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AMATYC Student Mathematics League

  



INTRODUCTION  

The annual national contest sponsored by the American Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) consists of 2 rounds: one round in the fall semester and one round in the spring semester. The fall exam will be given in the latter part of October.

Each round consists of 20 multiple-choice questions on a variety of topics in precalculus mathematics: algebra, geometry, trigonometry, functions, graphing, probability, combinatorics and elementary statistics.

To take the exam, one needs to be a community college student at a participating community college. To take the exam at American River College, one needs to be a student at American River College.

The top 5 scores in each round form the American River College "team." The college, then competes informally with other community colleges around the state and the country. Members of the team receive certificates to honor their accomplishments. Support the ARC Math Team with your participation and go ARC!

The acronym AMATYC stands for American Math Association of Two Year Colleges. The AMATYC Mathematics competition is a prestigious math completion in which community colleges and students from all over the United States compete for top honors. The following is from the AMATYC home page. 

 

AMATYC Results Round 1 Fall 2011

We had a great turnout of 73 students who participated in the AMATYC this fall. Many thanks to Chris Heeren, Joe Caputo, Vince Jones and Cristina Domokos who volunteered to help with  the  seminar and encouraged students to get involved and participate. The AMATYC Exam was a tough one this time, but our students did great with a team score of 98.5 finishing ahead of other colleges in the Sacramento region  and placing  29th overall in the United States. 

 

 

     Top Finishers at ARC  

 

             Score

                  Student

                 Instructor

               30

              Devin Pearson

              Joe  Caputo

               19.5

              David Gomez

              Glenn Pico

               16.5

              Mikhail Melnik

              Glenn Pico

               16.5

              Julie Bates

              Joe Caputo

               16

              Matthew Luszczah

              Thomas Rutaganira

               16

              Eunseon Son

              Binh  Truong

               14

              Hardy Jones

              Gary Emery

               13.5

              Jaymie Pearcy

              Glenn Pico

               13

              Duy Vo

              Glenn Pico

 

 

AMATYC Seminar on Problem Solving

 

 This spring, the seminar will be on Fridays 2:35-3:35 in Room 167,  starting on January 27.

Dates for the 2011-2012 Student Mathematics League Math Competition

Round 1: Friday, October 28, 1:15-2:15, 2:15-3:15 in Room 167

Round 2: Friday, March 9

 

The seminar will be starting up again at the beginning of spring semester so if you are  interested in participating or just want more information on the AMATYC contact:

 GlennPico 

 PicoG@arc.losrios.edu

      (916) 484-8963

 

 

 

The tentative date for the AMATYC Math Contest this spring is  Friday, March 9.

 

 

This coming Friday will be the first meeting for the AMATYC problem solving seminar, Spring 2012. This spring, the seminar will again be meeting on Fridays, again in Room 167 from  2:35-3:35. The topic for Friday’s seminar will be Outrageous Counting Problems, and we will look at some top secret techniques that are so highly classified they have only been demonstrated by hypothetical individuals somewhere in Area 51. So if you are seeking enlightenment, information on extraterrestrial activity or just want to know what is really going on in Area 51 these days, come and check it out.

 AMATYC Websites:

Official AMATYC Website

Official Website of the AMATYC with exams and keys 2003-2010.

 

 LACC Prof. Anatoliy Nikolaychuk

 This website has nice short solutions written out 2001-2011

 

Truman College

This website has solutions 1984-2011

Prof Leo Livshutz

This website has nice solutions written out in detail 2007-2011 by Prof. Livshutz

Mission AMATYC

This website has written out solutions to the AMATYC 2006-2011.

Phoenix College AMATYC

This website has some written out solutions 2006-2009 with great detail and graphics.

Fullerton College AMATYC

This website has concise written out solutions to the AMATYC 2006-2011.

 

Written solutions to Past AMATYC Exams

 

AMATYCtrigw.s.solutions 

AMATYCPracticeMarch1

AMATYCPracticeMarch1solPico

AMATYCTrigPract.

AMATYCTrigPract.Sol 

AMATYCw.S.CountingSolPico

AMATYCw.s.Probability

 

AMATYCStrategyGuessing

AMATYC94SOL 

AMATYCFeb95SOL 

AMATYCNov95SOL 

AMATYCFeb97SOL

AMATYCFeb98SOL 

AMATYCFeb94SolPico 

 

Other Math Contests:

Math Olympiad

Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) - Include results, past problems and solutions.

Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad - Competition regulations, past results, awards, and APMO Test Papers from 1989 to present.

South Africa and the International Mathematical Olympiad - Results, links, training guides and materials.

British Mathematical Olympiad - The Subtrust (BMOS) and Committee (BMOC) pages with past problems.

Bay Area Math Circle - Features The Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad (BAMO) and weekly program for San Francisco Bay Area high and middle school students.

William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition - Annual student math competition sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America on upper division math

Video clips from the new public television documentary Hard Problems:

Video1 

Day1 

Day2