Vermont State Mathematics Coalition Talent Search

The first Vermont State Mathematics Coalition Talent Search problem set has been released! Click here to get started. Don’t wait – solutions must be postmarked no later than November 3, 2017!

These problem sets offer an excellent opportunity for students to challenge their mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills.

From the Vermont State Mathematics Coalition website:

The Vermont State Mathematics Coalition has sponsored a statewide Mathematics Talent Search Program every year since 1993. The Talent Search is conducted in the following manner. Four times during the school year a set of challenging math problems are posted on this website. Topics covered on the tests are from arithmetic, Geometry, algebra, and pre-calculus. Copies of the test are given to interested students at each of the schools. The students have approximately four weeks to solve the problems and then each student submits his/her solutions to the director of the program for grading. If students are only able to solve one or two problems, they are still encouraged to submit their solutions. During the following two week period the tests are scored, statistics are gathered, results are returned to the students, and solutions and top scorers are posted on this website. At the end of the year the top students in the state are given prizes and are honored at a Coalition dinner along with their parents. High school-aged winners are also provided full scholarships to attend the week-long summer Governor’s Institute in Mathematical Sciences in residence at the University of Vermont.

More information about and rules for the talent search may be found here.

The Results Are In!

We recently received the results from the American Mathematics Competition (which we hosted in February) and the University of Vermont Prize Examination in Mathematics (hosted in March) – and we couldn’t be more impressed with our students!

Ragulan Sivakumar (class of 2020) and Kailey Yang (class of 2019) were South Burlington’s highest- and second-highest performers respectively on the AMC 10 (and school-wide as well). Both students were invited to the next level of the competition, the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME), which we hosted in late March. Our top performers on the AMC 12 were Gabriel Katz (class of 2017), Carlton Plourde (class of 2018), and Ananth Malladi (class of 2018).

As a result of his performance on the AIME, Ragulan has qualified for the United States of America Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO). Ragulan’s USAJMO qualification puts him among America’s top math students. The USAJMO is a prestigious event, and only 500 students from the tens of thousands of American Mathematics Competitions participants are invited to take the USAJMO. In other words…this is a BIG DEAL! Ragulan will be participating in the USAJMO on April 19th and 20th, during which he will be taking a six question, nine hour essay/proof examination. Best of luck to Ragulan!

Our students fared just as well on the UVM Prize Examination in Mathematics. Out of all test takers statewide, Ragulan Sivakumar, Kailey Yang, and Ananth Malladi took first, third, and eighth respectively.  UVM recognizes top performers by region after naming the state’s top eight performers. Carlton Plourde was our region’s top performer. These students will be honored at the University of Vermont’s Math Day on May 16th. Our South Burlington math students generated the third longest high school list of students receiving Certificates of Merit from UVM based on their performance on the exam. Those students are: Sabrina Chiang (class of 2019), Brandon Lee (class of 2018), Sangmin Lee (class of 2022), Liam Lustberg (class of 2018), Ananth Malladi, Carlton Plourde, Ragulan Sivakumar, Anthony Stem (class of 2020), and Kailey Yang.

Congratulations to our award winners, and thank you to all participants!

 

Congratulations to our AIME Qualifiers!

Based on their scores on the AMC 10, Ragulan Sivakumar and Kailey Yang have qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics exam. The American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) is a challenging exam offered for those who excelled on the AMC 10 or AMC 12 exams. The AIME is a 15 question, 3 hour examination; each answer is an integer number between 0 to 999. The questions on the AIME are much more difficult than those on the AMC 10 and AMC 12 competitions. Top scoring students on the AIME are invited to take the USAMO (USA Mathematical Olympiad) or USAJMO (USA Mathematical Junior Olympiad). Please join me in congratulating these students and wishing them well on the AIME, which is set for Wednesday, March 22 at South Burlington High School.

Mathematical Association of America: The AMC 10 & 12

The annual American Mathematics Competition at South Burlington High School is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, 2017 from 8:40 – 10:30 am.

The AMC 10 and AMC 12 are 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examinations in high school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills.