MAA-NCS Team Competition

Report on 13th Annual NCS-MAA Team Contest (2009)

The thirteenth annual NCS/MAA Team Contest was held on Saturday, November 14, 2009, with a new record number of 91 teams from 29 universities and colleges participating. The previous record of 74 teams from 28 institutions was set in 2008. Three teams tied for first place with perfect scores of 100. They are the Carleton College team CARL-B, with team members Linghao Chen, Shunji Li, and Sen Zhao; the UMNTC team Burgundy, with team members Minna Chen, Nathan Fox, and Guangcong Luo; and the UMNTC team Loons, with team members Peter Lofgren, Matthew Coudron and Xin Jin.

Scores ranged from 100 to 12, with a median of 45. The problems and a set of solutions are posted elsewhere on the NCS website, as are the names of the team members placing in the top third.

Each college or university in the North Central Section of the MAA is invited to enter as many teams of up to three undergraduate students each as desired. The expenses of the contest are covered by an entry fee of $15 per team. Over the first thirteen years of the contest, teams from 36 different institutions have entered. The next team contest is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. An announcement and invitation to register will be sent out by email in September.

For further information, please contact Jerry Heuer: heuer@cord.edu.

Jerry Heuer

Dr. Gerald A. Heuer

Professor Emeritus and Mathematician in Residence

2009 Team Competition Solutions and Results

Competition Problems

Competition Solutions

Top Third Team Results

Past North Central Section Team Competitions

2008	Problems	Solutions	Results
2007	Problems	Solutions	Results
2006	Problems	Solutions	Results
2005	Problems	Solutions	Results
2004	Problems	Solutions	Results
2003	Problems	Solutions	Results
2002	Problems	Solutions	Results
2001	Problems	Solutions	Results
2000	Problems	Solutions	Results
1999	Problems	Solutions	Results
1998	Problems (.html)	Solutions
1997	Problems	Solutions

MAA-NCS Team Results: Year-by-Year Record of Top Three Teams

For more information contact Professor Jerry Heuer.

Via e-mail address at heuer@cord.edu and by snail mail address at:

Prof. Jerry Heuer

Department of Mathematics

Concordia College

Moorhead, MN 56562