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The
Eastern Shore High School
Mathematics Competition
The 26th Annual Eastern Shore
High School Mathematics Competition
took place on Thursday, November 12, 2009.
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About the Competition -
Math
Talks - Past Years' Exams -
2009 Winners
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About the Competition:
The focus of the day is a fun and challenging mathematics
competition, focusing on both individual and cooperative achievement.
High Schools from the region may enter teams of up to three students in
the competition. The competition consists of
two parts:
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The team round presents each school's team with four or five challenging, open-ended problems. To solve these problems, the team members are allowed
(and encouraged) to work together. Each team is to provide
complete solutions to as many problems as possible, including justification
of all steps and clear, concise explanations. The use of calculators is permitted during the team round.
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The individual round has each
student, working independently, answer twenty multiple choice questions.
Winners are chosen based on the number of questions answered correctly; there is no penalty
for incorrect answers. The use of calculators is not permitted during
the individual round.
Subject areas
covered by contest questions include: algebra, geometry,
functions and functional notation, exponents and logarithms,
trigonometry, probability and statistics, logic and
set theory, arithmetic sequences, geometric series, and
number theory. We also share a lunch buffet with the students, where
awards are presented to the three students with the highest scores in the
individual round of the contest and to the three teams with the highest
scores in the team round.
Math Talks:
In addition to the competition, students are invited
to participate in a brief workshop on a mathematical topic they probably
won't see in high school. Recent topics have included:
(For a more complete list of previous years' talks and
speakers, click
here.)
Past Years' Exams:
Here are some links to previous years' exams. These files are in Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF). You will need the (free) Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.
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About the Competition -
Math
Talks -
Past Years' Exams -
2009 Winners
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2009 Winners:
TEAMS [photos
coming soon]
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1st Place:
The Salisbury School
Team:
Ezgi Ergun, Emily Farr, Kyle Lewis
Coach: Stacy Dunne
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2nd Place:
Gunston Day School
Team:
Yongxi Chen, Eungi Hong, Junjun Liang
Coach: Karen Melhunek
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3rd Place:
James M. Bennett High School
Team: Ethan Kahn,
Stephen Sechler, Chong Zhou
Coach: Kaye Reichenberg
INDIVIDUALS [photos
coming soon]
- 1st Place: Ezgi
Ergun, The Salisbury School
- 2nd Place:
Jason Donoway, Delmar High School
- 3rd Place:
Chong Zhou, James M. Bennett High School
Each of the students listed on this page won a U.S. Savings Bond as well as
a book
prize.
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About the Competition -
Math
Talks -
Past Years' Exams -
2009 Winners
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For more information, please contact one of the
co-directors:
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Last modified
11/18/2009 |