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Math Club

Math Club. Meetings. Scheduled for Wednesday afternoons from 4-5PM You must be picked up promptly at 5:00. Please take a minute to call or text your parents if necessary. If you cannot be picked up at 5:00, you will need to register for The Cove Academy. Registration forms. On my website

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Math Club

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  1. Math Club

  2. Meetings • Scheduled for Wednesday afternoons from 4-5PM • You must be picked up promptly at 5:00. • Please take a minute to call or text your parents if necessary. • If you cannot be picked up at 5:00, you will need to register for The Cove Academy.

  3. Registration forms • On my website www.quia.com/pages/mrsmclaughlin/mathclub This form MUST be turned in no later than Wed. Sept. 17th in order to be a part of the club and participate in competitions.

  4. Website www.quia.com/pages/mrsmclaughlin/mathclub

  5. Different Competitions • AMC 8 / AMC 10 • Math Olympiad • Math Counts Club and Competition • BCCTM • Rubik’s Cube tournament • Mu Alpha Theta • New – AMC weekly Math Tournament

  6. Teams are chosen based on performance in the club. The points you earn during each competition will add up to your overall score.

  7. AMC 8 • Competition date: • Tuesday November, 18th • You MUST register to take this exam no later than October 1st (form on website) • Registration forms received after October 1st will be placed on a waiting list in order of receipt. • All students who are younger than 14.5 years old on November 18th are eligible to participate.

  8. AMC 10 – New to Falcon Cove this year • February – date TBA • Students who are older than 14.5 on Nov. 18th are eligible for the AMC 10 (not the AMC 8) • Younger students who earn at least a 20 out of 25 on the AMC 8 are eligible to participate in the AMC 10

  9. Math Olympiad • Two teams this year of up to 35 students • 6th graders will be on one team • 7th and 8th graders will be on a separate team • Competition dates: • Wednesday, November 19th • Wednesday, December 17h • Wednesday, January 14th • Wednesday, February 11th • Wednesday, March 11th

  10. Sample Question • How many quarters (worth 25 cents each) must be added to 12 nickels (worth 5 cents each), so that the average value of a coin in the new enlarged collection is 10 cents? • Answer: 4 quarters

  11. Math Counts • Club information: • Last year we became a gold school for the thirdyear in a row. • Silver Status – earned by having a minimum number of meetings and students attend (easy) • Gold Status – This year’s challenge is to create puzzles and games. More info coming soon. • Competition Dates: • Chapter Competition in February • State Competition in March • National Competition in May – Boston, MA

  12. Sample Question • The heights of six students Joe, Mary, Sue, Steve, Lisa and John are 60 inches, 64 inches, 58 inches, 68 inches, 63 inches and 69 inches. Sue is 4 inches shorter than Joe. The girls are the three shortest students. Steve is 1 inch shorter than John. Mary is the shortest student. What is the sum of John’s height and Lisa’s height? • Answer: 132

  13. BCCTM • To be held at Indian Trace • Saturday, March 7th • Teams of 4 for: • 6th grade • 7thgrade Pre-Algebra • 8thgrade Pre-Algebra • Algebra 8 • GEM 6 – Pre-Algebra • GEM 7 - Algebra • GEM8 - Geometry

  14. Mu Alpha Theta • High school honor society • ONLY students enrolled in a HIGH SCHOOL math course are eligible to participate. (GEM 7, GEM 8, Algebra, etc.) • Hiller/Nunn Contest – Wednesday, Dec. 3rd • Upcoming competitions: • Jan. 31 – Regionals – Braddock HS, Miami • Feb. 14th – Regionals – Ferguson HS, Miami • Mar. 7th – Regionals – FAU, Davie • Mar. 21st – Cypress Bay Statewide (this is a Saturday during spring break) • Must work ahead in text book to be prepared for competitions. • ***Practice old tests at www.famat.org***

  15. New Tournament Style Competition from AMC • Late September through December • Tournament style – done on computers • All students in Math Club are eligible to participate (no minimum) • More information coming soon

  16. Rubik’s Cube Tournament? • Do we want to have Falcon Cove’s 2nd Rubik’s Cube tournament???

  17. Practice Material • Since there are more competitions this year, I will be emailing home optional practice material weekly.

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