2010 Results

Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS 2010 Results

Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS
March 26 – 27, 2010
Sheraton Harrisburg – Hershey
4650 Lindle Road | Harrisburg PA 17111
717.564.5511

Winchester Thurston wins Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS state competition!

The Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers hosted an advanced mathematics competition on March 27, 2010. 161 students from 72 schools tested themselves in an advanced mathematics competition.

The top 4 individual students (*) will advance as the Pennsylvania team to compete at the National MATHCOUNTS level, May 6 – 9, in Orlando FL.

The first place team coach, Heather Crowley, will act as coach.

First Place Team Winchester Thurston School Pittsburgh, PA Coach: Heather Crowley* Sonu Bae (8) Daniel Balter (8) Cameron Barge (8) Tristan Hull (8) Second Place Team Charles F. Patton Middle School West Chester, PA Coach:  Mary Jo Knauer Ari Bleemer (8) Edward Jing (8) Shashwat Kishore (7) Mark Melvin (7) Third Place Team Sandy Run Middle School Dresher, PA Coach:  Patricia Callaghan Michael Deng (7) Jerry Li (8) Alan Yang (8) David Zeng (7) Fourth Place Team Park Forest Middle School State College PA Coaches: Lauren Bonsall & Rebekah Sjoberg Sajal Datta (8) Sicong Shen (8) Alicia Lai (8) Fredrick Zheng (8) Fifth Place Team Cranberry Area Home School Cranberry Township, PA Coach: John DeGraaf Cameron Arnold (8) Calvin Beideman (8) Josiah DeGraaf (8) Nathan Spear (8)

Individual Countdown Round Final Standings 1st Place Shashwat Kishore (7)* Coach: Mary Jo Knauer Charles F. Patton Middle School 2nd Place Joe Lin (8)* Coach: Lisa Turner Mt. Nittany Middle School 3rd Place Jason Schuchardt (8)* Coach: Tom Perdziola Sewickley Academy 4th Place Phoebe Cai (8)* Coach: Dave McGrath Radnor Middle School 5th Place Crystal Wang (8) Coach: Allison Long Valley Forge Middle School 6th Place Sicong Shen (8) Coach: Rebekah Sjoberg Park Forest Middle School 7th Place Matthew Weidner (8) Coach: Benjamin Tannous Brandywine Heights Middle School 8th Place Jacob Wachspress (7) Coach: Janice Gibson William Penn Middle School 9th Place Calvin Beideman (8) Coach: John DeGraaf Cranberry Area Home School 10th Place Danny Balter (8) Coach: Heather Crowley Winchester Thurston School

Students were tested for both accuracy and speed on questions like the following:

Sprint Round (no calculator; 30 problems in 40 minutes; students work alone)
Problem: A rectangular tile measures 3 inches by 4 inches. What is the fewest number of these tiles that are needed to completely cover a rectangular region that is 2 feet by 5 feet?
Answer: 120 tiles

Target Round (calculator permitted; 6 minutes for each of 4 pairs of problems; students work alone)
Problem: What is the greatest whole number that must be a factor of the sum of any four consecutive positive odd numbers?
Answer: 8

Team Round (calculator permitted; 10 problems in 20 minutes; students work with three other team members)
Problem: A four-digit perfect square integer is created by placing two positive two-digit perfect square integers next to each other. What is the four-digit square integer?
Answer: 1681

Countdown Round (no calculator; head-to-head challenge between two students; first-to-answer; no more than 45 seconds permitted)
Problem: When Bob exercises, he does jumping jacks for 5 minutes and then walks the track at 4 minutes per lap. If he exercised for 73 minutes on Monday, how many laps did he walk?
Answer: 17 laps

Congratulations on a job well done.

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