Mathletes Compete for State MATHCOUNTS® Titles in March

Middle School Students Gear Up for Competition Across the Nation

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Middle school Mathletes® across the nation will compete this month for the right to represent their state in the 2011 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition in Washington, D.C. this May.

Students qualified for their respective MATHCOUNTS State Competitions when they or their school team won local competitions in February by correctly solving problems such as:

If Kenton walks for 60 minutes at the rate of 3 mph and then runs for 15 minutes at the rate of 8 mph, how many miles will he travel?

If a fly is buzzing randomly around a room 8 ft long, 12 ft wide and 10 ft high, what is the probability that, at any given time, the fly is within 6 feet of the ceiling? Express your answer as a common fraction.

The top four Mathletes from each state will advance to the 2011 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition as a team or as individuals, and will compete for the national title against other talented middle school mathematicians representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and schools from the Department of Defense and State Department. The 2011 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition will be held at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel, in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 6.

“It is incredible to watch these students display such passion and dedication towards mathematics,” said Lou DiGioia, executive director of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation. “These Mathletes represent our future in an increasingly important math literate global economy. MATHCOUNTS is honored to support the efforts of U.S. middle school students in developing strong mathematical abilities and the critical-thinking skills necessary to help the nation move forward with innovative solutions to our challenges in the coming years.”

The MATHCOUNTS State Competitions will take place as follows below. If you do not see your state listed, please visit www.mathcounts.org/competitiondates:

March 5, 2011

Oklahoma MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: NCED Conference Center, Norman, Okla.
Contact: Sheri Penner, [phone] or [e-mail]

Rhode Island MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: CCRI Knight Campus, Warwick, R.I.
Contact: Paul Bannon, [phone] or [e-mail]

March 7, 2011

North Dakota MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Bismarck, N.D.
Contact: Brad Kurle, [phone] or [e-mail]

March 12, 2011

Illinois MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Matteson Hotel, Matteson, Ill.
Contact: Suzanne Baase, [phone] or [e-mail]

Ohio MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio
Contact: Holly Ross, [phone] or [e-mail]

Washington MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Microsoft, Redmond, Wash.
Contact: Doug Hendrickson, P.E., [phone] or [e-mail]

Colorado MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: University of Denver, Denver, Colo.
Contact: Noelle Cochran, [phone] or [e-mail]

New Hampshire MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Plymouth State University, Plymouth, N.H.
Contact: Benjamin Pratt, [phone]

March 18, 2011

North Carolina MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: North Carolina School of Science & Math, Durham, N.C.
Contact: Suzane Sessoms, [phone] or [e-mail]

Iowa MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Contact: Jo Ann Rankin, [phone] or [e-mail]

March 19, 2011

Nebraska MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: University of Nebraska, East Campus Student Union, Lincoln, Neb.
Contact: J.R. Bartunek, [phone] or [e-mail]

Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey, Harrisburg, Pa.
Contact: Jennifer Summers, [phone] or [e-mail]

March 25, 2011

Florida MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Hilton Orlando, Crystal Ballroom, Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Contact: Scott Johnson, [phone] or [e-mail]

Georgia MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Georgia Institute of Technology, Student Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Contact: Roger Grabman, [e-mail]

March 26, 2011

Kentucky MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Clarion Hotel, Lexington, Ky.
Contact: Sam King, [phone] or [e-mail]

Mississippi MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Clinton Junior High School, Clinton, Miss.
Contact: Matthew Ware, [phone] or [e-mail]

New Mexico MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: UNM Continuing Education Center, Albuquerque, N.M.
Contact: Karen Jacobsen, [phone] or [e-mail]

Wyoming MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: University of Wyoming, College of Engineering & Applied Science, Laramie, Wyo.
Contact: Jeffrey Anderson, [phone] or [e-mail]

Vermont MATHCOUNTS State Competition
Location: Vermont Technical College, Judd Auditorium, Randolph, Vt.
Contact: Dawn Densmore, [phone] or [e-mail]

ABOUT MATHCOUNTS

MATHCOUNTS is the nation’s premier middle school math enrichment and competition program. To secure America’s global competitiveness, MATHCOUNTS inspires excellence, confidence and curiosity in U.S. middle schools students through fun and challenging math programs. Beyond the challenge of learning new skills, the MATHCOUNTS Competition Program (school, local, state and national) provides students with fun-filled opportunities to focus on mathematics. Each year, more than 100,000 students from over 6,000 schools register to participate in the MATHCOUNTS Competition Program and vie for prizes and scholarships, as well as the opportunity to advance to the Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition. Students of all abilities thoroughly enjoy the experience and develop mathematical aptitude, self-confidence and teamwork skills.

At the state and local level, sponsors and volunteers from the National Society of Professional Engineers support MATHCOUNTS. At the national level, Raytheon Company, National Defense Education Program, Northrop Grumman Foundation, National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation, ThinkFun, Texas Instruments Incorporated and 3M Foundation generously sponsor MATHCOUNTS. The National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CNA Foundation founded MATHCOUNTS in 1983.

ABOUT OUR TITLE SPONSOR

Raytheon Company is the title sponsor of the 2011 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition and has made a commitment to serve in this capacity until 2014.

Raytheon’s support of MATHCOUNTS is a component of its MathMovesU program, an initiative designed to engage U.S. middle school students in math and science through interactive learning programs, contests, events, scholarships, tutoring programs and more. Since its inception in 2005, MathMovesU has touched the lives of more than 1 million students, teachers and parents. For more information, please visit MathMovesU.com.

Additional information on MATHCOUNTS and the 2011 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition is available at www.mathcounts.org. For more information on each MATHCOUNTS State Competition, and to find out when doors open to the public for the Countdown Round, please contact a MATHCOUNTS State Coordinator listed above.

Answers to Sample Problems: 5 miles, 3/5

Editor’s Note: Interested in more samples of the types of math problems these students will be solving? The problems and answers from prior School, Chapter and State Competitions are available at https://mathcounts.org/Page.aspx?pid=295 or contact us for a one page sample of representative math problems.