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Nov 13 Meeting

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

At the Nov 13 meeting we went over last week's set and looked at quadratics and parabola.

Materials:

I'll accept the Parabola Stretch sheet for participation credit until before the next meeting.

The following Alcumus topics are recommended:

  • Algebra - Quadratic Formula/Discriminant
  • Algebra - Completing the Square
  • Algebra - Factoring Monic Quadratics

Nov 6 Meeting

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

At the Nov 6 meeting we went over last week's set and looked at an combinatorics: permutations and combinations

Materials:

I'll accept the Warmup 6 sheet for participation credit until before the next meeting.

The following Alcumus topics are recommended:

  • Prealgebra - The Multiplication Principle in Counting
  • Prealgebra - Permutations
  • Counting - Basic Combinations
  • Counting - Computing Combinations

Oct 23 Meeting

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

At the Oct 23 meeting we went over last week's set and looked at an example of telescoping sums.

Materials:

I'll accept the Warmup 5 sheet for participation credit until before the next meeting.

The following Alcumus topics are recommended:

  • Prealgebra - Ratio Basics
  • Prealgebra - Proportions
  • Prealgebra - Unit Conversions

Oct 16 Meeting

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

At the Oct 16 meeting we went over some of the problems in last week's set and looked at an example of how to convert periodic fractions in a base other than 10.

Materials:

I'll accept the Warmup 4 sheet for participation credit until before the next meeting.

The following Alcumus topics are recommended:

  • Prealgebra - Decimals and Fractions
  • Prealgebra - Repeating Decimals

Oct 9 Meeting

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Godmar Back
BMS Mathcounts Coach

At the Oct 9 meeting we discussed

  • divisor sum
  • number bases

Materials:

I'll accept the Warmup 3 sheet for participation credit until before the next meeting.

The following Alcumus topics are recommended:

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