| NEWS
RELEASE
2002
5th Annual High School Mathematical Modeling Contest
The
Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP)
is pleased to announce the results of the Fifth Annual
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM).
A total of 349 teams, with up to 4 students each, from
84 schools, competed. All teams worked at their own schools
during a designated 36-hour period between November 1st
and 18th, 2002. 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
National
Outstanding Teams
Frontier Regional School, South Deerfield,
MA
Arkansas School for Math & Sciences,
Hot Springs, AR
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School,
Richmond, VA
Brazoswood High School, Clute, TX
Hong Kong International School, Hong
Kong
Goodwin High School, Richmond, VA
Goldberg Home School, Boulder, CO
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
Aurora, IL
Centenial High School, Ellicott City,
MD
Suncoast High School, Riviera Beach,
FL
Regional
Outstanding Teams
Arkansas
School for Math & Sciences, Hot Springs,
Arkansas
Bergen County Academy for the Advancement of Science
and Technology, Hackensack, NJ
Brookline High School, Brookline, MA
(2 Teams)
Centennial High School, Ellicott City,
MD
Commack High School, Commack, NY
Dubuque Hempstead High School, Dubuque,
IA
Evanston Township High School, Evanston,
IL (4 Teams)
Frontier Regional School, South Deerfield,
MA
Godwin High School, Richmond, VA (2 Teams)
Hong Kong International School, Tai Tam,
Hong Kong (4 Teams)
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
Aurora, IL
Maggie Walker Governor's School, Richmond,
VA (2 Teams)
Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Science,
Worcester, MA
Montgomery Blair High School, Silvers
Spring, MD
New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington,
NY
River Hill High School, Clarksville,
MD
Saint Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul,
MN
The Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington,
DE (2 Teams)
West Shore Jr/Sr High School, Melbourne,
FL
XiangMing Senior High School, Shanghai,
PR China
2002
HiMCM Statistics
| Problem
|
National
Outstanding |
%
|
Regional
Outstanding |
%
|
Meritorious
|
%
|
Honorable
Mention |
%
|
Successful
Participant |
%
|
TOTAL
|
| A
|
4 |
1%
|
13
|
4%
|
26
|
7%
|
79
|
23%
|
31
|
9%
|
153
|
| B
|
6 |
2%
|
18
|
5%
|
38 |
11%
|
66
|
19%
|
68 |
19%
|
196
|
| Total
|
10
|
3%
|
31
|
9%
|
64
|
18%
|
145
|
42%
|
99
|
28%
|
349
|
All
schools are to be commended 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:
/highschool/contests/himcm
For additional contest information, contact COMAP at:
himcm@comap.org
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