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2012 Math Prize for Girls: #16-20

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Here are comments and solutions to (some of) the problems on the 2012 Math Prize for Girls contest that took place at MIT on September 22. Advertisements

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2011 Math Prize for Girls: #1-5

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Here are comments and solutions to problems 1-5 on the 2011 Math Prize for Girls contest that took place at MIT on September 17, 2011. Earlier I blogged comments and solutions for problems 6-10, problems 11-15, and problems 16-20.

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2011 Math Prize for Girls: #6-10

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Here are comments and solutions to problems 6-10 on the 2011 Math Prize for Girls contest that took place at MIT on September 17, 2011. Earlier I blogged comments and solutions for problems 11-15 and problems 16-20.

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2011 Math Prize for Girls: #11-15

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Here are comments and solutions to problems 11-15 on the 2011 Math Prize for Girls contest that took place at MIT on September 17, 2011. Click here for comments and solutions for problems 1-5. Click here for comments and solutions for … Continue reading →

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Back to Basics: Arctangent

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Recently, a student asked me about problem #8 on the 2008 AIME 1 competition, which is reproduced here for your convenience: Find the positive integer such that . She was able to solve this using the sum of arctangents identity … Continue reading →

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2011 Math Prize for Girls: #16-20

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Here are comments and solutions to (some of) the problems on the 2011 Math Prize for Girls contest that took place at MIT on September 17. I’m going to try to resolve the problems in a straightforward, lo-tech way. I might indicate … Continue reading →

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Math Contests v. Mathematics

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

In math contests, participants match wits against humans (the contest designers). In mathematics, participants match wits against the mathiverse!

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