On Jan 29 our school contest took place. 41 students took part, 12 from 8th grade, 10 from 7th grade, and 19 6th graders. Ut Prosim Volunteers from Virginia Tech managed the preparation, proctoring, and grading of the contest.

Overall Results​

The top three contestants overall were:

1. Place: Samson Ou
2. Place: Lijin Wang
3. Place: Theta Back

In 6th Grade​

1. Place: XiXi Liu
2. Place: Natalia Migan-Gandonou
3. Place: Soomin Kim

In 7th Grade​

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

In 8th Grade​

1. Place: Samson Ou
2. Place: Lijin Wang
3. Place: Andrew Du

Congratulations to these students! I have also notified those students who have qualified for the Chapter competition based on the school contest results and based on their participation in the Mathcounts club.

I send detailed results for every registered student to their parent via email. Here is a histogram of all scores.

Meeting Notes​

At the Jan 22 meeting we did a full Target round practice.

Materials:

• Slides

Planning Updates​

There are several important updates on planning:

• Dr. Johnson confirmed the date of our school competition. It will take place Monday, January 29. Please register your child using this google form.

• The Chapter competition will take place February 10 at Liberty University. Dr. Johnson will organize a bus for this trip.

• The State competition is scheduled for Mar 2.

• A full practice competition is available at AoPS.

Meeting Notes​

At the Jan 8 meeting we went over how some of the workout problems can be solved with the help of a calculator.

The first timers did Workout 2 and the others Workout 7. If you missed the meeting, I'll be accepting those until Jan 22. There will not be Mathcounts on Jan 15.

Materials:

• Slides
• Workout 2
• Workout 7

At the Dec 18 meeting we went over some of the more difficult unsolved problems.

We also practiced the use of calculators which are allowed in the Target round. The first timers did Workout 1 and the others Workout 6.

Mathcounts does not impose limits in terms of how powerful the calculator can be as long as it does not have a QWERTY-style keyboard (and ABCDE style keyboard is ok). It is important, however, that you use a calculator you are familiar with. For most problems, a simple calculator will do fine.

Materials:

• Slides
• Workout 1
• Workout 6

At the Dec 11 meeting we went over last week's set. We split the sets. The first timers did Warmup 3/2022 and the others Warmup 12.

At the next meeting, we will do some workouts that require a calculator. If you own one, please bring it.

Materials:

• Slides
• Warmup 3/2022
• Warmup 12