Math & Math Geeks
Or “Maths & Maths Geeks,” if you happen to be British. Requested by curious and questioning, who, as you may have guessed, is good at mathematics.
Date: February 3, 2007
Categories: The Universe, Things We like
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burnzkid
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 16:53i got a 75 on my math midterm! WAAAAA!! *sob* *sob* *sound of wrists being slit* *thump*
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Margaret
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 17:24Math Counts on Tuesday! Yesyesyesyesyes!
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Sweet Melpomene
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 17:48I got a 90 on my calc final! w00t.
And I have about 40 or so AP questions I still haven’t done.
Math is fun. My teacher is not.
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☛Kiki the Great☚
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 18:31math would be fun if I actually had a nice teacher.
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wingnut
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 18:33I will hopefully be able to finish algebra 2 by the end of the year. I finished geometry a few weeks ago and I didn’t stop doing math. I’m swamped in math. mathmathmathmathmath.
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Musketeer Number 5
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 19:33I sit in the back of my math class with my fingers in my ears and work through my book. I don’t think my teacher knows my name but I have the highest grade in my class…its pretty awesome!
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Margaret
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 19:45Okay. So. My school district fails when it comes to advanced courses. There’s no possible way to advance past Algebra I in eighth grade (my mom asked my teacher) and we don’t even get to take the Regents until next January! As in 2008, when I’ll be in ninth grade. Why? Heck if I know. Never really occurred to them to tell us. So yes, I’m stuck having my abilities underused here in Algebra I. Hence why our Math Counts team sucks so much – I know we could learn more advanced stuff if they’d just teach it!
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emmatheduck, Pwner and Head Quack of Canardquisouritistan
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 20:29My brother is a math nerd, so I hate math merely because of him. I think I would like it otherwise, though. It can be pretty fun. Anyone do any math competitions other than Math Counts? I’m doing the AMC.
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curious and questioning
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 21:00Joyjoyyeshappyigotmyownspecialrequestedmaththread!!!!!!!!!*incoherent joy*
Margaret, I’ll see you in two days, I’ll be wearing my MuseBlog signature sweatshirt through the lunch break but I’ll take it off and wear a bright shirt by the countdown round because they’ll (hopefully) notice me as standing up faster to answer questions and be able to identify me, and I need every advantage I can get against Sameer the freakishly smart. He’s fast. He was the highest individual last year. I’ll try to find you during the beginning or the break after the sprint round.
Anyone else take the regents this year? January 25, 2007, 1:15 pm to 4:15 pm only?
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Amanda
in February 3rd, 2007 @ 22:09OMG!! i am in love with math. but i hate my teacher. so far this year, she had taught us a lot, just one problem. IT IS THE SAME EXACT THING THAT WAS TOUGHT TO US LAST YEAR. so the class is boring. and i feel math impared when around out of school friends……………….*_*.
lolz
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The Skipper Nancy
in February 4th, 2007 @ 00:00yayayayayay!
I am a math geek’s daughter. So this thread makes me happy.
Skipper’s Math Poll
1) Desribe you opinion of math class: like/dislike
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: like/dislike
3) Which math are you in?
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra?me:
1) Ok, but it’s a bit boring because my teacher tends to over-explain things a bit (but that’s better than under-explaining).
2) yummy.
3) honors geometry
4) I’m better at algebra and conceptual stuff… I suck at computing in me my head.
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e~a the sock monkey
in February 4th, 2007 @ 00:27err… calc’s alright. I’d rather not have all the annoying details though, I like ideas better. I have a tendancy to do a calc test and feel it was really easy but make a million stupid mistakes. ah well, I understand it perfectly at least.
oh, and I’m on my school’s math team
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Purple Panda
in February 4th, 2007 @ 08:14Skipper’s Math Poll
Skipper’s Math Poll
1) Desribe you opinion of math class: like/dislike—–I loved my math class last year, but this year I had a terrible teacher. But overall I like math class.
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: like/dislike—–like! Except when I do it with my dad because he’s a really smart math-person, and he always makes me feel really stupid.
3) Which math are you in?——-as in, class? I’m taking honors Geometry too!
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra?——abstracted ideas like algebra, definitely. *curses arithmetic*
GAPAs – can we make this thread a Math and Geeks thread? Overall geeks, so people who are not math geeks can participate too?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in February 4th, 2007 @ 09:02I’d rather not dilute this thread’s mathematical orientation, but I’ll start a separate thread for Geeks in general.
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burnzkid
in February 4th, 2007 @ 09:06ugh!!! i need to record what I do for a week and then make 4 yes 4 pie graphs, figure out the degrees, and write a 6 paragraph report on it! and i have a Science lab due on wednesdaythat i haven’t even started yet!
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Ebeth The Ubiquitous Ãœber
in February 4th, 2007 @ 10:22Skipper’s Math Poll
1) Desribe you opinion of math class: DISLIKE
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: DISLIKE
3) Which math are you in? adv. algebra
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra? Nothing, preferably. Well i like proofs sort of when i can make stuff up. but then i do horribly on them. Making stuff up is the essence of how i do my hw, and it just doesn’t work in math. (hmm…wonder why i prefer english?
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e~a the sock monkey
in February 4th, 2007 @ 11:27Skipper’s Math Poll
1) Desribe you opinion of math class: it’s allright. some days are really boring but some are really fun.
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: like
3) Which math are you in? calculus
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra? abstract! when there’s too much computing, my mind tends to wander and I tend to start making stupid mistakes.Have any of you read/heard of The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzenberger?
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Margaret
in February 4th, 2007 @ 12:599 ~ HIS NAME IS SAMEER? Oh, man, my whole team has a grudge against him that he doesn’t deserve. xD He’s known to us as “the kid in the orange sweatshirt.” Oh man, that’s too funny. But yeah, he’s insanely quick. (None of us are. As I said, expect no competition from my district.)
I’ll be wearing a light purple long-sleeved shirt under a black tshirt with white writing, either a short black skirt or a longer black and purple skirt, and either black legwarmers or stripy purple socks. xD
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Margaret
in February 4th, 2007 @ 13:011) Desribe you opinion of math class: So slow.
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: Love.
3) Which math are you in? Algebra I
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra? I’m not sure. It depends. -shrug-17 ~ Yeah, I have that book.
Sorry to double post!
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Queenie J
in February 4th, 2007 @ 16:39I can crochet hyperbolic planes. Just putting that out there. Also, my school has no math team or math Counts. I’m math-deprived.
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Margaret
in February 4th, 2007 @ 18:0820 ~ That’s awesome! xD I can crochet…sort of…I suck at it though.
I’m very sorry to hear that your school is even worse than mine math-wise.
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curious and questioning
in February 4th, 2007 @ 21:17Skipper’s Math Poll
1) Desribe you opinion of math class: like/dislike – LIKE!!!!!! I love missing half of tech and getting behind on projects.*rolls eyes* No, really, I like math class. We’ll start using graphing calculators soon, like next week, even though my TI-83+ can’t hold games because of some memory error when I tried getting them from Robert’s TI-84(+? not sure), and because of the one possible schedule configuration for math people in band going to the high school, I’m in all the classes with the smart people, who are/have become my friends.
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: like/dislike – LIKE!!!!!! What did you think?
3) Which math are you in?- 2H. We took the Math A regents last week and we’re taking the Math B regents at the end of 2008.
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra? Not sure. Algebra’s easy. I don’t quite understand what’s meant by computing+arithmetic.
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Purple Panda
in February 5th, 2007 @ 07:02C&Q – what’s 2H? *probably a kind of uber hard math I haven’t heard of*
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Margaret
in February 5th, 2007 @ 07:20I stayed home today partly because I don’t want to get sicker and miss Math Counts tomorrow. xD
22 ~ I love my graphing calculator. I have a TI-84 Silver Edition. It’s preeeeety. @_@
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Taiwan Hippo Phan
in February 5th, 2007 @ 12:04Karrdash does math for fun. In my crystal ball I see a math geek in his future. Of course, his friends do math just for fun as well. So at least he’ll have geek friends.
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yesterday's_kinked_moose
in February 5th, 2007 @ 12:24Skipper’s Math Poll
1) Desribe you opinion of math class: Like. My teacher awsome, but sometimes things move a little slow.
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: I used to hate math because homework took so long, but now that i can mostly get it done in class, i’m starting to like it.
3) Which math are you in?
Geometry. Unfortunately, there is no honors geometry. There’s honors everything else, even honors art. Go figure.
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra?
I think i prefer abstracted ideas. I definately liked algebra better than geometry.
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Ebeth The Ubiquitous Ãœber
in February 5th, 2007 @ 12:3722-how would that be a problem? did you unplug it before it was done? it should be fine 83s to 84s…i have an 83 and got all my games from an 84. *ponders* did you try to put too much on mebbe? i know mario messed up a few ppls…but that was only because they put like five or six mario games along with the usual tetris, etc. anyhoo, that’s odd
Are there no other math haters around? *feels lonely* i guess this is the math geeks thread though. come to think of it, what AM i doing on here? *flees in terror*
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Luna the Lovely~formerly Michelle W.
in February 5th, 2007 @ 13:02I hate math, Ebeth!!!! I am good at it, though, or so everybody says, but I just think about the hating it aspect. I took AP Calculus last year, and got a 2 on the AP exam, which means I got way less than 50% correct on it. Yeah, I’m real good at math. All they way up to the test, I had to listen to my dad going on about how I’d do better than my sister, he was sure I’d do great, and that I’d do better than her. *several screaming arguments in which I said, shut up already about comparing me to my sister! I am not smarter than her, she’s smarter! Him saying I never said you’re smarter (Oh, really, then why say I’d do better????) And you will do good unless you keep that negative attitude because you’ve been doing good on the lesson work! Then me: That’s the lessons, which are open book!!!!!!!! Lot’s of tears on my part*
My sister got a 3, and when she did the Calc BC AP test the following year, she got a 4 on the AB Calc portion. Oh, yeah, I did way better than my sister. Oh, well, I got out of taking calc BC. I took highschool level introductory statistics first semester this year, and am going to be taking college level intro stat, this semester, whenever my books arrive, mom ordered them last week or the week before. Might have to take Calculus again next year sometime, though. But, if at all possible, I will take something else….
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groundhog22
in February 5th, 2007 @ 16:161) Desribe you opinion of math class: like
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: like
3) Which math are you in? Advanced
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra? I prefer computing+arithmetic for fun, but abstracted ideas like algebra for class.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in February 5th, 2007 @ 17:04Margaret and C&Q, good luck tomorrow! Both in the competition and in locating each other. Also, hope you’re feeling much better by then, Margaret.
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Karrdash
in February 5th, 2007 @ 17:57I really like math. My favorite subject in school is gym class, but my second favorite is math. I like doing addition and subtracting numbers. It is also fun to multiply, but I did not learn how to divide yet. I can do some dividing with little numbers, but I don’t know how to do big numbers.
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Amanda
in February 5th, 2007 @ 18:491) Desribe you opinion of math class: horrible….the slowest math class i have ever been in. (se prior post)
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: looovvee
3) Which math are you in? IB, the International Baccalaureate program. the elementary school one, pre-IB
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra?
Definatly the algebra, I like the computing to a point; I always make stupid mistakes…….♥
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Margaret
in February 5th, 2007 @ 18:59Oh, I’m so excited! I don’t care if I cough up a lung, I will be there! Just look for the weirdo with the stripy skirt and jeans (if I don’t wear the jeans I’ll freeze), unless I change my mind on what I’m wearing again. xD
30 ~ Muchas gracias!
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PurplishGlass
in February 6th, 2007 @ 09:49Skipper’s Math Poll
1) Desribe you opinion of math class:
i usually like math classes, but the algebra 2 teacher is pretty much the boringest guy EVER. he loves to talk about random stuff that is only slightly related to the lesson and so everyone is really confused and half the class literly sleeps. hes a nice guy though so i always feel bad not paying attention because he is pretty much obsessed with teaching, its his entire life.2) Describe your opinion of math in general:
like, but i think only because im good at it. and because the answers are usually so straightforward. i hate english because the answers are so debatable3) Which math are you in?
algebra 2, actually i already took part a and have part b next tri so ive forgotten a lot and will be really lost. I HATE TRIMESTERS!4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra?
computing is so much easier (love my calculator!), but abstract stuff is so much more rewarding to solve.I LOVED MATHCOUNTS in middle school! we went to state and everything (state had so many genius people there it was crazy, but fun). our high school only has this one math competition at the end of the year, and it is nothing in comparison. What math competitions are there for high school kids?
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Pentatonikk
in February 6th, 2007 @ 13:54Skipper’s Amazing Math Poll of Love
1) Desribe you opinion of math class: OMG LOVES. My teacher is such a frood, and he makes trig almost clear to me, which is a miracle in itself.
2) Describe your opinion of math in general: I like. Is good. Oog. Me hit rational function with rock.
3) Which math are you in? MI-4, as it’s known at my school, or basically precalc.
4) Do you prefer computing+arithmetic or abstracted ideas like algebra? Algebra. By such a long margin that if it started nibbling your toes there wouldn’t be anything left by the time arithmetic caught up.I’m on my school’s math team, and I actually had a pretty good record before I died at the last competition. T_T -hates inequalities forever, yes we does, precious- I pretty much shot my chances of making regional team, goshdarnit. But we can still pwn N********* *****, N** *****, and E******* (my home school) at conference happily, so I’m okay.
Who else took the AMC today? I hate the AMC in general (too much geometry), but I think I didn’t totally fail this time, which is good. I know I didn’t make AIME, but there is next year and the year after next and I’m actually an English geek anyway.
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Margaret
in February 6th, 2007 @ 13:58Saying that curious and questioning is “good at mathematics” is an understatement. She, ladies and gentlemen, came in second place at the competition today. No mean feat! There were about a zillion people there. And they were really smart people, too. So there. xD Congrats, curious and questioning! (Who, obviously, I met today!)
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Queenie J
in February 6th, 2007 @ 18:53Yay! Go C&Q!
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curious and questioning
in February 6th, 2007 @ 21:01I got second individual!!! *happy* Of course, this would be much bigger news if I hadn’t had to do social studies midterm review and could have come online before Margaret to tell you, but I am joyous. I was so surprised. I’m only fourth chair (even though I think I’m better than the current third and at least equal to the current second). I thought it would be Helen. My jaw dropped. I was, and am still to some extent, in happy shock. I do this for fun. If I’d tried to win an award, it wouldn’t have happened. And I saw Margaret!!! Also much more impressive if I was the first to say it, but still cool. And my school got first place team!!! Our four team members’ scores were 26(me!), 24, 19, and something between 24 and 19. We’re going to state(again)!! Even though we’ll be lucky to get two people in the top 100. Then I did nothing for the half of ninth period I would’ve been in math at the high school normally. I am joyful!!!
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2H comes after 1H but before 3H. No, seriously, it’s ninth grade honors. Not specifically geometry or anything, everything mixed up.
27- Can you diagnose my calculator issues? I hadn’t cleared the RAM in awhile, but I didn’t put anything in the RAM either. Both calculators are barely-used new, I think he was trying to put on this puzzle pack thing with 4 games, it was on a short and bumpy bus ride, so I didn’t exactly get a chance to examine it. I didn’t take them apart until after the error.
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curious and questioning
in February 7th, 2007 @ 14:38More on my improperly functioning calculator. It can recieve programs. I learned how to write simple programs. It first shows”garbage collecting”, then a memory error when I try to copy any game-like things from TI-84+ calculators. I will next try to connect it to the computer. (in a few days, once I install correct software and find and borrow a friend’s non-USB link cable or buy my own)
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Margaret
in February 7th, 2007 @ 17:0538 ~ Yeah, I noticed that you were surprised. I thought I heard a little exclamation of happiness? I wasn’t surprised, honestly. I was expecting it somehow.
We spent ninth period tossing our “voodoo doll” around in the cafeteria which is how Kevin happened to rip out my earring (we were kind of tussling over it).
We had to miss the countdown round because it took them an hour to get the stupid projector! How did it go?
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Margaret
in February 7th, 2007 @ 17:38Sorry to double post. This is in reply to curious and questioning’s post 190 in the Flamablamablous February thread.
Speaking of stupid mistakes, you know that really easy question in the team round about the cube that was cut in half and they gave you the length of the hypotenuse and everything? Well, we split the questions between our team without looking at them first, and it turned out I was the only one who could do several questions that weren’t assigned to me. So after I did mine and an extra and waited for everyone else to finish, I still had about three more to do, and I didn’t get to that one until after the minute warning and had no more time to finish. We could’ve done so much better! Next time…oh, wait. I’m in eighth grade.
/wrists
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curious and questioning
in February 7th, 2007 @ 21:38We had to leave the countdown round early. I wasn’t paying overly much attention because I’d already won. I made some stupid mistakes, got one or two right I think, and didn’t bother doing the harder ones- Sameer would finish them faster than me anyway, went my reasoning, and I was still awed by my trophy. I want to go back next year too!!! They don’t have high school math counts. That might be a good Gold Award project, but not more than locally, and they do have a science olympiad team at the high school. I got stuck on that cube one for a while, then I got it. My team’s good, so there were ones they did I couldn’t, and there was one, I forget which, that we all got different answers on. We should’ve started shouting random numbers. You’re allowed to talk. Like we were planning to all stand up as soon as the countdown questions were posted to keep Sameer from getting them. Mark was like, you say an even number, you say an odd number, you always say pi Annie, I’ll try to do the question… But it didn’t happen. I always say, we should do that! the most when I’m trying to persuade myself.
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emmatheduck, Pwner and Head Quack of Canardquisouritistan
in February 7th, 2007 @ 21:52I did the AMC 10 and got 100.5. Not a wonerful score, but better than i expected. i’m only in 8th grade anyway. When i first figured out my score, i was pretty happy and assumed the rest of the family would be happy too because i got over 100. but then i found out my brother got 150 on the AMC 12, so no one gave my 100.5 much attention at all. This is a very good example of why i hate math.
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curious and questioning
in February 7th, 2007 @ 21:59What’s the AMC? *is pied for selective math ignorance*
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The Skipper Nancy
in February 7th, 2007 @ 22:40(20 Queenie) Seriously???? Like that article in Science News? Are you related to that woman??? I read that article and I was like “sweet I need to learn how to crochet right now so I can make one of those?”
hahaha you’re ridiculously froody, Queenie, you know that?It’s cool to read that so many people like math. Somehow I always was under the impression that people hated it.
Congrats C&Q!! Its that you and Margaret got to meet.
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emmatheduck, Pwner and Head Quack of Canardquisouritistan
in February 7th, 2007 @ 22:56AMC stands for American Math Competition or something like that. It is mainly for high schoolers though younger people are allowed to take it. It’s a multiple choice test with 25 questions in 75 mins. The AMC 10 is easier and for anyone 10th grade and under. the AMC 12 is harder and for 12th grade and under. I think there is also an AMC 8 for 8th grade and under, but the 8 isn’t as important as the 10 and the 12 because anyone who gets a good enough score on the 10 or 12 gets to go on to the AIME (American Something Math Exam, I think) which is harder, non-multiple choice questions. It’s 15 questions, but I’m not sure how long. A few hundred of the top scorers from the AIME get to go to the USAMO (USA Math Olympiad), which is a two-day test, each day you get 4 1/2 hours for 3 questions (hard ones, and you have to write proofs, which is why it takes so long)
from the USAMO 60 people get to go to a summer camp called MOP or MOSP, (Math Olympiad (Summer) Program), though most people call it MOPS. There are three different categories of MOP:
red MOP: the top 30 ninth graders
black MOP: the top twelve or so people from USAMO, any grade
blue MOP: the non-ninth graders who were in the top 30, but not quite good enough for black MOP.
The black MOPers take yet another test, though i have no idea what it’s called or what’s on it. the top six scorers on that test get to be on the US team for the IMO, or International Math Olympiad.
OK, i got a little carried away there, but I hope I answered your question. Must go now.
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Margaret
in February 8th, 2007 @ 08:1742 ~ Kevin and I were going to do that, too! xD This was my plan: “Okay, we’ll both stand up the second they say the question. I’ll always say forty-two, and if that fails, we’ll say ‘We were just being patriotic!’ and say the pledge of allegiance really fast.” xD Unfortunately, we live too far away and we had to go.
I know there’s no highschool MathCounts, hence the pretend emo-ness. My highschool has a math team, though. I’ll join that if I can.46 ~ Wow. That’s awesome! I’d like to try that. (I know I wouldn’t do that well but it’d be good experience…)
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curious and questioning
in February 8th, 2007 @ 15:55My high school has no math team that I’m aware of. Sigh. I think I heard about the AMC, though, but not by that name. The math teacher said something about a test with a tenth grade level we might be able to get in that also had a twelfth grade level and I didn’t follow up on it because I figured all the spots would go to tenth and ninth graders because of the priorities and the limited number of tests given and I had two more years anyway. Next year for sure, though.
47- We also thought about surrounding him when standing up to keep him from being noticed, but didn’t do it either.
I got a 42nd post! I so didn’t realize that! Joy!
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Purple Panda
in February 8th, 2007 @ 16:37We don’t have any sort of math team or anything like that. I go to an arts school, so there’s a bigger focus on the arts than the academics. Plus it’s a really small school. Which probably has nothing to do with this, but…
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Tinkering-belle
in February 8th, 2007 @ 16:48My school has an advanced math program but you have to get good grades in ALL your classes and i dont have the required grades for social studies. Im kinda new to MuseBlog so if someone could post something after this one to tell me the ropes. I read the rules and all but this mathh geek is pretty confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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emmatheduck, Pwner and Head Quack of Canardquisouritistan
in February 8th, 2007 @ 21:5847-math team? like ARML or something?
50-ah! a newbie! *pies* if you read the rules and the HG2MB, then all you need is experience. I felt pretty lost when i first came on here too, but pretty soon you’ll be right at home on MB!
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The Skipper Nancy
in February 8th, 2007 @ 22:34(50) HI Tinkering-belle! *pies with cherry pie* Welcome! There’s not much to show you… basically just lurk around, then post when you have something to say. I suggest exploring lotsa different threads. There are interesting people on all of the,
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Purple Panda
in February 9th, 2007 @ 12:45Welcome, Tinkering-belle! *pies*
I posted a description (part of my ever-growing description of MuseBlog) on the “Welcome, Newcomers” thread.
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=669
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yesterday's_kinked_moose
in February 9th, 2007 @ 15:11Ropes? There are no ropes to show. There are some stringy things, but those are just dried bits of some of Kokopelli’s more experimental pies. Post when you have something to say, don’t post when you don’t. That’s pretty much all there is to it. By the way, *pies Tinkering-belle*.
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curious and questioning
in February 9th, 2007 @ 16:46*pis Tinkering-belle*
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288491
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kt the gr8
in February 9th, 2007 @ 16:57I GOT 100 ON MY PEOGRESSS REPORT 4 MATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay
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emmatheduck, Pwner and Head Quack of Canardquisouritistan
in February 9th, 2007 @ 21:5955-huh? are you sure that’s right? i thought it was 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197……
i know a lot more than that, but i’m too lazy to type it and anyway, the point is i think it’s 4197, not 491.
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Purple Panda
in February 10th, 2007 @ 19:02Yeah. It’s 4197. At least, I’m pretty sure it is. *says it over and over in head and decides which sounds right.*
Yep, I think it’s 4197
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curious and questioning
in February 10th, 2007 @ 19:3757, 58- I’m not exactly sure about the last few digits, but I think you’re right and I’m not. After the zero, I don’t really know.
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in February 10th, 2007 @ 20:4951 ~ All I know is that it’s a math team.
56 ~ I got a 99. So close. I think I forgot to hand in a few homework assignments. Oh well. xD
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Karrdash
in February 11th, 2007 @ 08:14I like playing with calculators, because it is fun to press all the buttons and make funny equations. I like using my sister’s graphing calculator the best, because if you press the numbers they make lines on the calculator and sometimes they look really funny.
I like my math class at school because my teacher is nice and she helps us learn the math we are supposed to learn.
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Red-tailed HAWK
in February 11th, 2007 @ 11:46I was afraid that algebra would be really hard, but it is actually just hard enough to give me a challenge. I feel like I am soaring like a hawk in math class!
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in February 11th, 2007 @ 13:49i’m in math counts for my skool. there’s two from the 7th grade algebra 1 class (thats me) and two from the eighth grade algebra 1 class. i’m the only girl though, and apparantly i’ve been the only girl since a long time ago, which makes me lonely. also, they put the picture of teh team up on teh Wall of Geeks. nobody looks up there though. still. i don’t really know how math counts works. my teacher gave us these tests to choose the top two in the class, but i don’t know how the competition will go. its on saturday teh 17th, which i just figured out is also my 2nd-level black belt testing, so i will have to choose between them. or hopefully Shihan can reschedule that. anyway… can anyone explain how it actually works? is it like a team with buzzers and such, or is it tests like we did in class? help!
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curious and questioning
in February 11th, 2007 @ 19:1863- You’re the only girl? There are a majority of girls on my team. Or at least the whole team. The top 4 team is 50-50. Math pwns over all else, so go to that competition. They need you!!! I posted a pretty complete description somewhere. A jubilee thread, I think. Let me check.
Found it! Part 2. Copy&pasted, with changes for improved accuracy:
There’s (up to) 4 team members, 4 individuals, and 2 alternates. The 1st round is sprint- 30 questions, 40 minutes, no calculators, alone. The 2nd round is target- 8 questions in groups of 2, 6 minutes for each group of 2 questions, calculators
(not graphing ones; never graphing ones at math counts)yes graphing calculators, not ones with a qwerty keyboard though allowed, alone. The 3rd round is team- 10 questions, 20 minutes, calculators allowed, the 4 team members are one team, the individuals are another, I’m not sure about the alternates, but only the team’s score counts for the team. And the alternates’ scores on individual stuff don’t count either, I think. The stuff that doesn’t count is for fun. Then there’s the countdown round. 50 questions put up at the same time for all to see,calculators allowed I think but not much usenot allowed technically, alone, whoever answers first gets it.Counts toward individual scores but not towards team except for how individual scores influence team.Doesn’t really count That’s for the chapter level. The top 2 or 3 teams per chapter go to state. At state level, the countdown round is between only the top 10 or 12 in the state, and obeys its own rules I don’t remember the best. The others are the same, only you can’t bring all the individuals and alternates to State, only the 4 team members and the highest individual as an alternate. I was 119th in the state, so the state competition round doesn’t concern me at all.
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shadow049
in February 12th, 2007 @ 16:10Our team made it to state! Hurrah!
I doubt we will do well, but thats ok.
We only have one girl… then again we only have 4 people on our team
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curious and questioning
in February 12th, 2007 @ 16:4465- Which state?
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in February 12th, 2007 @ 17:1564: yay!!! thanks!
hey! when i was in fifth grade i memorized pi up to a hundred and twenty decimal places. lets see how much i remember…
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062….
how many is that? i’m too lazy to count
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Garshin
in February 13th, 2007 @ 17:32Has anybody ever heard of the ICTM contest?
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curious and questioning
in February 13th, 2007 @ 21:48I don’t think so. What is it?
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Red-tailed HAWK
in February 14th, 2007 @ 10:5867- I counted 73 decimal places! I may be a little off, but you get the idea.
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Cat's Meow
in February 14th, 2007 @ 21:521-I got a 91 on an Algebra final last year. In 5th grade. I hope you’re doing better now.
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Potato Chip
in February 15th, 2007 @ 08:43c and q, congrats. Who was first? *guesses randomly* Sameer? My math teacher gave us this really hard bonus that apparently came from a 5TH GRADE textbook. Sameer some how got ahold of it and did it in 5 minutes, or so the rumors say.
*types*
I have gotten clues one and two.You have to find the price of each item (in whole dollars).
Baseball Bat
Hockey Stick
Disk
Soccer Cleats
Basketball
Football
BasebalClues:
1. A basketball and two footballs cost $28. One football and two basketballs cost $32.
2. Six disks cost $18. (duh!)
3. One basketball, two pairs of soccer cleats, and one hockey stick cost $71. Two hockey sticks, one basketball, and one pair of soccer cleats cost $64.
4. One baseball bat costs $7 more than one baseball. A combination of six baseballs and four bats costs $48.What is the total cost of one pair of soccer cleats and one of every other item? _______
*goes to work on clue 3*
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Potato Chip
in February 15th, 2007 @ 08:49I have it! I think. *checks*
Yess!!!! Wasn’t to bad once I realized that I already knew the price of the basketball from clue 1. Otherwise it would be imposible.
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Potato Chip
in February 15th, 2007 @ 13:3367- I know just this much of pi. 3.141592653589793238462643383…
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ha
in February 17th, 2007 @ 21:22haha I’m a math geek WOOHOO!! 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
Yep, I think that that’s all I know for now…
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curious and questioning
in February 18th, 2007 @ 16:2172- Sameer was first again. Sad and kind of funny that we’re talking about him here, our own little conversation, Margaret was earlier too, and he probably doesn’t even realize it.
I’m now going to do that bonus thing now here and post an answer. Because I can. I’ll leave some space if you don’t want to know.
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Soccer Cleats -$22
Basketball -$12
Football -$8
Baseball -$2
The final answer seems to be adding all the prices together, and that’s $71.
2b+f=32
b+2f=28
b-f=4
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3f+4=28
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52=c+2s
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52=3s+7
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Potato Chip
in February 18th, 2007 @ 17:56Aack. I don’t understand the last clue. But I got everything else right.
I will now try to understand what you did.
4. One baseball bat costs $7 more than one baseball. A combination of six baseballs and four bats costs $48.
Baseball bat = c
Baseball= s
6s+4c=48
c=s+7
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c-s=7
6s+ 4(s+7)=48
6s+4s+28=48
10s+28=48
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10s=20
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c=9
Check:
6(2) + 4(9) = 48
12+ 36 = 48Now I get it. Your 7=c-s and c=s+7 helped. But I don’t understand what you did here
52=3s+7
45=3s
s=15
c=22
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curious and questioning
in February 18th, 2007 @ 21:13$52 = 3(price of a hockey stick) +7
subtract 7 from both sides
45= 3(price of a hockey stick)
divide by 3
15=price of a hockey stick
price of a soccer cleat = price of a hockey stick +$7
price of a soccer cleat = 15+7
price of a soccer cleat = 22
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Potato Chip
in February 21st, 2007 @ 15:12oh it was a different problem! I thought it was clue 4.
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Ba'alzamon
in February 22nd, 2007 @ 13:57its “maths” for me because im a brit, and i got 100% on my geometry final
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Ba'alzamon
in February 22nd, 2007 @ 13:58and my geometry teacher should be locked up in a padded cell, he yells at people for talking (when they aren’t) and then when they say they wern’t they get detention for talking O_o
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curious and questioning the confused, conflicted, and other
in February 23rd, 2007 @ 21:32Sidebar peoples: Click on the math thread!!!
My thread is almost off the page!!! The ironic part is if I ask for a reminder to be posted on the main page, it will push this thread off the main page. Sadness. But Monty Python survives through who knows how many pages back. I’ll just have to add it to my list of links I periodically post everywhere to get publicity.
Math is average. Graphing calculator is memory cleared before every test so nothing has a chance to get back in it.
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Dodecahedron (c+q)
in March 8th, 2007 @ 15:03MathCounts State competition is Saturday!!! I have to wake up extremely early for it. Oh well. It is joy.
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Dodecahedron (c+q)
in March 8th, 2007 @ 15:16I was going to post this on the random thread right after leaving here, but it fits here better.
Standardized math testing is next week. Unfair. I got an 800/800 on the standardized math testing last year, and 100 on the regents, and I’m a grade ahead in math. I know math already!!!!! Don’t waste my time with mindlessly simple problems. I have better things to do with my life. It’s boring.
</geeky angry rant>
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in March 10th, 2007 @ 15:42MathCounts state today.
Results copied&pasted from an email to Potato Chip: ((My comments now))Sameer got 9th overall, moved up to 7th in countdown round. Freakishly smart. ((he’s our chapter and school district but not my team))
Helen got somewhere mid-forties ((team captain))
Ernest got somewhere in the 60s ((third chair, not a grade ahead in math, 7th grade))
Mark got 113th.((second chair))
I did horribly. 165th. Last year I was 119th. My timing was off and I knew it but couldn’t do anything about it. I’d ¾ complete a question, move on because it was taking too much time to an equally time consuming question, and do the same thing.
((…more unnecessary writing here…))
LMS team scored 8th out of 54. ((my team!!! we did well on team round (8/10)))
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hypermoocow
in March 10th, 2007 @ 17:20alot of my friends did this math meet thing. they call it nerdfest
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Dodecahedron (c+q)
in March 10th, 2007 @ 17:22Is it official?
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davidude
in March 12th, 2007 @ 10:09Hey did you ever see this before:
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decipher.It’s fun, but really hard. You have to make a scentence or series of scentences with words with the number of letters in pi. Here, I made it this far: 3.14159265358. Anyone want to add to it?
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Dodecahedron (c+q)
in March 12th, 2007 @ 13:50Have you ever read Cadaeic Cadenza? It’s amazing. Like that, for a whole story. Search for it. There was a link to full text of it from the Wikipedia.
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in March 12th, 2007 @ 18:019
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hypermoocow
in March 16th, 2007 @ 16:41yes you must cuz i dont get it
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rachael
in March 16th, 2007 @ 20:5683 – You’re lucky you got to go to state this year! I’ve been doing Mathcounts for 2 years now and last year we did really well at regionals. But this year they sucked (I didn’t even make it to regionals! *sniff* It was really sad). At state last year we didnt’ do very well tho they did horribly at regionals. maybe it was becasue I wasn’t there.
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