MATHCOUNTS

The school sponsor for MATHCOUNTS is Mr. Snyder in room 205. MATHCOUNTS begins the first week of October and meets on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

The mission of MATHCOUNTS is to increase enthusiasm for and enhance achievement in middle school mathematics throughout the United States.

With that goal in mind, the MATHCOUNTS Foundation administers a nationwide math enrichment, coaching and competition program. Each year, the MATHCOUNTS School Handbook is created and distributed free of charge to middle schools across the country. Consisting of 300 creative math problems meeting National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards for grades 6-8, this handbook provides the basis for teachers and volunteers to coach student Mathletes on problem-solving and mathematical skills. Teachers are encouraged to make maximum use of MATHCOUNTS materials by incorporating them into their classrooms or by using them with extracurricular math clubs. Teachers are also encouraged to share this material with other teachers at their schools, as well as with parents.

The coaching season begins at the start of the school year. The competition season begins in the winter when particpating schools administer their school competitions and select up to eight students (i.e., one team of four and up to four additional individuals) to compete at local competitions in February. Winners progress to state competitions in March. The top four scorers and top coach for each state earn the privilege to represent their state at the National Competition in May.

MATHCOUNTS Curriculum

MATHCOUNTS questions are written with the curricula for grades 6-8 in mind. In addition, many problems are designed to challenge and accelerate student learning, and questions become progressively more difficult at each level of competition. Possible topics include:

Please contact Richard Mikulik with questions or comments regarding this site.

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