Mathematics
& Computer Science

 ===== About the Competition - Math Talks - Past Years' Exams - 2009 Winners =====

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:

• 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.
   
• 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:

• "Fermat, Torricelli, Steiner... Not Just Any Point(s)" (2006)
        -- by Mr. Carvel LaCurts
• "The Curves Are Alive With The Sound of Mathematics" (2007)
        -- by Dr. Steven M. Hetzler
• "How to Save a Life: Mathematics in Medical Research" (2008)
        -- by Dr. Troy V. Banks
• "Are Seven-Game Baseball Playoffs Fairer than Five-Game Series?" (2009)
        -- by  Dr. Brian J. Dean

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.

• 2001: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2002: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2003: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2004: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2005: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2006: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2007: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2008: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)
• 2009: Individual Round (solutions)  -  Team Round (solutions)

 ===== About the Competition - Math Talks - Past Years' Exams - 2009 Winners =====

  
2009 Winners:

TEAMS [photos coming soon]

• 1st Place: The Salisbury School
    Team: Ezgi Ergun, Emily Farr, Kyle Lewis
    Coach: Stacy Dunne 
   
• 2nd Place: Gunston Day School
    Team: Yongxi Chen, Eungi Hong, Junjun Liang
    Coach: Karen Melhunek  
   
• 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.

 ===== About the Competition - Math Talks - Past Years' Exams - 2009 Winners =====

Last modified 11/18/2009