MRC – How's Life How's Math?

Here’s what’s been going on in the world of math!

Aaron Hammer ’24 was the top finisher of the New England Math League, Algebra 1 division! Congratulations Aaron! The competitions problems and answers are online right here. [Just the problems can be viewed here.]

Two new HowsLifeHowsMath.com posts are now online:

A reminder from Mrs. Hill about the Math Resource Center!

Don’t forget! The Math Resource Center is still here to help you this spring! We have tutors on duty this week during the following times:

Tuesday: D,E,F2,G, and A periods

Wednesday: C and D periods

Thursday: E,F,G2,A, and B periods

Friday: D,E2,F, and G periods

They can help you with all your homework and study questions! Just use the link to access the MRC Zoom meeting.

Some articles from the world of math worth checking out:

Matheminecraft: Where math and Minecraft meet
- “Mathematician David Strütt, a scientific collaborator at EPFL, worked for four months to develop Matheminecraft, a math video game in Minecraft”
Those Damn Denominators
- “Life is messy. Numbers are neat. Or so I’ve liked to think. Math has been a comfort zone in times of confusion, a way to pick out signals in the noise, see patterns in chaos. At the least, it could provide a sense of boundaries, scaffolding, a handhold. With a little help from math, we can begin to grasp even concepts we’ll never really grok.”

The answers for the 3rd round of problems of the week are now online! What cool problems! The 4th round of problems will be sent out soon!

This Week in Math (4/13/20)

Welcome to the 1st of what will be weekly updates from the world of math? Please send any items you’d like included in these posts to Mr. Seamon!

Lots of awesome things are going on in the world of math!

Jack Berrien answered the most week 1 problems of the week correctly! Congratulations Jack! The problems and solutions for week 1 are right here.

The week 2 problems of the week are now available! Solutions are due by Monday, 4/20 at 6pm EST. Like this week, the winner gets a SUPER cool Buffy sticker!

A couple new blog posts are now online!

Smile at the Supermarket 🙂 by Ciara
Stress Baking by Guillermo
Daily Puzzles by Jonathan

Congratulations to the math Students of the 2nd trimester! You can read all about them right here.

You can read about the students of the 1st trimester right here.

Remember, the Virtual Math Resource Center is here to help! From Mrs. Hill:

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all staying healthy and happy! Don’t forget, if you have questions about the math assignments you’re working on, there is still lots of help available to you. During this Green week, the virtual MRC will be running at the following times (all EDT):

Monday: F,G,A2,and B

Tuesday: D,E,F2,G,A, and during study hall

Wednesday: C and D periods

Thursday: F,G2,A, and B

Friday: D,E2,F, and G

Just go to this Zoom link, enter password 1841, and help will be waiting!

Looking for additional math tutoring support in Algebra 1 or Algebra II? This just in from Nikhil Sierros:

My name is Nikhil. I am a junior in the Upper School at Williston and I recently started a math tutoring program called ASAP Math Tutoring. The program is intended to provide free math tutoring to algebra students in Williston and the local community who need assistance. In my own math class, I understand that learning can be more challenging without physically being in a classroom environment. Math is a cumulative subject that will carry on throughout our high school years and so, it is very important that we understand our current material in order to be prepared for next year’s math class. If anyone is interested in assistance with Algebra I or II, the link to my website is asapmathtutoring.weebly.com, where you can schedule an appointment time. I look forward to connecting with you!