Mu Alpha Theta Recap
Mu Alpha Theta is a state-level competition hosted by the national Mu Alpha Theta organization. This year’s competition took place on March 18 at Thomas Jefferson High School. Competitors are split into three different categories, depending on the level of math they are taking in school. Mu is for students currently taking Calculus, Alpha is for Pre-Calculus, and […]
More »All About MATHCOUNTS
MATHCOUNTS is a national competition series that is open to all middle school students. There are four levels of competition: School, Chapter, State, and National. School and Chapter competitions usually begin in January and the series ends with the National competition in May. Each competition consists of four different parts: Sprint Round, Target Round, Team […]
More »Upcoming Knights of Pi Math Tournament
The annual Knights of Pi Math Tournament (KPMT) is coming up soon! This year it will be held on Saturday, January 7th at Newport High School. KPMT is hosted by Newport Math Club and is aimed towards 5th to 8th graders. The competition is split into two divisions, 5th-6th graders and 7th-8th graders, and it […]
More »Fall Classic 2016 Recap
The annual Mu Alpha Theta Fall Classic was held at Thomas Jefferson High School this past weekend on November 12. Fall Classic is a math competition to reward excellence in mathematics skills for high school students. Students competed against their own grade level peers in individual competitions, and teams were divided in two divisions, 9th/10th […]
More »Zeno Seattle MathFest 2016 Recap
Zeno is a non-profit organization in Seattle that aims to inspire kids’s passions for math. Zeno engages elementary school students from communities in need with activities that increase their confidence in math. On November 10th, Zeno held it’s annual MathFest event at the Ranier Community Center in Seattle. Most of the kids who attended the event […]
More »Fall Startup Recap
Fall Startup took place on October 6th, 2016. It was held at high schools across the nation. This competition, catered mostly towards grades 9-12, focused on speed; competitors were given 30 minutes to answer as many of the 100 problems on the test as they could. Most of the problems were straightforward and basic competition-style questions, and […]
More »Recap on MIC
Math is Cool (MIC) was held past Saturday, October 23rd. After attending it at Redmond High School, here is a brief recap of the event. While many local math competitions have one individual test and many team tests, MIC has three individual tests and three team tests. There are four divisions: Geometry Algebra II Pre-Calculus Calculus […]
More »What is WSMA?
Are you interested in getting more involved with math this coming school year? If you’re in high school, one great way to get started is to join the Washington Student Math Association (WSMA) leadership team. We are a student-driven nonprofit organization that allows team members themselves to take action in various ways with the ultimate […]
More »On Farey Sequences
Think back to when you were in elementary school and first learned about fractions. You learned that there is a numerator and denominator, and then you learned about multiplication. Multiplication was simple. All you need to do is multiply the numerators and then multiply the denominators to get the numerator and denominator, just as follows: […]
More »Kenken Challenge
Most people know how to play Sudoku. But have you heard of Kenken? Kenken is a arithmetic and logic puzzle with a similar end goal to Sudoku, where you need to fill in the grid completely. Unlike Sudoku, Kenken has bolded cage areas with specific arithmetic operations. The objective of the game is to fill […]
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