On Jan 27 our school contest took place. 31 students took part. Ms. Hale and 10 Ut Prosim Volunteers from Virginia Tech managed the preparation, proctoring, and grading of the contest independently.

Overall Results​

The top three contestants overall were:

1. Place: Theta Back
2. Place: Franklin Liu
3. Place: Maximilian Li

In 6th Grade​

1. Place: Franklin Liu
2. Place: Maximilian Li
3. Place: Avi Vijayan

In 7th Grade​

1. Place: Giáng Nguyen
2. Place: XiXi Liu
3. Place: Natalia Migan-Gandonou

In 8th Grade​

1. Place: Theta Back
2. Place: Matthew Cao
3. Place: Sara Awate

Congratulations to these students! I have also notified those students who have qualified for the Chapter competition based on the school contest results and the practice points. We will head to Lynchburg on February 8.

I have sent detailed results for every registered student to their parent via email. Here is a histogram of all scores. Hopefully we'll see some of the participating students next year in Mathcounts!

For those wishing to do extra practice, here are some additional sets:

• Warmup 14
• Workout 4
• Workout 8

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

• Slide Set

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

• Workout 3
• Workout 7

Recommended Alcumus topics (under Algebra):

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

We discussed binomial coefficients and the binomial theorem.

• Slide Set

Recommended Alcumus topics (under Counting and Probability):

• Pascal's Triangle
• Binomial Theorem

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

• Slide Set

Recommended Alcumus topics (under Counting and Probability):

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