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On Wednesday, April 10, eight Lakeland Middle School Students traveled to Huntington University with LMS Math teacher, Doug Menz to compete in Huntington's annual Math Competition. The team of eight finished in third place overall out of the 14 participating teams from across the state. |
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Pictured from left to right -
Back Row: Xia Lue, Brayden Miles, Ezekiel Wachman, and Ben Keil
Front Row: Manisha Ramachandran, Raul Balines, Tyler Yoder, and Brooke Retterbush
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Topics and Problems
The Middle School Mathematics Competition draws problems from Number Sense, Functions/Algebra, Geometry, and Probability. Since many younger students will not have seen calculus, only about 10% of the contest problems requires knowledge of calculus to solve. There was no particular proportion of problems allocated to each topic, and some problems bridged multiple topics.
The contest consisted of three rounds: An individual multiple-choice round, an individual “short-answer” round, and a more difficult team round.
The problems varied in difficulty, and students were not expected to be able to solve every problem.
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About the Competitions
The Huntington University Mathematics Competitions are designed to encourage creative mathematical thinking, engage students of all levels with challenging mathematics problems, and provide an opportunity for friendly competition among mathematics students and schools. The Competitions are not curricular exams; even advanced students should expect to see problems unlike any they have seen in their classes.
The Competitions are written, organized, and held in a collaborative effort between the faculty of the Huntington University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, the student coordinator, and various other student volunteers.
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