School mathematics competition in the United States
Mathcounts
Mathcounts logo
Formation
1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Type
Foundation
Purpose
To provide engaging math programs to US middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes about math and problem solving.[1]
Headquarters
Alexandria, Virginia
Location
United States
Executive Director
Kristen Chandler[2]
Co-founder
Donald G. Weinert[2]
Main organ
National Staff
Website
mathcounts.org
Mathcounts, stylized as MATHCOUNTS, is a non-profit organization that provides grades 6-8 extracurricular mathematics programs in all U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands. Its mission is to provide engaging math programs for middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes about math and problem solving.
In Mathcounts, there are four different rounds. There is the Team Round, Target Round, Sprint Round, and Countdown Round. You are only permitted to use a calculator in the Team Round and Target Round. Calculators are not permitted for the Sprint or Lightning Round. The Lightning Round has around 30 questions and aims to test how well you can compute without a calculator. The question get progressively harder on that round. In the Target Round, You are given questions in sets of two four times and are given around six minutes to complete each set. The difficulty is more scattered on this round than the Lightning Round. For the Chapter Competition, in the Team Round, the top four people from your school are on the school’s team and three others compete individually for the All-Star Team. The All-Star Team consists of the top 4 testers from various schools and they create the team that can compete at State Competition. There are ten questions and they are challenging. Only the elected captain from each school can write the answer. In the Countdown Round, the top ten testers compete based on their score. You get one point per each Lightning Round question you answer correctly and two for each Target Round question. The tenth-place scorer competes against the ninth-place scorer and if they win they go against the eighth-place scorer and so on till a winner is determined. The Top Ten From Chapter move on to State and the Top Five from State move on to Nationals. members from the top three teams will move to the next higher level competition.[3]
Mathcounts also provides numerous math resources for schools and the general public.[4]
Topics covered include geometry, counting, probability, number theory, and algebra.
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