Monthly Archives: January 2016

NEML4 Results

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NEMLThe next NEML competition will take place on Tuesday, 2/16 from 2:35 to 3:35 in Schoolhouse 25. Anyone at ANY level of math is welcome to participate! The competition lasts 30 minutes and you must begin before 3:05. Calculators are allowed. You don’t need to sign up to participate in this competition. Just show up!

The AMC10/12 competition will take place on 2/17. You do need to sign up for this competition. You can learn more about the event and sign up right here.

18 Williston students just sat for the second round of the New England Math League and walked away with a great team score of 22!

Competitors in action!
Competitors in action!

The top contributors were:

First Name

Last Name

Grade

NEML4 Total

Tanmay

Khale

12th

6

Shirley

Zhou

10th

4

Pinky

King

12th

4

Simon

Kim

9th

4

Ryan

Jeon

12th

4

Joshua

Calianos

10th

4

Caroline

Borden

12th

4

Full contest results are available on the results page. (Ask Mr. Seamon for the password.)

Posted in: NEML

Coin Flipping at Stanford

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Coin flip testing!
Coin flip testing!

Junior Danny Hong just sent in this article:

Dear Mr. Seamon,

I sometimes go online and look up things like this week’s new technological discoveries and advances, interdisciplinary researches on futurism, or I simply go on TED or MIT Open Course and when I first saw this research by Stanford during the break, I couldn’t wait to share it to you!

The article, “DYNAMICAL BIAS IN THE COIN TOSS” can be read online right here.

Thanks for sharing Danny!

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AMC 10/12 2016 – Signup Form

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AMC-lgoThe 2016 American Mathematics Competitions 10 and 12 will take place on Wednesday, 2/17 from 8:30 to 10am in Plimpton.

Anyone with any experience with at least Algebra 2 is welcome to participate!

Everyone who wishes to participate must sign up using this online form by Monday, 2/1. There are 20 spots for each competition. Spots will be given out on a first-come first-served basis.

Here are some practice problems:

2008 AMC 10: Questions, Answers
2010 AMC 10: Questions, Answers
2008 AMC 12: Questions, Answers
2010 AMC 12: Questions, Answers

About the competitions:

The AMC 10 is a 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examination in secondary school mathematics containing problems which can be understood and solved with algebra and geometry concepts.

The AMC 12 is a 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examination in secondary school mathematics containing problems which can be understood and solved with pre-calculus concepts.

Two different versions of the contests are given on two dates, about two weeks apart, in February. Each AMC 10 and AMC 12 contest contain about 12 of the same math problems.

Posted in: AMC 10/12

NEML3 and AMC8 Results

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The next math team meeting is on Tuesday, 1/12 from 2:45 to 3:30 in Schoolhouse 25. The next Math Team competition is on Tuesday, 1/19 from 2:35 to 3:35, also in Schoolhouse 25. The competition lasts 30 minutes and you must begin before 3:05. You may use a calculator. Any student at any level of math is encouraged to participate!

Complete math team information is always available online at WillistonBlogs.com/MathTeam.

The latest competition results are in and they are great!

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In the AMC8, here are our top scorers:

Last Name

First Name

Total Score

Award

Wang           

Kenneth     

15

Winner – Gold

McElhone Yates

Ruby        

12

Silver

Toth           

Jonathan    

11

Bronze

Martin Gonzalez

Tadea

11

Bronze

NEML

In the 3rd round of the New England Math League, we scored very well, earning a team score of 28! Our overall current team score of 68 puts us in the top 40 out of all schools in New England!

Here are our top scores for round 3:

First Name

Last Name

Grade

Score

Tanmay

Khale

12th

 6

Tomasz

Paluchowski

11th

6

Shirley

Zhou

10th

6

Pinky

King

12th

5

Kevin

Li

12th

5

Matt

Otting

11th

5

Derrick

Zhao

10th

5

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

Posted in: Competitions