Local Math Contests

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Dear Math Enthusiast,

Are you looking for a face-to-face contest where your students can
have fun learning math while competing with their peers from other
schools? This e-mail contains information on contests coming up in
the next month or two; some of them are probably too soon to register
for at this point, but please consider adding them to your team's
plans for next year. We'd love to learn more about these and other
contests; if you host or attend a face-to-face contest, please let us
know about it!

Skyview Invitational (SIGMA): This contest will take place this
Saturday, October 27th, 2007 at Skyview High School in Vancouver, WA.
This competition features a Speed Test, a Mental Math Test, a Team
Test, and an Individual Test. The registration fee for this contest
is $10 per student. For more information, contact Carol Hattan at
carol.Hattan@vansd.org.

TJ Fall Classic: This contest will take place on Saturday, November
3rd, 2007 at Thomas Jefferson High School in Auburn, WA. This contest
is a no-calculator competition consisting of a Ciphering Test
(multiple short problem sets in short time limits), an Individual
Test, and a Team Test. The registration fee for this contest is $10
per student. For more information, contact Tom Norris at
tnorris@fwps.org.

University of Alabama at Birmingham Math Talent Search Day: This
contest will take place on Saturday, November 10th, 2007 at the
University of Alabama campus in Birmingham. This contest is a single
written test taken by individuals. The registration fee for this
contest is $5 per student. For more information, contact A. Blokh at
ablokh@math.uab.edu or visit the contest website at
http://www.math.uab.edu/ablokh/outreach.html.

Johns Hopkins Math Tournament: This contest will be held on November
10th, 2007 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. The Johns
Hopkins Math Tournament consists of a Team Test, Algebra Test, Mental
Math Test, Geometry/Combinatorics Test, Scientific Math Test, and a
"Buzz" Test. The registration fee for this contest is roughly $8 per
student. For more information, contact Kihyuk Hong at khong4@jhu.edu
(or possibly JHMT@jhu.edu) or visit the contest web site at
http://www.tripleintegral.org/jhmt/.

Math Is Cool: This two-tiered statewide contest takes place in three
locations in Washington state (Spokane, Moses Lake, and Seattle). The
first high school event takes place on November 14th and 16th, 2007,
with several of the top teams from the three regions meeting on
January 26th, 2008. The first middle school event takes place on
November 30th, 2007, with the top teams meeting again on January 26th
as well. The Math is Cool competitions are primarily no-calculator,
free response tests, with an Individual Test, Individual Multiple
Choice Test, Team Test, Pressure Round (a unique strategic test
format!), Mental Math, and College Bowl. The registration fee for
these contests is roughly $10 per student. For more information,
contact Annie Bouscal at annie@bouscal.net or visit the contest
website at http://www.academicsarecool.com.

Duke Math Meet: This is a FREE ARML-style contest which will take
place on November 17th, 2007 at Duke University in Durham, NC. For
more information, contact Tyler Huffman at tyler.huffman@duke.edu or
visit the contest web site at
http://www.math.duke.edu/dumu/mathmeet/.

USC Columbia Mathematics Contest: This contest will be held on
December 8th, 2007 at the University of South Carolina Campus in
Columbia, SC. For more information, contact Bob Murphy at
murphy@math.sc.edu or visit the contest web site at
http://www.math.sc.edu/contest/2007-2008/.

Vestavia Hills High School Math Tournament: This contest will be
held on December 8th, 2007 at Vestavia Hills High School in Vestavia
Hills, AL. The registration fee for this contest is roughly $6 per
student. For more information, contact Todd Taylor at
taylortg@vestavia.k12.al.us or visit the contest web site at
http://math.gosuapm.com/tourn.

Thank you,

Tom Clymer

Director of Academic Competitions

National Assessment & Testing

http://www.natassessment.com

P.S. Our mail-in math competitions that you administer at your school
are a great way to recruit students and prepare them for face-to-face
contests like those above. We have four competitions remaining this
year, each with a fifty-dollar registration fee that allows unlimited
participation by students at your school: the 2007 Team Scramble on
November 1st, the 2007 Ciphering Time Trials on December 13th, the
2008 Four-by-Four Competition on January 31st, and the 2008
Collaborative Problem-Solving Contest beginning April 2nd. Register
for any of these contests online at
http://www.natassessment.com/reg_form.htm.

P.P.S. The questions for the second round of the United States of
America Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS) are available at
http://www.usamts.org/Tests/USAMTSProblems_19_2.pdf. Solutions to
these questions are due by November 19th, 2007. The USAMTS
competition is a fantastic mathematical experience for advanced high
school mathematicians, and is free! Students work on their own so
that no coach involvement is necessary other than initially directing
them to the website (http://www.usamts.org). Although the first round
of the USAMTS competition is over, students can earn recognition in
each round; students can start the competition now and still be
motivated by the prospect of receiving awards. We (NA&T) do not
administer this competition, we're just fans; inquiries should be
directed to usamts@usamts.org.