MMC Regulars Continue on to MATHCOUNTS Nationals!

Our MMC regulars: Vinjai Vale, Michael Ma and Jeffrey Huang continued their success this weekend in Austin at the State MATHCOUNTS competition. Jeffrey came in first, Michael received second and Vinjai received 7th place all in their first year of eligibility! Michael and Jeffrey will now represent Texas at nationals! Please join us in congratulating [...]

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2011 MATHCOUNTS Nationals

Congratulations to the Texas team for winning third place in the National MATHCOUNTS contest.  Our own Niranjan Balachandar made the team and represented Metroplex Math Circle very well!

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Math Circle Regulars Dominate Chapter MATHCOUNTS

Many Metroplex Math Circle students participated in today’s Preston Trails Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition.  But we are particularly proud of the performance by two of our most regular attendees, Niranjan Balachandar and Jeffrey Huang.  Both were selected to participate in the high pressure countdown round by scoring in the top 10 on the written portions of [...]

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AMC 10 and 12 B Information

As students take the AMC 10 and 12 A today I wanted to post information on Texas universities offering the B version of the test on February 23rd.  Please contact the site coordinators directly.  If you are looking for a site in another state they are listed by the AMC at this site. Blinn College [...]

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Amy Chyao to Sit with the First Lady at State of the Union

Our own Amy Chyao is receiving a great honor tonight as she has been invited to sit with the First Lady during the State of the Union speech: PLANO (January 25, 2011)—Among First Lady Michelle Obama’s guests Tuesday night during the State of the Union address will be Plano East High School junior Amy Chyao, [...]

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2010 AMC 8 Results for Texas

The detailed score break down has been published for the 2010 AMC 8.  Congratulations to all of the participants from Texas.   But these good results are accompanied by a distressingly low level of participation.   In Texas only 90 schools participated with slightly over 4,000 students.   This is only about one fourth the [...]

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Math Prize for Girls 2010 Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Math Prize for Girls.  This growing contest sponsored by Akamai is encouraging extraordinary talent such as these top 10 winners: Danielle Wang (8th grade, California Virtual Academy, CA), $25,000 (Score 19) Elizabeth Synge (12th grade, Boston University Academy, MA), $10,000 (Score 18) In Young Cho (12th grade, Exeter, [...]

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CIE MathComp/MathFun June 5, 2010

We are always impressed by the turn out and the enthusiasm for the spring math competition sponsored by the Chinese Institute of Engineers.   This year the contest will be held on June 5th at Collin College (2800 E Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX 75974).  Here is the description from the CIE web site. The annual [...]

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Top Teams 2010 Texas State MATHCOUNTS

They have recently announced the top 23 teams from this year’s Texas State MATHCOUNTS: Fort Settlement Middle School Harmony School of Excellence Canyon Vista Middle School First Colony Middle School Westbrook Intermediate Rice Middle School Grisham Middle School St. John’s School Quail Valley Middle School #1 Keystone School Trinity Valley School Beckendorff Junior High Frankford [...]

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2010 Texas State MATHCOUNTS

I was fortunate to attend the state MATHCOUNTS competition in Austin this weekend.  After a speech by Governor Rick Perry, they began the countdown round to select the 4 members of the Texas team that would compete at MATHCOUNT nationals.  This is particularly significant since Texas has won 4 of the last 5 national competitions [...]

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