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Math Competitions & Math Resources. Ran Li. Different Math Competitions. Math Kangaroo Mathleague.org/ARML Mathcounts Math Olympiad (Elementary, Middle School, High School) AMC Santa Clara Math Tournament Bay Area Math Olympiad Mandelbrot (at school only)
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Different Math Competitions • Math Kangaroo • Mathleague.org/ARML • Mathcounts • Math Olympiad (Elementary, Middle School, High School) • AMC • Santa Clara Math Tournament • Bay Area Math Olympiad • Mandelbrot (at school only) • Berkeley Math Tournament (BmMT, BMT) • Stanford Math Tournament (SMT) • Caltech-Harvey Mudd Math Tournament (CHMMT) • Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT) • Others, like BAMO, NIMO, math madness, Princeton Math Competition, Purple Comet, …
American Math Competition (AMC) • AMC 8, 25 Qs/40min Tuesday 11/14/17, Thomas Hart Middle School MPR, 3:30-5:00pm --- $5 (registration due 10/13/17) Check in starts at 3:15pm AMC 8 Practice Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ROwf_37DbITFYySlhfcFNMams?usp=sharing • AMC 10 AIME USAJMO Awards • AMC 12 AIME USAMO MOSP IMO Testing dates: Wednesday 2/7/18(10A/12A) & Thursday 2/15/17(10B/12B)
Mathkangaroo • National competition, Run by local volunteers • Test at grade level (Gr 1-12) • Target more on concepts • 75min, 24-30 questions • Once/year on 3rd Thursday in March • This year test date is 3/15/2018 , Thursday • Registration may start on 10/1/17. Register ASAP, Do Not Wait. • location at Hart Middle School, Pleasanton; at 4:00pm (PUSD & Thomas Hart Middle School) and 6:30pm (CACC Chinese School) • Link: http://www.mathkangaroo.org/mk/default.html • Sample Questions: http://www.mathkangaroo.org/mk/practice.html • More Practice Questions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ROwf_37DbIb2YtcWVjZEpqMW8?usp=sharing
Mathleague.Org • Elementary, Middle School & High School Level, [4 students/team, from same school] • Website: mathleague.org • Mostly once a month • Harvest Park, 10/21/17 (middle/1:30-5pm, elementary/8:30-12); Valley Christian High, 11/11/17 (middle/1:30-5pm, high school/8-12); • Mathcounts format (Middle School) • Registration Link: http://mathleague.org/msevents.php
Berkeley Math Tournament Berkeley Mini Math Tournament • Middle School + Advanced 5th graders • 5 students per team (only one CACC can form own teams) • Date: mid Nov, 2017, usually on Sunday (8:30-1:30) • Location: UC Berkeley Campus • CACC Online Registration will start when it is open (tournament cost $10) • Registration Deadline: usually mid Oct, 2017 Berkeley Math Tournament • High School + Advanced 7th & 8th graders • Date: 3/12/2017 ($15)
Math Olympiad (MO) • 2 Divisions – in class contest only http://www.moems.org/ -- Elementary (MOEMS, E division) – grades 4-6 -- Middle (MOEMS, M division) – grades 6-8 • 5 monthly contests, 5 questions at each contest, specific time limit for each question • CACC math program offers such contest in class only
Bay Area Math Olympiad (BAMO) • BAMO 8, BAMO 12 • 4 hour, 4-5 problem proof-based competition • Individual, no team • Yearly, Wednesday, 2/28/2018 • Harvest Park, Mr. Lomas • http://www.bamo.org/
Mathcounts • Middle School Only • School as a unit • Chapter in Feb • State in March
Mathcounts • Middle School students Only • Primary school as a unit – home schools can participate • CACC cannot form a team • Sprint, Target, Team rounds + countdown round for fun • Chapter competition in Feb • State competition in March
Math Activities/Classes • *** Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Resources Alcumus (a self paced, computerized, free program for many middle school students) http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ • A* math league-- math classes (Santa Clara) • Awesomemath – all year round math • Pleasanton Math Circle (PMC) • Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) • Stanford Math Circle (SMC) • San Jose Math Circle http://www.pleasantonmathcircle.com/home.html
Summer Math Camp • A* Math League • AwesomeMath • Math Path • IDEA Math • Math Zoom
Additional Math Competitions(Middle School) • Purple Comet – online competition (volunteer?) http://purplecomet.org/
Additional Math Competitions(High School) • Santa Clara Math Tournament • Mandelbrot (at school site only) • A Star Math Tournament (ASMT) – replace for Stanford Math Tournament (SMT) • Caltech-Harvey Mudd Math Tournament (CHMMT) • Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT) • Other --NIMO (national internet math olympiad, http://internetolympiad.org/), math madness, Princeton Math Competition, Purple Comet, …