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.

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.