Middle School MathCounts Club Information
   
  Math Club Update - March 19, 2008
  The math club students have been working very hard on creating a math obstacle course.  Students worked together to organize the overall layout of the course.  They chose math topics and broke into groups, one per station for the course.  Each station had to develop 10 math problems, with answers, that they would ask participants at their station.  They also had to come up with methods for getting from one station to the next and physical challenges if a participant gets a question wrong.  The math club will run this obstacle course during 7th grade gym classes.  Not only are students practicing math skills with this project, but they are also developing teamwork skills, organizational skills, and learning to take a project from design to implementation, all while having fun!  They are doing a wonderful job.  We will give an update with pictures when the project is complete.
   
 

MathCounts is a national organization dedicated to fostering mathematics achievement in the middle school grades. 

Click here to link to the national MathCounts website.
  Parish Hill will be starting a MathCounts Club in January of 2008.  If you are interested in puzzles, brainteasers and math, this is the club for you!!!!   The club will meet on Wednesdays after school until 3:40pm.  Students must sign up for MathCounts club with Mrs. Walczyk.  The first meeting will be on January 9th.
   
 

During Club time we will be working in small groups on challenge math problems.  Some examples of problems we will work on are:

1. Jerry worked for one day on a project that he could have completed alone in nine days.  Bill joined Jerry the next day, and they worked together for exactly three days to complete the project.  How much of the job did Bill do in those three days?  Express your answer as a common fraction.

2. A new clock is started on Sunday at 10pm.  If the clock continues running nonstop, on what day of the week and hour of the day will it be when the clock reaches the 100,000th second?  Please round your answer to the nearest hour.

   
   
   
   

 

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