MATHCOUNTS Info
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2010 State Competition Results
2009 State Competition Results
Park Forest Middle School (State College, PA) wins Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS state competition!
The Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers hosted an advanced mathematics competition on March 19, 2011.
A total of 164 students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade from 41 schools across the Commonwealth competed in the competition.
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First Place Team Second Place Team Third Place Team Fourth Place Team Fifth Place Team |
Individual Countdown Round 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 6th Place 7th Place 8th Place 9th Place 10th Place Mrs. Sjoberg, Shashwat Kishore, Nick Rauen, Jacob Wachspress and Dennis Duan will represent Pennsylvania at the National MATHCOUNTS competition in Washington DC. |
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
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