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What type of competition is the McNabb competition? What happens in this math competition? What happens if you "win"? How do you "win" this competition? Give a brief description of this competition. Thx! >.<

The McNabb is the premier math contest for schools in the Metroplex. It is sponsored by the Dallas Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is named in memory of a long-time chair of math at St. Marks.

In its most recent form, it consists of six level contests from pre-algebra through calculus, run in the fall and spring of each academic year. Over 500 students and dozens of schools now participate.

Cistercian has a proud history of excellence in the McNabb, from its inception when Cistercian won the first team and individual contest, through the present, when in the past academic year, Cistercian captured 5 of the 12 team championships.

It is very interesting in this book how Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2 for the equivalence of mass and energy can be derived using a Newtonian approach without recourse to relativistic concepts. - Lindsay Douglas, MA DPhil (Oxon). “How does light work?” 100 years ago, Einstein published his famous article on light. Despite being found incompatible with other theories, it has largely been accepted by the scientific community as a working model and given impetus to much that is useful in our understanding of the universe. Was Einstein right however, in saying that a medium in space to carry light could be ignored without consequences? With some simple maths the authors make a strong case to return to absolutes in space and time and demonstrate that Einstein may have made some serious errors. They therefore propose bypassing relativity theory without losing its valid results and offer a logical alternative that restores meaning to time, length, and the speed of light. Francis Pym, RIBA (Retd) AA.Dipl having qualified at Architectural Association, London, won a major Architectural Competition for the Ulster Museum and several other awards. Clifford Denton, MA D Phil (Oxon), studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge and obtained his Doctorate at the University of Oxford. His research included the identification of and educational provision for gifted children in mathematics.

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In this event, math games were constructed with recycled materials. Kids are playing math games in competitive situations.

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Tony Brigmon, conducting hand-math competition with ForMor International Health Care professionals.

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I have experience with Math Olympiads, UIL mathematics, and other math competitions, but I would like to tackle the mack-daddy of them all…the Putnam…Any advice on how should I go about preparing for the exam? Any particular books or resources I should make use of?

Honestly, the best (and possibly only) way to study for the Putnam is to do the old Putnams. Get an idea about the problems that are on there. Usually there are at least two in each part that only involve elementary things (eg take a derivative, do an integral, etc.) but are clever. Work on getting your mind focused on figuring out "the trick" for each problem.

Then learn a bit about Putnam strategy. If you can get just one single problem in each section, do that. Do not attempt to do them all and get partial credit. The ONLY points they ever give are 0,1,9,10, with maybe a few 2s and 8s. Partial credit will not help you as much as getting a single question 100% right.

So when you get the test, look at the questions. Usually it's the first question that's the easy one (not always - make sure you can identify the easy question). Do that one if you can. Then maybe find the next easiest and do that one as much as you can. Then, if you have time, try the harder ones.

Find an old problems/solutions manual. Look at the problems, and the techniques, and (IMPORTANT) the way they expect the solutions to be written up. A correct solution with a bad write-up gets 1 point. An almost correct solution with a good write up might get 9 points (depending on how close "almost correct" is).

That's my advice! Try websites like:
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/problems-math/

Or just search in Yahoo or Google "putnam exam" questions:
http://www.google.com/search?q=putnam+exam+questions

*Old version, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxi_uzPLqV0 for version two with music by composer Todd Boekelheide*

Trailer for the upcoming film Hard Problems: The Road to the World’s Toughest Math Competition. Hard Problems is a feature documentary about the extraordinarily gifted students who represented the United States in 2006 at the world’s toughest math competition—the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
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Book Description: There is no better kept secret in the computer industry than the all-everything machine. Most people simply have not heard about it. Another secret is that from “time immemorial,” IBM has made the finest, most architecturally elegant, most usable, most productive, and most affordable computer system of all time. That system is in its fourth incarnation as of mid 2004, and its 30-year old advanced underpinnings provide the greatest business value in the industry.. Thats an awful long time for any company to keep such a secret but dont expect IBM to keep the secret for much longer. Big Blue appears ready to focus on claiming the proceeds from the many years of advanced development that culminated in its new all-everything machine. Thats what this book is all about Using a 30-year old “nobody else can afford to build one” architecture, IBM continues its technology lead by far compared with all the other server machines of today. One would have to conclude that this technology is about 30 years ahead of its competition even before you factor in that thirty years have passed from its conception and IBMs developers have not stood still. Each and every year, more and more capability and facility is built into the all-everything machine. Now, I am not suggesting that the all-everything machine is 60 years ahead of the competition but that is where the math logically takes you. Today, the market for this unique machine is small businesses to medium sized businesses to the largest businesses in the world. With various sized models and various costs, it fits organizations from mom and pop size to the Fortune 500. IBM calls the box a “mainframe for the masses” because it gets as big as a mainframe but it can be used effectively by a small business. This book walks you through the story of this unique server from the very beginning until today. It presents its underlying superiority, its rapid customer acceptance, the IBM development history, and its probable

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Children playing mathematical dominoes at the fun competition organized by EDETEC (http://www.edetec.org.br)

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I am top in class at math. Now I am really short in money. i think some rewards will certenly do. Has any one got some good ones?

there is a westpac competition i believe if you do very well, you get a prize of some kind, i got told it was money…there is also the australasian mathematics competition, i dont think you get money for it though, you get a medal for it…
if you join these competitons, i think you might have to ask your school about it though…

Indya getting a ribbon at the Math Competition!

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