AMC Michigan Coordinator Contest News (2012 Spring)
AMC 8
The MAA Committee on the American Mathematics Competitions (CAMC) is dedicated
to the goal of strengthening the mathematical capabilities of
our nation's youth.
The CAMC believes that one way to meet this goal is to identify,
recognize and reward excellence in mathematics through a series of
national contests called the American Mathematics Competitions.
What happens before and after the AMC Contests can have lasting educational value.
Talents will be enhanced if one practices beforehand,
by working through previous examinations,
by participating in math leagues and, most importantly,
by studying mathematics more intensely than one normally does in school.
The American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC 8) for students in grades 8
and below is a 25 question,
40 minute multiple choice examination in junior high school (middle school)
mathematics designed to promote the development and
enhancement of problem solving skills;
to demonstrate the broad range of topics available for
the junior high school mathematics curriculum;
and to promote excitement,
enthusiasm and positive attitudes towards mathematics.
The 2011 AMC 8 Exam was taken by 3795 students
from 58 schools
(up 3 from 55 in 2010)
in Michigan on November 15, 2011.
The overall Michigan average score was 9.95, up from 8.78 of last year.
Two students in Michigann got the perfect score of 25:
Yannis Bi from Meads Mill Middle School (Northville) and
Justin Xu from Boulan Park Middle School (Troy), both 8th graders.
The team winner was Boulan Park Middle School with a score of 73.
Seven students in Michigann got the score of 24.
Among them, there are one 5th grader and one 6th grader:
Freddie Zhao (5th grade) and
Spencer Liu (6th grade), both from Boulan Park Middle School (Troy).
All others are 8th graders:
Safal Bora from Boulan Park Middle School (Troy),
Bogdan Manga from Birmingham Covington School (Bloomfield Hills),
Zachary Obsniuk from ICAE (Troy),
Skanda Palani from Boulan Park Middle School (Troy), and
Anil Palepu from Novi Middle School (Novi).
HMMT 2012
The Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) is an annual math tournament for high school students,
held at MIT and at Harvard in alternate years.
HMMT is deeply committed to running a successful tournament and promoting mathematical curiosity in high school students.
With over 100 teams and nearly 900 competitors from across the nation and the world,
the HMMT is one of the largest math contests held in the United States.
It is run exclusively by MIT and Harvard students.
Most of them participated in math contests in high school,
and they try to incorporate what they liked best about those competitions into HMMT to make
the contest both challenging and entertaining for all the participants.
The 2012 tournament took place at Harvard University on Saturday, February 11th, 2012.
(... Will send details when they are available...)
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Ada C. Dong, Ph.D. AMC Coordinator of MAA-Michigan |
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