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Jan 13 2025 Meeting

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach
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Announcement: Our school contest will be held January 27 (Monday) during school hours.
There will not be a club meeting that Monday.

Parents should submit this Google Form (even if your child is already on the club roster).

The chapter competition will take place Feb 8.

We reviewed Workouts 2 + 6 and discussed Gaussian Elimination and Reduced Row Echelon Form.

If you missed the meeting, you can practice using this set:

Recommended Alcumus topics (under Algebra):

  • Solving Two-Variable Systems
  • Two Variable Word Problems
  • Advanced Systems of Equations

Alcumus Topics

Dec 9 2024 Meeting

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

We discussed binomial coefficients and the binomial theorem.

Recommended Alcumus topics (under Counting and Probability):

  • Pascal's Triangle
  • Binomial Theorem

Alcumus Topics

Dec 2 2024 Meeting

· One min read
Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

We reviewed last week's Target practice and then discussed probability and Bayes's theorem.

Recommended Alcumus topics (under Counting and Probability):

  • Basic Probability as Counting
  • Basic Probability with Combinations
  • Binomial Probability
  • Multiplying Probabilities

Alcumus Topics

Alcumus Topics

Nov 18 2024 Meeting

· One min read
Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

We talked about number bases and reviewed some past problems.

We also did Workout 1 and 5, respectively.

If you missed the meeting, you can practice using this set:

Recommended Alcumus topics (under Number Theory):

  • Converting from Base 10
  • Converting to Base 10
  • Base Number Problem-Solving
  • Base Number Arithmetic

Alcumus Topics