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The
Eastern Shore High School
Mathematics Competition
Sponsored by
Delmarva Power
&
The Klein G. and Mary Lee Leister Foundation
The 29th Annual Eastern Shore
High School Mathematics Competition
took place on Thursday, November 8, 2012.
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About the Competition -
Math
Talks - Past Years' Exams -
2012 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 a few 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 which they may not
otherwise encounter in the high school curriculum. Recent topics have included:
((For a 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 -
2012 Winners
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2012 Winners:
TEAMS [photos]
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1st Place:
Stephen Decatur High School
Team:
Daniel Beck, Kevin Fang, Joe Iacona
Coach: Sherryl Olson
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2nd Place:
James M. Bennett High School
Team:
Moaz Ansari, Ben Bazin, Zhengze Yang
Coaches: Kaye Reichenberg & Keith Donoway
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3rd Place:
Wicomico High School
Team: Amy Kang, Max
Pereboom, Isaac Jeong
Coach: Janice Austin
INDIVIDUALS [photo]
- 1st Place:
Isaac Jeong, Wicomico High School
- 2nd Place:
Casey Knerr, Worcester
Preparatory School
- 3rd Place:
Zhengze Yang, James M. Bennett
High School
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About the Competition -
Math
Talks -
Past Years' Exams -
2012 Winners
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For more
information, please contact
Dr. Jennifer Bergner
(410 - 547 - 5429)
Last modified
12/14/2012 |