Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington State Champions Travel to Denver for the Lockheed Martin MATHCOUNTS(R) Nationa
May 01 2008 - 3:27PM
Business Wire
Racing to correctly answer complex math problems, twenty Pacific
Coast area middle-school students earned the right to represent
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington at the Lockheed
Martin MATHCOUNTS National Competition � 2008 in Denver, Colorado.
The 25th anniversary event will take place at the Denver Marriott
Tech Center on Friday, May 9. The following individuals have earned
a position on their respective state teams: � ALASKA Bennett
Amodio, Romig Middle School, Anchorage Daniel Fullmer, Grace
Christian School, Anchorage Josh Rathbun, IDEA Home School,
Fairbanks Dalton Rowland, Randy Smith Middle School, Fairbanks
Coach: John Bruce, Romig Middle School, Anchorage � CALIFORNIA
Cynthia Day, Miller Middle School, San Jose Brian Wai, Redwood
Middle School, San Jose Albert Wu, The Harker School, San Jose
Alissa Zhang, Redwood Middle School, Saratoga Coach: Vandana Kadam,
The Harker School, San Jose � HAWAII William Chen, Punahou School,
Honolulu Daron Lee, Highlands Intermediate,Waipahu Mark Seu,
Waiakea Intermediate School, Hilo Nakoi Shigeta, Washington Middle
School, Honolulu Coach: Arlene Cabace-Yamakawa, Waiakea
Intermediate School, Hilo � OREGON Evan Davis, Roosevelt Middle
School, Eugene Chenliu Lu, Roosevelt Middle School, Eugene Chris
Ren, Roosevelt Middle School, Eugene Srinidhi Viswanathan, Meadow
Park Middle School, Portland Coach: Marna Knoer, Roosevelt Middle
School, Eugene � WASHINGTON Yota Kato, Northshore Middle School,
Bothell Darryl Wu, Lakeside School, Bellevue John Zhang, College
Place Middle, Lynnwood Kathleen Zhou, ODCS Middle School, Kirkland
Coach: Lon-Chan Chu, Odle Middle School, Redmond � To earn this
honor, these twenty Mathletes� competed in local and state contests
where they conquered questions such as: �What is the sum of the
positive factors of 48?� and �A quarter weighs the same as two
pennies. The quarters in one pound of quarters have a total value
of $25. How many dollars would a pound of pennies be worth?�
(Answers: 124 and $2) In Denver, they will be joined by more than
200 other middle-school students from the 50 states and U.S.
Territories, the Department of Defense and the State Department.
Students will compete in individual and team rounds, vying for
trophies, college scholarships and trips to U.S. Space Camp. At the
National Competition, the top 12 individual scorers will advance to
the Countdown Round, where they will compete for the MATHCOUNTS
National Championship title. These students will be challenged in a
fast paced, head-to-head format where they will put their
mathematical speed to the test. Rankings of the top 20 teams and
top 50 individual winners will be available after the competition
on the afternoon of Friday, May 9. On Friday, May 9 at 3:00 PM MDT,
the Lockheed Martin MATHCOUNTS National Competition � 2008 will air
live, via web cast on the MATHCOUNTS Foundation�s web site:
www.mathcounts.org. As part of the new site launch and the 25th
year anniversary celebration, the inaugural web cast will include a
play-along feature, enabling viewers to square off against talented
competitors in the Countdown Round. For more information, visit
www.mathcounts.org and click on the �Web Cast� button in the
Competition Program section. MATHCOUNTS is the nation�s premier
middle school math enrichment and competition program. The mission
of the organization is to increase enthusiasm for and enhance
achievement in middle school mathematics throughout the United
States. Beyond the challenge of learning new skills, the MATHCOUNTS
competition series (school, local, state and national) provides
students with fun-filled opportunities to focus on mathematics.
Each year, more than 6,000 schools register students to participate
in the MATHCOUNTS competition and vie for prizes and scholarships,
as well as the opportunity to advance to the Lockheed Martin
MATHCOUNTS National Competition. Students of all abilities
thoroughly enjoy the experience and develop mathematical aptitude,
self-confidence and teamwork skills. A 501(c)(3) organization,
funding for MATHCOUNTS comes primarily from its National Sponsors;
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Foundation, Raytheon Company,
Texas Instruments Incorporated, the National Society of
Professional Engineers, 3M Foundation,�CNA Foundation, General
Motors Foundation and ConocoPhillips. MATHCOUNTS was founded by the
National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation, and the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Editor�s Note:
Interested in more samples of the types of math problems these
students will be solving? The problems and answers from prior
School, Chapter and State Competitions are available at
www.mathcounts.org or contact us for a one page sample of
representative math problems.