Each Spring, the Mathematics Department sponsors a mathematics contest, called Math Field Day, for regional high school students. Schools from the southern part of Illinois, ranging from Edwardsville to Flora to Massac County, as well as a few schools from Missouri and Kentucky participate. On March 19, 2009, over 500 students representing 45 schools assembled at SIU's Shryock Auditorium to take the exam.
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The schools are broken into three divisions based on enrollment. For each school, the top three students in each grade level 9-12 constitute that school's team. (A school can send up to 24 students). A trophy is awarded to the top school in each division. Certificates of merit are given in each grade level and division to schools, and in each grade level to top performing students. In addition, book prizes are usually awarded to top students.
All students take the same exam, which lasts two hours. Topics on the exam range from beginning algebra and geometry through trigonometry and college algebra with a smattering of questions from beginning calculus, finite mathematics, and the unclassifiable 'clever thinking' problem.
See the 2009 exam and results.
Next year's Math Field Day is scheduled for February 16, 2010. Please check back for more information.
Teachers:
1. If you plan for your school to attend, please:
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| Mailing Address: | Prof.
Kathy Pericak-Spector |
Fax: 618-453-5300 |
Send comments and questions about Math Field Day to MFD2010@math.siu.edu.
Department of Mathematics home page: http://www.math.siu.edu/