| NEWS
RELEASE
2007
10th Annual High School Mathematical Modeling Contest
The
Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP)
is pleased to announce the results of the Tenth Annual
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM).
A total of 270 teams, with up to 4 students each, from
48 schools, competed. All teams worked at their own schools
during a designated 36-hour period between November 2nd
and 19th, 2007. 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
Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA
Central Academy, Des Moines, IA
Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, CT
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Regional
Outstanding Teams
North Springs High School, Atlanta, GA
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
Holy Ghost Prep, Bensalem, PA (2 Teams)
Central Academy, Des Moines, IA
Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
George Abbot School, Guildford, United Kingdom
Hanover High School, Hanover, NH
Kent School, Kent, CT
Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School, Midlothian, VA
The Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA
Maggie Walker Governor's School, Richmond, VA (7 Teams)
Mills E. Godwin High School, Richmond, VA
Hong Kong International School, Tai Tam, Hong Kong (2 Teams)
Frontier Regional School, South Deerfield, MA
Shanghai Youth Centre of Science & Technology Education, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Foreign Language School, Shanghai, China (5 Teams)
2007
HiMCM Statistics
| Problem
|
National
Outstanding |
%
|
Regional
Outstanding |
%
|
Meritorious
|
%
|
Honorable
Mention |
%
|
Successful
Participant |
%
|
TOTAL
|
| A
|
2 |
1%
|
16 |
10%
|
33 |
21%
|
67 |
43%
|
39 |
25% |
157 |
| B
|
2 |
2%
|
12 |
11%
|
28 |
25%
|
41 |
36%
|
30 |
26%
|
113 |
| Total
|
4 |
2%
|
28 |
10%
|
61 |
23%
|
108 |
40%
|
69 |
25%
|
270 |
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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