Mathematics Competitions and Problems Page
Rose students and faculty are involved in many local and national mathematics
competitions. Students in the department annually participate in the following
competitions, in this order:
- Alfred R. Schmidt Freshman Mathematics Competition
- Virginia Tech Regional Competition
- Putnam Competition
- Modeling Competition In Mathematics
- Indiana College Mathematics Competition
For the history of our standings in these competitions see our standings
page. Faculty in the department and others members of the Rose
Community are also actively involved in several middle and high school
level contests and programs:
- Rose-Hulman High School Contest
- MATHCOUNTS program (middle school)
- AMC->8, AMC->10, AMC->12 (replaces AJHSME and AHSME, open enrollment)
- AIME and USAMO Contests (invitational)
- ARML Competitions
College Level Contests at Rose-Hulman
Starting in September, our first contest is the Alfred R. Schmidt Freshman
Mathematics Competition which has been in operation for more than ten
years. We typically have about 5%-10% of the freshman class turn out for
this contest. It helps us get to know our new problem solvers. See Dr. Rickert's
contest web
page for more information.
Next, in October, we participate in the
Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest.
Our usual turnout for this is about 10-15 students. This is our newest contest
in which we have become involved and we have been participating for about eight
years. The contest is considered by many schools as a warm-up for the Putnam
competition. It is not as long as the Putnam and the problems are of intermediate
difficulty between the our ARS Freshman Contest and the Putnam Competition.
See the Virginia Tech web
page for more information.
In early December comes the grande dame of mathematics competitions, the William
Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. This takes a full Saturday with
a three hour stint at six tough problems on part A, a break for lunch with
the faculty, and then another three hours at the six problems for part B.
The typical turnout is about 20 and we have been participating as long as
any one can remember. See the Putnam web
page for more information.
In February comes the grueling Mathematical Contest in Modeling. The
contest is 86 hours in length. Teams of three students get to work on a single
problems selected from a choice of two. We have participated since the contest's
inception and in each of the last few years we have fielded four teams, the
maximum number allowed per institution. In the last few years an interdisciplinary
contest has been added. Recently, the Civil Engineering Department fielded
a team for this contest. See the MCM web
page for more information.
Finally at the spring meeting of the Indiana section of the MAA we take our
traveling teams of 4-5 three person teams to the The Indiana College Mathematics
Competition. In addition to taking part in the competition students get
a chance to listen to interesting mathematical talks and participate in workshops.
High School and
Middle School Contests supported by Rose-Hulman
Rose-Hulman holds its Annual Rose-Hulman High School Contest on the
second Saturday of November. The contest is structured so that all high school
levels may compete. This contest has been run for over 30 years and has satellite
sites in St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Kentucky. About 2,000 students compete
annually. See web
page for more information.
The MATHCOUNTS program is targeted at
middle school and is a year long program. During the Fall term students meet
with their MATHCOUNTS coach on a regular basis. In the Spring term there are
school, regional, state and national competitions. See web
page for more information. Rose-Hulman hosts the regional competitions
and the state competition recently. The Rose-Hulman contact is Elton Graves.
The American Mathematics Competition (AMC)
sponsors five national competitions at various levels. The AMC->8, AMC->10
and AMC->12 competitions are open to all students up to grade 8, 10 and 12,
respectively. High scorers in these contests are invited to the AIME and USAMO
contests. The AMC->8 and AMC->12 replace the AJHSME and AHSME competitions.
See web page for more
information. Rose-Hulman faculty member Elton Graves is the state coordinator.
The American Regional Mathematics League (ARML)
holds an annual competition in June, at three different sites, in which various
regional teams compete. See this web
page for more information. The Rose-Hulman contact is John Rickert.
In addition to the programs above, in which
we participate, here are some additional programs and contests.
College Contests
High School Contests
Problem Pages
