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2020
23rd Annual High School Mathematical Modeling Contest
The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) is pleased to announce the results of the Twenty-Third Annual
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM).
A total of 779 teams, with up to 4 students each, from
302 schools and 20 countries/regions, competed. All teams worked at their own schools within the contest window of November 4-17, 2020. Each high school team chose from two modeling
problems offered, and then constructed their solutions.
A
Complete Results Report,
with designations for all participants, is available in
portable document format
Outstanding Teams
10549 Basis International School Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China
10550 Nanjing Foreign Language School Xianlin Campus, Nanjing, China
10656 Mass Academy of Math and Science at WPI, MA, USA (NCTM Winner)
10701 Shenzhen Foreign Languages School, Shenzhen, China
10839 The McCallie School, TN, USA
10876 Shanghai Pinghe School, Shanghai, China
10997 Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore (NCTM Winner)
11135 Buchholz High School, FL, USA
2020 HiMCM Statistics
Problem |
Outstanding |
% |
Finalist |
% |
Meritorious |
% |
Honorable
Mention |
% |
Successful
Participant |
% |
Unsuccessful |
% |
Disqualified |
% |
Total |
A |
5 |
1% |
38 |
8% |
60 |
12% |
157 |
31% |
235 |
47% |
3 |
<1% |
3 |
<1% |
501 |
B |
3 |
1% |
18 |
6% |
34 |
12% |
86 |
31% |
132 |
47% |
0 |
0% |
5 |
2% |
278 |
Total |
8 |
1% |
56 |
7% |
94 |
12% |
243 |
31% |
367 |
47% |
3 |
<1% |
8 |
1% |
779 |
COMAP commends schools for their efforts. The judges
were impressed with all the teams’ creativity and
ingenuity in mathematical modeling, and in their ability
to explain their strategies and problem-solving techniques
in clear terms. Each participant is a true winner. A complete
Results Report, listing all teams by designation, can
be found at: Complete Results Report
For additional contest information, contact COMAP at:
himcm@comap.org
Click here to download your HiMCM certificate.
The 2020 Outstanding HiMCM Papers Are Now Available
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