{"id":201,"date":"2014-11-20T13:28:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T17:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/?p=201"},"modified":"2014-11-20T13:28:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T17:28:30","slug":"a-big-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/2014\/11\/20\/a-big-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"A BIG two weeks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Math Team has been busy! Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s coming up:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 12\/2<\/strong>: Math Team meeting, 3-3:30pm, SH25<br \/>\n<strong>Monday, 12\/8<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/11\/Problems_26_2.pdf\">USA Math Talent Search #2 due<\/a>. Math Team meeting, 2:50-3:30pm, SH25.<br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, 12\/9<\/strong>: NEML #3, 3-3:30, SH27 [Anyone can participate!]<br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, 12\/16<\/strong>: Math Team meeting, 3-3:30pm, Sh25<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what been going on for the past two weeks:<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the 11th<\/strong>, 28 students participated in the second round of the New England Math League. You can read all about the competition <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/2014\/11\/11\/neml-2-results\/\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillistonNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillistonNS<\/a> Math Team scored a 25\/30 on the second round of the New England Math League! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/B7V0Z4Lm4r\">http:\/\/t.co\/B7V0Z4Lm4r<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/gjlOuK289O\">pic.twitter.com\/gjlOuK289O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJoshSeamon\/status\/532302760184905728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-30-at-4.13.35-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-30-at-4.13.35-PM-300x88.png\" alt=\"HMMT\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-30-at-4.13.35-PM-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-30-at-4.13.35-PM-250x74.png 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-30-at-4.13.35-PM.png 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What an event!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On the 15th<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/2014\/10\/28\/hmmt-team\/\">6 students<\/a> and I traveled to Harvard for the <a href=\"hmmt.mit.edu\">Harvard-MIT Math Competition<\/a>! In all, 140 teams were present from all over the US and beyond!<\/p>\n<p>There were over 800 students competing!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">800+ of the most talented HS mathematicians in the US (+beyond) here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harvard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Harvard<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HMMT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HMMT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iWilliston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iWilliston<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MathPride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MathPride<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/mUwLkhM3gr\">pic.twitter.com\/mUwLkhM3gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJoshSeamon\/status\/533625016924262400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The competition was broken into four rounds: two individual and two team that you can learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/hmmt.mit.edu\/tournaments\/rules\/\">right here<\/a>. It&#8217;s was an incredible event to behold. So much amazing math energy all in one place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillistonNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillistonNS<\/a> Math Team joins the river of competitors heading into the GUTS round at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HMMT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HMMT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harvard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Harvard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMJgblhSug\">https:\/\/t.co\/pMJgblhSug<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJoshSeamon\/status\/533700875915915264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Our competitors found the rounds challenging but quite fun!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillistonNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillistonNS<\/a> Math Team right before heading off to do battle with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HMMT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HMMT<\/a> Team Round <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harvard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Harvard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iWilliston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iWilliston<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/KfDcir4wY2\">pic.twitter.com\/KfDcir4wY2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJoshSeamon\/status\/533664575926054912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 All of the coaches and spectators were in another room watching the live scoreboard update in real time!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillistonNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillistonNS<\/a> Math Team is on the GUTs board at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HMMT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HMMT<\/a> math tournament <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harvard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Harvard<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoWildcats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoWildcats<\/a>! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/DZcxusPhtD\">pic.twitter.com\/DZcxusPhtD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJoshSeamon\/status\/533708005762924546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Overall we had a GRAND time and were very happy with our results which you can view <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/11\/Williston-HMMT-November-2014-Results.pdf\">right here<\/a>. We can&#8217;t wait to return for HMMT 2015!<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the 17th<\/strong>,\u00a0the Math Team had its regular meeting and spent the majority of the time working on the <a href=\"pumac.princeton.edu\">PUMaC<\/a> (Princeton) <a href=\"https:\/\/pumac.princeton.edu\/info\/competition-rules\/power-competition\/\">Power Competition<\/a>\u00a0questions.\u00a0Our PUMaC remote team is comprised of:\u00a0James Kim,\u00a0Ray (DongHo) Kim,\u00a0Jack (Dong Ha) Lee,\u00a0Alicia Lima,\u00a0Nam Pham,\u00a0Michael (Nghia) Tran,\u00a0Derrick Zhao, and\u00a0Shirley Zhou.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208\" style=\"width: 842px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-20-at-12.17.31-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-20-at-12.17.31-PM.png\" alt=\"Math Team Meeting FUN! :)\" width=\"842\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-20-at-12.17.31-PM.png 842w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-20-at-12.17.31-PM-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-20-at-12.17.31-PM-250x147.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Math Team Meeting FUN! \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On the 18th<\/strong>, 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&#8217;ve run the AMC 8 and it was really exciting to have a quarter of the whole middle school choose to participate!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">22 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillistonNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillistonNS<\/a> 7th and 8th graders just started the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AMC8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AMC8<\/a> math competition! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoWildcats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoWildcats<\/a>! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TZU7JhPf3A\">http:\/\/t.co\/TZU7JhPf3A<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/N6itCEYnC5\">pic.twitter.com\/N6itCEYnC5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJoshSeamon\/status\/534794602608611328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"474\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maanow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@maanow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillistonNS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillistonNS<\/a> You&#39;re very welcome! My kids had a great time! One said on leaving: &quot;Can&#39;t wait &#39;till next year!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MathPride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MathPride<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJoshSeamon\/status\/534834341202108416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Math Team has been busy! Here&#8217;s what&#8217;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&#8217;s what been going on for the past two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/2014\/11\/20\/a-big-two-weeks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A BIG two weeks!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[32,7,9,5,22],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competitions","tag-amc-8","tag-harvard","tag-hmmt","tag-neml","tag-princeton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54xem-3f","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}