At their last practice before National Competition, the Massachusetts 2014 State-Champion Mathletes each received a personalized card from State Secretary of Education Matthew Malone, who congratulated and wished them well at the National MATHCOUNTS Competition.
On Wednesday, May 7 the students and their parents will travel to the 2014 National MATHCOUNTS Competition in Orlando, Florida, where our Mathletes will seek to defend our state’s first-in-the-nation status for the third year in a row. They will compete against 220 of the nation’s best Mathletes.
On Thursday, May 9 the students will perform practice drills in preparation for Friday’s intense rounds of written competition. On Friday morning, they will compete in the Sprint, Target, and Team Rounds, totaling approximately 3 hours. On Friday afternoon, the top 12 individuals who scored the highest that morning will proceed to the Countdown Round, an oral competition in which students compete head-to-head, to determine the individual champion. (In 2013, Massachusetts won first place in both the Team AND Individual competitions.)
View the Competition LIVE via webcast on Friday, May 9 at 2:00 p.m.
On May 9th at 2:00 p.m., the 2014 National MATHCOUNTS Competition will be webcast LIVE on ESPN3, for viewers to watch and play along with the nation’s top middle school Mathletes. Click here to be taken to the webcast site. (more…)
