Notes from Feb 21st

We went over the target questions from last year's competition

Target round

Target round solutions



Please remember to bring at least two pencils with erasers and your calculator to the competition! I'll see you there!  I will have a few calculators for students to borrow, but bring yours if you have one.  I don't have enough for everyone.  Remember registration starts at 8:30 and it's in Pleasanton, so make sure you give yourself enough travel time to get there.

Notes from Feb 14th meeting

We went over the actual sprint test from last year's chapter competition (no calculator)

Sprint round

Sprint round solutions


In addition, to prepare for the competition students should look over the following and look up any definitions they don't already know and check out the correct format for answers if they have time.

Definitions

Notes from Feb 7th meeting

On Feb 7th we went over the actual team problems from the tournament last year.  They are good ones to study even for those not on the team of 4 since they are similar to target problems on the individual test.

Team problems

Team problem solutions



If you have extra time to work on problems and you want more practice, here are the rest of the problems that we didn't get to this year.  Only do these if you have done all the other problems already and you have studied / memorized the formulas on "Many Cheerful Facts"!

Extra problems

Solutions to all worksheets

Meeting notes from January 31st

We went over several problems from warmup 10 in the meeting.

Warmup 10

Solutions to warmup 10

To do: before the competition go over "Many Cheerful Facts" and see if you have questions! Also, make sure you have a calculator you can bring - any calculator is fine if it is not on a smart device like phone or ipad.

Competition Schedule

MATHCOUNTS

                     Diablo  Region – February 25, 2017

                              Harvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton

                                       Competition Schedule

           8:30 AM – 8:55 AM     Registration

9:00 AM -  9:15 AM     Introduction and Rules Reading (students get seated  --no coaches)

           9:15 AM - 10:00 AM    Sprint Round - No Calculators

          10:00 AM -10:10 AM    Break

         

          10:10 AM - 10:50 AM   Target Round - Calculators Permitted

          10:50 AM - 11:00 AM   Break

          11:00 AM - 11:30 AM   Team Round - Calculators Permitted

          11:30 AM - 12:40 PM   Lunch Break- (Bring your own!)

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM      Countdown Round 

(Top 10 students, unofficial, just for fun event; parents welcome) - No Calculators     

          1:15 PM - 1:30 PM        Awards  (Top 3 Teams and Top 3 students)

Thanks to the Coaches and volunteers from American Public Works Association (APWA), the National Society of Professional Engineers and parents.

Meeting notes from Jan 24th

Here are the worksheets for this week.  We did the first half of Workout 6 in class.


Workout 6

Warmup 9 

Workout6 and warmup 9 Solutions

Meeting notes from Jan 17th

Here is a video you should watch about 30-60-90 triangles that we went over in the meeting, and 45-45-90 which are simpler but you should also understand.

30-60-90 triangles

45-45-90 triangles

These are the only special triangles that regularly get used, so if you understand how these works, you understand them all! I know these workouts are getting harder, so I'm just asking you work on it each week and do what you can!

Workout 5

Workout 5 solutions

** Announcement ** Chapter competition February 25th

The chapter competition is Saturday, February 25th at Harvest Park Middle School in Pleasanton.  I do not yet know what time it starts, but probably in the morning and goes into the afternoon.  Please contact me as soon as possible if your child is in the top 8 students and cannot go so I can invite another student to take their place since the PFC has paid for 8 students to go.  Thank you! Michelle

Top four students competing as a team and individually: Ada, Anna, Colton and Liam
Next four students competing individually: Alex, Gabby, Giovanna and Nick.



Harvest Park Middle School
4900 Valley Ave, Pleasanton

Meeting notes from January 10th

On January 10th we went over bases and Workout 4.  Here are some videos the students should watch:


Video on change bases between 10 and 2


Workout 4

Workout 4 solutions

Bases stretch 

Bases stretch solutions

January 3rd meeting

Meeting on January 3rd

Today we will be going over warmup 8 and the first 4 problems in angles and arcs


Angles

Solution to angles

Warmup 8

Solution to warmup 8

Meeting on December 13th

On December 13th we worked on the fractions stretch and warmup 7.  You can check your answers here.

Warmup 7 

Warmup 7 solutions

Fractions stretch

Fractions stretch solutions