{"id":483,"date":"2016-11-17T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/?p=483"},"modified":"2016-11-17T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:00:51","slug":"3-competitions-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/2016\/11\/17\/3-competitions-in-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"3 competitions in one week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a busy time of year for the Williston Math Team!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The next round of the New England Math League (#3) will take place on Tuesday, December 13th from 2:35 to 3:35pm in Schoolhouse 25<\/strong>. Anyone at any level of math is encouraged to participate! No signup is required. Just show up any time before 3:05 with a pencil and a calculator. The competition takes 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been up to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hmmt.co\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-488 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.32.51-AM-300x101.png\" alt=\"HMMT\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.32.51-AM-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.32.51-AM-250x84.png 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.32.51-AM.png 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday, 11\/12, eleven members of the Williston Math Team traveled to Harvard to compete in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hmmt.co\">Harvard-MIT Math Tournament<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-12-08.49.30.jpg\" alt=\"Williston @ HMMT!\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-12-08.49.30.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-12-08.49.30-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-12-08.49.30-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-12-08.49.30-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-12-08.49.30-250x188.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Williston @ HMMT!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-487\" style=\"width: 177px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-487\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Steven-Wang.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Wang\" width=\"177\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Steven-Wang.jpg 177w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Steven-Wang-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were over 800 competitors in attendance on 147 teams from around the world! We competed as two teams (Williston X and Y) and scored quite well! Williston X finished in 68th place and Williston Y finished 121st!<\/p>\n<p>Complete results can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Williston-HMMT-2016-Scores-16-17.pdf\">Williston Results<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/HMMT-complete-results-all.pdf\">Complete Event Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Wang<\/strong> earned particular recognition by finishing 119th out of 813 competitors! Congratulations Steven!<\/p>\n<p>All of the problems (and solutions) from the competition are available online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmmt.co\/archive\/november\/problems\/2016\/\">right here<\/a>. Give them a try!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-63 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/NEML-logo-300x71.png\" alt=\"NEML-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/NEML-logo-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/NEML-logo-250x59.png 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/NEML-logo.png 528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On Tuesday, 11\/15, twelve students sat for the second round of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathleague.com\/\"><strong>New England Math League<\/strong><\/a>, earning an excellent team score of 24!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top scorers:<\/p>\n<table class=\"t1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>First Name<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Last Name<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td3\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Grade<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td4\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>NEML Total<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td4\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>NEML 2 Score<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Steven<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td6\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Wang<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td7\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">9th<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">11<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ethan<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td6\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Huang<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td7\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">9th<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Simon<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td6\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Kim<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td7\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">10th<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Josh<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td6\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Calianos<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td7\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">11th<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Chloe<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td6\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Lee<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td7\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">12th<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Nancy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td6\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Kang<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td7\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">12th<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td5\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Hanzhang (Derrick)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td6\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Zhao<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td7\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">12th<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td8\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Complete NEML results can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/results\/\">results page<\/a>. (Ask Mr. Seamon for the password.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/AMC-lgo-300x58.png\" alt=\"AMC-lgo\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/AMC-lgo-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/AMC-lgo-250x48.png 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2014\/10\/AMC-lgo.png 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Also on Tuesday, 11\/15, twenty three Middle School students sat for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maa.org\/math-competitions\/amc-8\">AMC8 math competition<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-493\" style=\"width: 779px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-493\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.58.47-AM.png\" alt=\"AMC8 @ Willistion\" width=\"779\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.58.47-AM.png 779w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.58.47-AM-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.58.47-AM-768x279.png 768w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-17-at-11.58.47-AM-250x91.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMC8 @ Willistion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everyone had a wonderful time and we look forward to receiving the competition results in a couple weeks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a busy time of year for the Williston Math Team! The next round of the New England Math League (#3) will take place on Tuesday, December 13th from 2:35 to 3:35pm in Schoolhouse 25. Anyone at any level of math is encouraged to participate! No signup is required. Just show up any time before &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/2016\/11\/17\/3-competitions-in-one-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 competitions in one week!<\/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":[33,19,56,17],"tags":[53,9,5],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amc-8-2","category-competitions","category-hmmt","category-neml-2","tag-amc8","tag-hmmt","tag-neml"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54xem-7N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483"}],"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=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/mathteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}