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.
Ethan Zhu was recognized as highest-scoring contestant not on a team.
In addition to the 4 teams members
two additional students advanced as individual contestants to the state contest:
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.
The top three contestants overall were:
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.
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.
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: