the #HMMT math tournament @Harvard! #GoWildcats! pic.twitter.com/DZcxusPhtD
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 15, 2014
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.
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!
22 @WillistonNS 7th and 8th graders just started the #AMC8 math competition! #GoWildcats! http://t.co/TZU7JhPf3A pic.twitter.com/N6itCEYnC5
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 18, 2014
.@maanow @WillistonNS You're very welcome! My kids had a great time! One said on leaving: "Can't wait 'till next year!" #MathPride
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 18, 2014