The next Math Meet will be held on Saturday February 25, 2012.

Expect lots of big changes at the Math Meet, including:

• Return to Sottile Theatre: The Awards Ceremony will be held at the beautiful Sottile Theatre again this year.
• Scrambled Written Tests: To prevent cheating, each copy of the written test will have the questions in a different order.
• Completely New Rules for the Timed Sprints: In response to survey suggestions, we have created an entirely new Timed Sprint event. It is no longer a race to see who can finish a single question fastest with only two prizes each round. Now, students have a fixed amount of time to answer a series of questions. The score is determined by the number of questions in a row the student can answer correctly beginning with the first one. All students who achieve the maximum score each round will be delcared a "winner" and receive a certificate at the Awards Ceremony.
• Brainstorm to be Held in One Large Room: The popular brainstorm event used to require each team to go to a different classroom. We think it will be even more popular now that the teams will all be working in one large space with the proctors located at the center.
• Online Hockey-Themed Competition: Teams of students will answer questions online several weeks before the Math Meet. Winners receive free tickets to a hockey game, and all participants receive discounted tickets. See below for details.
• No Speaker: One change which we are sorry to report is that the Math Meet will no longer feature a guest speaker. Perhaps we will have a speaker again at a Math Meet in the future, but survey responses last year made it clear that teachers and participants would prefer to focus their attention on the competitive events.
• Bargain Priced: The best news, however, is that there is one thing which has not changed at all: the cost! The registration fee, t-shirt price and lunch price are all the same as they were last year. (Specifically: Registration costs $10/student and optional lunch tickets cost $7/student. Registration includes participation in all events at the Meet and a t-shirt, though there is a small additional fee for shirts in extra large sizes.)

Special South Carolina Stingray's Event

If you have other questions or comments, please write to let us know...but there is a good chance we do not know the answer since we've never done anything like this before. But, it sounds like fun, doesn't it?

You can begin registering a team for the next competition right now. You will need to enter your school code and select a password. The registration deadline is Friday February 10, 2012.

For information about hotels in the Charleston area (and their special Math Meet Rates) click here.

The Math Marathon has begun! The first competition in the Math Meet is the Marathon. Students have an weeks to answer the questions. Download the PDF file below for the questions and also the instructions. Answers must be postmarked or received by Feb. 11, 2012.

Download Math Marathon 2012 (questions and instructions)