EAST COLUMBUS STUDENTS INVITED
TO WORLD-WIDE COMPETITION
Thirty-nine students at East Columbus Magnet Academy participated in the
23rd Annual American Mathematics Competitions 8, held on Tuesday, November
13, 2007. They competed for local and national student and school awards.
The contest, which covers middle school mathematics, is given at
participating schools. Its purpose is to spur interest in mathematics and
develop talent through the excitement of friendly competition at problem
solving in a timed format. In 2006, over 160,000 students from 2,500 schools
participated in the AMC8 contest including 2,975 students from 48 schools in
Georgia.
The AMC 8, first offered in 1985, is an annual project sponsored by The
Mathematical Association of America, and is located at the University of
Nebraska–Lincoln. The AMC receives support from the Akamai Foundation,
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, American
Mathematical Society, American Society of Pension Actuaries, American
Statistical Association, Art of Problem Solving, Awesome Math, Canada/USA
Mathpath and Mathcamp, Casualty Actuarial Society, Clay Mathematics
Institute, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, L.
G. Balfour Company, Mu Alpha Theta, National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, National Assessment and Testing, Pedagoguery Software Inc., Pi
Mu Epsilon, the Society of Actuaries, U.S.A Math Talent Search, W. H.
Freeman & Company, and Wolfram Research, Inc. The contest is given across
the United States, Canada, and in many schools abroad.
Results are expected in late December. Additional information about AMC
contests is available at www.unl.edu/amc.
