Department of Mathematics
Math Field Day
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 Fairfield to Massac County, as well as a few schools from Missouri and Kentucky participate. On March 28, 2008, over 735 students representing 35 schools assembled at the SIU Arena 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.
Preliminary results are available for the 2008 exam.
Next
year's Math Field
Day is scheduled for March 20, 2009.
Teachers:
1. If you plan for your school to attend, please print
the -- attendance
sheet and mail or fax it back.
2. After your school is accepted, mail or fax us the
completed registration form.
3. Check school
code listing to find the code for your school. The listing is alphabetical
by school.
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| Mailing Address: | Prof.
G. Parker |
Fax: 618-453-5300 |
Send comments and questions about Math Field Day to MFD@math.siu.edu.
Department of Mathematics home page: http://www.math.siu.edu/