Published: March 01, 2010
Mathletes Compete for State MATHCOUNTS Titles in March
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Middle school Mathletes from Montana, Washington, Alaska and Utah will
compete this month for the right to represent their state in the 2010
Raytheon MATHCOUNTS
National Competition in Orlando this May.
Students qualified for their respective MATHCOUNTS State Competitions
when they or their school team won local competitions in February by
correctly solving problems such as:
How many six-inch by six-inch square tiles are needed to cover a
three-foot by two-foot rectangular section of floor?
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The top four Mathletes from each state will advance to the 2010 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS
National Competition as a team or as individuals, and will compete for
the national title against other talented middle school mathematicians
representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
U.S. Virgin Islands and schools from the Department of Defense and State
Department. The 2010 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition will be
held at the Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort, in Orlando, Fla., on
Friday, May 7.
"It is incredible to watch these students display such passion and
dedication towards mathematics," said Lou DiGioia, executive director of
the MATHCOUNTS Foundation. "These Mathletes represent our future in an
increasingly important math literate global economy. MATHCOUNTS is
honored to support the efforts of U.S. middle school students in
developing strong mathematical abilities and the critical-thinking
skills necessary to help the nation move forward with innovative
solutions to our challenges in the coming years."
The MATHCOUNTS
State Competitions will take place as follows:
March 10, 2010
Montana MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Montana
State University, Montana Strand Union Building Ballroom, Bozeman, Mont.
Contact:
Dan Munson, P.E., (406) 655-2540 or dan.munson@northwestern.com
March 20, 2010
Washington MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location:
Microsoft, Microsoft Building 33, Redmond, Wash.
Contact: Doug
Hendrickson, P.E., (509) 531-0727 or DougHend@aol.com
Alaska MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Romig Middle
School, Anchorage, Alaska
Contact: LaQuita Chmielowski, P.E., (907)
562-2000 or lchmielowski@dowlhkm.com
Utah MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Salt Lake
Community College - Redwood Campus, Technology Building Auditorium, Salt
Lake City, Utah
Contact: Marisa Egbert, (801) 403-8077 or utahmathcounts@aol.com
Answers to Sample Problems: 24 tiles, $3.15
Editor's Note: Interested in more samples of the types of math
problems these students will be solving? The problems and answers from
prior School, Chapter and State Competitions are available at https://mathcounts.org/Page.aspx?pid=295
or contact us for a one page sample of representative math problems.
ABOUT MATHCOUNTS
MATHCOUNTS
is the nation's premier middle school math enrichment and competition
program. To secure America's global competitiveness, MATHCOUNTS inspires
excellence, confidence and curiosity in U.S. middle schools students
through fun and challenging math programs. Beyond the challenge of
learning new skills, the MATHCOUNTS Competition Program (school, local,
state and national) provides students with fun-filled opportunities to
focus on mathematics. Each year, more than 100,000 students from over
6,000 schools register to participate in the MATHCOUNTS Competition
Program and vie for prizes and scholarships, as well as the opportunity
to advance to the Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition. Students of
all abilities thoroughly enjoy the experience and develop mathematical
aptitude, self-confidence and teamwork skills.
At the state and local level, sponsors and volunteers from the National
Society of Professional Engineers support MATHCOUNTS. At the national
level, Raytheon Company, National Defense Education Program, Northrop
Grumman Foundation, National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA
Foundation, ConocoPhillips, Pitsco Education, Texas Instruments
Incorporated and 3M Foundation generously sponsor MATHCOUNTS. The
National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics and CNA Foundation founded MATHCOUNTS in 1983.
ABOUT OUR TITLE SPONSOR
Raytheon Company is the title sponsor of the 2010 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS
National Competition and has made a commitment to serve in this capacity
until 2011.
Raytheon's support of MATHCOUNTS is a component of its MathMovesU
program, an initiative designed to engage U.S. middle school students in
math and science through interactive learning programs, contests,
events, scholarships, tutoring programs and more. Since its inception in
2005, MathMovesU has touched the lives of more than 1 million students,
teachers and parents. For more information, please visit MathMovesU.com.
Additional information on MATHCOUNTS and the 2010 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS
National Competition is available at www.mathcounts.org.
For more information on each MATHCOUNTS State Competition, and to find
out when doors open to the public for the Countdown Round, please
contact a MATHCOUNTS State Coordinator listed above.
MATHCOUNTS Foundation
Archana Mehta, 703-299-9006 x108
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