Practice meets for your vacation

Here are a couple of meets you should tackle on your vacation.
Happy holidays!
Avi

• http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2006Meet3f.pdf
• http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2005Meet3e.pdf

For Thursday 12/18

Work on this meet - http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2007Meet3g.pdf for next week.

Have a good weekend,

Avi

Meet 2 summary

Congratulations on completing the meet today.
You guys did a great job.
Our 4-student team scored 58, and the highest score was 112 for 10-student teams, so you're doing well.

Next week we'll start learning new material for meet 3. There's a lot of ground to cover, and of you'd want to get a head start, look at the link above (Theory for meet 3).

See you next week,
Avi

Preparation for our next meet

• Our next league meet is on Thursday 12/4
• As a make-up session for the lost Thanksgiving one, we'll meet on Tuesday 12/2 from 2:10 until 3:30.
  For this session, go over - http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2004Meet2f.pdf
  We'll discuss select problems in class.
• If you have not chosen your categories for the next meet, please do so and let me know.
  Colin - Geometry, Number Theory, Arithmetic
  Katherine - Mystery, Arithmetic, Algebra

Make an effort to be at our next meeting on Tuesday 12/2

Avi

For Thursday 11/13

Hi all,

• Our meeting next week 11/13 is the last before the next league meet on 12/4.
  Please take the time to go over this meet - http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2005Meet2f.pdf
  and solve all of it.
  
• The 'Theory for meet 2' link above is updated with new material.
  

Don't be shy about contacting me if you have any questions or difficulties.

See you next week,

Avi

Assignment for Thursday 11/13

Welcome to new club members.
We're meeting again next Thursday at 3:20

From these meets, tackle categories #3 and #4 (Number theory and Arithmatic):

http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/Meet_2,_2000e.pdf
http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/Meet_2,_2001c.pdf

Have a good weekend.
You can email me if you have any questions.

Avi.

Announcements

• Next Thursday 11/6 we'll meet from 3 to 4:30.
  We have new material to cover - make an effort to be present.
  
• The next Math League meet will be held on 12/4 at our school.
  Topics for the meet.

Solution for team question #3 (markers and caps)

Congratulations on completimg the first meet.


I posted a solution for the markers and caps problem here.

Assignment for 10/30

Hi,

Good luck today!
I posted some of the theory for the second meet (which will be held on 12/4) above. We'll review it in class, but go over it and try to familiarize yourself with it.

Avi

Preparation for 10/23 meet

Hi,


Please make sure you know what categories you're assigned to, and practice them.


Joe - Mystery, Geometry, Arithmetic

Colin - Mystery, Number Theory, Arithmetic

Jennifer - Number Theory, Arithmetic, Algebra

Leah - Geometry, Arithmetic, Algebra

Matt - Mystery, Geometry, Arithmetic

Kathrine - Mystery, Number Theory, Algebra

Nick - Mystery, Geometry, Algebra



Practice meets are available here -

1. http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2004Meet1g.pdf
2. http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2003Meet1c.pdf
3. http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2002Meet1d.pdf

We've touched upon most of the material for the meet, so practice will improve your ability and confidence. Don't be discouraged by what you can't solve - go out and do your best!

• We need at least two parents who can drive to the meet.
  If your parent can drive, please post a comment and/or email me .
  
• If your name is on the meet list and you won't be able to attend, or if you missed today's class and you do intend to come to the meet, leave a comment or email me .

Have a nice weekend,
Avi.

p.s.
You don't need an account to leave a comment - do it as 'Anonymous' and put your name in the comment.

Assignment for 10/16

Hi,

1. Info for the first meet on 10/23 is available here -
   http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfrmwhdd_3gmg4jfg9
   We need volunteer parents to drive - please let me know by next Thursday if you have a parent that can drive.


2. Print out and work on this old meet - http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2005Meet1f.pdf
   Again, give yourself time to properly understand each question and figure out what are the necessary step to get at the solution, even if you don't think you can solve the problem.


3. Please leave a comment here to let me know you read this and printed out #2.

Thanks,

Avi.

Assignments for Thursday 10/9

Hope you enjoyed our first session, here's what I'd like you to do before our next meeting:

1. Look at this old meet - http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2006Meet1c.pdf
   Take the time to tackle the problems on your own - make sure you understand the questions, and have an idea of what is required to get at the solution, even if you're not sure you can take all the steps on your own yet.
   Try not to look at the solutions before you give yourself enough time for each problem.
   We'll go over these at our next session (and new problems as time permits).
   
   Where do you have difficulties?
   
   


2. Pick your favorite categories - Each student can participate in 3 categories at a meet. Which ones do you like?
   


3. We could use a few more students, especially 7th and 8th graders - recruit!

Welcome

Welcome to the MVMMS Math Club blog
The math club will compete in the http://www.imlem.org/ league.
We'll use this blog to communicate - I'll post assignments and answer questions you may have.

We'll be meeting every Thursday from 3:20 to 4:10. This is a limited time, and I do encourage you to start working earlier, so we can make a good use of the time we have together.

Assignment for Thursday 10/2
Print out the IMLEM meet of October 2007
http://www.imlem.org/meetdoc/2007Meet1j.pdf and work on that.
How familiar are you with these topics? How challenging/difficult do you find this?

In our first meeting we will review the competition's format and these questions.

Avi.