Over
4000 Montana mathletes in grades 7-12 participated in the 2017 MCTM Math
Contest this spring! Participating
students completed three 30 minute tests based on grade-level content. Contest writers (all Montana math teachers)
started correlating the tests with Common Core math standards in 2013.
There
are currently 12 regional contests:
Billings, Butte, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Kalispell, Livingston,
Midstate (Winnett), Missoula, Sidney, and Southeast (Plevna). The top male and female senior participants
in each of these regions is awarded a $200 scholarship (must complete calculus
and statistics based tests). Many regional contests also give out a plethora of prizes – from plaques
to pizza coupons to graphing calculators.
Students
who earn three superior ratings at their regional contests earn an achievement
pin. 14 students from 12 different schools scored in the top 15% at the state
level for each of the three tests that they completed this year. These state
champion mathletes were rewarded with locker magnets.
Most
contests occur in March of each year. Not sure how to get your students
involved in an MCTM regional math contest?
Contact Shari Kepner at math.contest.mctm@gmail.com
or check out the MCTM website’s contest page at http://montanamath.org/?p=contest for regional director contact
information, dates, and copies of past tests. Numerous regions hold their
contests at colleges and universities, so these events are also an easy way to
get your students to take a look at some higher education campuses. Join the
fun in 2018!
A special thank you to Shari Kepner (our state contest director), Tony Riehl (or registration and scoring expert), our contest site directors, and our test writers for all that they do to make this contest possible.
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