The topic of the meeting was divisor counting, divisor sum, and Euler's Phi.

We did our first warmups today. These warmups will work as follows. I will choose a level of difficulty based on how well you did on your previous one. If you solve 5 or more problems, I'll count it as one point towards qualification for the team/chapter contest. You may choose to not work independently (discuss it with your neighbor), but then I will not count it.

• Slide Set (Euler's Phi)

Recommended Alcumus in Category Number Theory:

As a reminder, we are meeting every Monday at 3pm in the Virtual Reality Lab behind the library.

The topic of the meeting was divisibility.

• Slide Set (Divisibility Rules)

Recommended Alcumus:

At our first meeting, we discussed the Club Rules. Please read them. If you haven't signed up for AoPS, please do so and share your AoPS account name with me.

As a reminder, we are meeting every Monday at 3pm in the Virtual Reality Lab behind the library.

The topic of the meeting was arithmetic.

• Slide Set (Arithmetic)

Recommended Alcumus:

Our team traveled to Fredericksburg on March 2, 2024 to represent BMS at the 2024 Mathcounts State Competition.

10 teams from 8 chapters participated. Including individual competitors, a total of 72 students were invited to attend.

Our team (Andrew Du, Lijin Wang, Samson Ou (Team Captain), Theta Back) took 6th place.

Amrita Sarangi and Ethan Zhu participated as individuals.

Congratulations!

On Feb 10 we traveled by bus to Liberty University in Lynchburg for the VA Southwest Mathcounts Chapter competition. The BMS team and contestants won several prizes.

Team Competition Results​

1. Place: Andrew Du, Lijin Wang, Samson Ou, Theta Back

Individual Competition Results​

1. Place: Andrew Du
2. Place: Samson Ou

Countdown Round Results​

2. Place: Andrew Du
3. Place: Samson Ou
4. Place: Ethan Zhu

Honorable Mention​

Ethan Zhu was recognized as highest-scoring contestant not on a team.

Advancing to State​

In addition to the 4 teams members

• Andrew Du
• Lijin Wang
• Samson Ou
• Theta Back

two additional students advanced as individual contestants to the state contest:

• Ethan Zhu
• Amrita Sarangi

If our chapter had been allowed to send 8 students as in previous years, the runner ups would have been Shaun Mackey, Sara Awate, and Dennis Zhao.

We will thus be sending 6 students to the State round, which takes place Mar 2 in Fredericksburg. Congratulations to all!

Thank you to Mrs. Bonnie Caldwell for accompanying us on the trip and for principal Dr. Johnson to sponsor it.