2005 NC State High School Mathematics Contest

April 28, 2005 NC School of Science & Mathematics Durham, NC

The State Math Contest is sponsored by the NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Participants

• Participants must be in the top 7% at one of the qualifying sites across NC.

• 123 students qualified in 2005 • There were 55 seniors, 46 juniors, 17 sophomores, 4 freshmen and 1 eight grader.

• There were 99 males and 24 females.

Participants mingle while waiting for the contest to begin

2005 Participants

• Students came from 46 different high schools, including 4 home school groups.

• For seventy students this was there first State Math Contest.

• One student had been to the State Contest five times prior to this one.

The contest is held at the NC School of Science & Math in late April.

Test Details

• The test consists of two parts: – Multiple Choice: 20 questions, 4 points if correct, 1 if left blank, 0 if incorrect.

– Integer Answer: 15 questions, 5 points if correct, 0 if incorrect or blank.

• 90 minute time limit.

• Any SAT-approved calculators is allowed.

Student deep in though!

Got Pencils?

After the Test

• After the test students are treated to pizza for lunch.

• After lunch students are placed in teams with students from other schools for the Sprints.

• Five problems are done in relay fashion.

• Cash prizes are given to the top 3 teams.

The Sprint Begins!

Every student gets a State Math Contest T Shirt (notice all the yellow?)

Team 19 works hard on a Sprint problem .

Sprint judges record answers and elapsed time.

Top Ten Students on the Written Exam 1. Jeremy Diepenbrock 2. Arnav Tripaty 3. Derrick Sund 4. Yakov Berchenko-Kogan Enloe High East Chapel Hill Home Schooled Broughton 5. John Pardon 6. Jeremy Hahn 7. Noah Blach 8. Gregory Filpus Durham Academy East Chapel Hill East Chapel Hill East Chapel Hill 9. Amy Wen 9. Jim Ouyang 10. Paul Huang NCSSM/Early College Guilford East Chapel Hill NCSSM/Durham School Arts

Second Ten Students

Drew Boyuka John Berman Sunny Xi Yajing Gao Kyle Johnson Janette Wat Daniel Genkins Robert Gage Vivek Bhattacharya Charlotte Home School Wilmington Academy Arts J. T. Hoggard NCSSM / East Chapel Hill AC Reynolds East Chapel Hill Charlotte Latin Freedom High Enloe

Top Twenty Students

Scholarships

The following colleges offer scholarships to the top students

: Appalachian State Chowan College Campbell Univ.

Davidson College Duke University Elon University Meredith College NC State Univ.

UNC- Chapel Hill Western Carolina East Carolina High Point Univ.

Methodist College UNC – Chapel Hill UNC-Pembroke

Top Individual Student

2006 Contest

• April 27, 2006 at NCSSM • Practice, Practice, Practice • Compete in Regional Competitions • Place in the top 7% • See you in April