- The Annual Maritime Mathematics Competition - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Consisting of six challenging, high school-level math problems requiring written solutions, this competition seeks to foster interest in mathematics, increase public awareness of mathematics, and encourage students to develop mathematical and problem-solving
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- APICS Mathematics Competitions - Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences
Download PDFs of competition guidelines or of recent APICS Mathematics Competitions in French or English. Link to competitions dating back to 1978.
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- Aquí Matemàtiques (Catalán) - Carlos Romero
Web and interactive materials in Catalán designed to facilitate and improve teacher training in mathematics. Goals: to provide curricular incentives for integrating technology into primary and secondary level teaching; facilitate access to curricula;
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- Arbelos Internet Math Society - Bert Liberi and William F. Widulski, Westchester Communtiy College
A mathematics society dedicated to the pursuit of elegance in problem-solving. Every month, solve challenging problems that require "more imagination than memorization." Also, access old problems and solutions; and study a list of heuristics of problem-solving,
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- Carré d'As - Carré d'As
Mathématiques amusantes pour vous détendre: questions et solutions, challenges, la question des champions (qui sera remplacée quand 20 internautes auront réussi à trouver la solution avec une démonstration correcte dès le premier essai), et 229 questions
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- CASCADE-IMEI - Zulkardi
Computer Assisted Curriculum Analysis, Design, and Evaluation for Innovative Mathematics Education in Indonesia. A learning environment for realistic mathematics, aiming to support prospective and current middle-school mathematics teachers in Indonesia.
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- Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) - Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada
Home of the Canadian Mathematics Competitions (CMC); the Canadian Computing Competition; and contests for middle and high school students. Download PDFs of contest problems dating back to 1997. Register, obtain results from the competitions, participate
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- Chaoscope - Nicolas Desprez
Software to render 3D strange attractors such as IFS, Julia, Lorenz, and pickover. Browse the gallery, participate in the monthly contest, check the freeware's manual, learn from tutorials. Also available at http://www.btinternet.com/~ndesprez/.
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- Cmathématique - Téléfiction
Liens à consulter classés par sujet et par niveau; des problèmes du mois, un concours pour l'honneur dont les meilleures solutions de participants seront publiées sur le site; des capsules "crack" mathématiques offrant
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- Columbus State University Math Contest - David Rock and Doug Brumbaugh, College of Education, Columbus State University
Problem of the Week, Algebra in Action, Middle School Madness and Elementary Brain Teaser -- all available in "challenge" mode. Past problems are archived, with solutions available upon request.
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- Department of Mathematics - Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Hamline's home page features an animation of one of the fundamental modes of vibration of a drum head, showing two nodal curves (i.e., curves where the
displacement is 0) - a line through the center and a circle. Also a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
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- DevApprentice: Software Developer Apprentice - Kent Griffin
An online resource for learning elementary computer programming. Write and execute real programs, including graphics, in your web browser. Includes a programming problem of the week, examples, instructions, a glossary, and the online programming environment.
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- Discrete Math Problem of the Week (PoW) - Math Forum
Discrete math problems from a variety of sources, including textbooks, math contests, NCTM books, and puzzle books, and real-life situations, designed to reflect different levels of difficulty. From 1999 until 2002, this service challenged students with
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- doyourmath.com
Interactive practice and learning tests (Pre-SAT, SAT, AP and Calculus), math puzzles, entertaining math for all ages, a math bookstore, and a math expert to answer your questions. Submit your answers to the puzzle of the week and see the archive of past
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- Dr. Rich's Page o' Math
Math problems in algebra, trigonometry, and calculus, posted more or less monthly (past puzzles, with solutions, are on the Web).
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- Elementary Problem of the Week - Department of Mathematics, Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU)
Word problems in number patterns, algebra, geometry, and other topics. Read the solution to the most recent problem, and archives of previous problems and their answers.
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- Elementary Problem of the Week - Math Forum
A project designed to challenge elementary students with non-routine problems and to encourage them to verbalize their solutions. From 1995 to 2002, solutions submitted from students for the Elementary Problem of the Week were answered by Visiting Math
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- ESCOT (Educational Software Components of Tomorrow) Problems of the Week - Math Forum
An interactive problem of the week service offered from 1999 until 2001. ESCOT is an NSF-funded research grant that developed interactive Java applets to help middle school learners understand typically difficult math concepts, for example, fractions
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- Fermi Off-the-Wall Math League - Karen Newell, Intermediate District 287, Plymouth, Minnesota
A Fermi question is posed with limited information given, and requires that students ask many more questions; for example, "How many water balloons would it take fill the school gymnasium?" ("What are the approximate dimensions of the gym?") Register
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- Grade 5/6 Finch Math Problems of the Week - Lt. Col. Barker School, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Math problems of the week for each month of the year. There is one problem a week for both grades 3-4 and 5-6. The answers are found in the table below.
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- High School Problem of the Week - Department of Mathematics, Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU)
Word problems in number theory, logic, algebra, analytic geometry, and other topics. Read the solution to the most recent problem, and archives of previous problems and their answers.
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- IB Problems of the Week - Chinese International School, Hong Kong
Problems for a Year 12 IB Higher Level Math class, with a small archive of previous problems and solutions.
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- Internet Math Challenge - Dept. of Mathematics, University of Idaho
A weekly K-12 math challenge from the math department at the University of Idaho, discontinued in 2004. Past puzzles and solutions are available.
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- Internet Math Hunt - Math Forum
The Internet Math Hunt consists of questions about math and mathematicians. The answers can be found somewhere on the Internet. Answers should be in three parts: 1. What did you find? 2. What is the URL (address) where you eventually found the information?
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- Ken's Puzzle of the Week - Ken Duisenberg
A weekly puzzle for advanced high school or college level, with a math, geometry, or game focus. The problems are easy to understand but tricky to solve. An archive of previous problems and solutions is included, together with a list of other puzzle sites
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- Keyed-In Magazine - nelsonthornes.com
Weekly puzzles, quizzes, features of great mathematicians, fun with numbers, and strategy games. An Internet quest and "the serious stuff" offer self-scoring problems. Teacher resources provide links and ideas for each chapter of the Nelson Thornes Key
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- Korespondenční seminář - Ansa Lauschmannova
A correspondence seminar intended for high school students and run by the students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Charles' University in Prague. There is a new set of problems ("actual series") about once a month, along with commentary.
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- Lateral Puzzles - Paul Sloane
Pose or solve lateral thinking puzzles, also known as situation puzzles, which depict a counterintuitive scenario to be explained by asking yes-no questions or by proposing explanations. Read question-and-answer conversations of current and solved puzzles;
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- Lessons (Dan's math@home page) - Dan Bach and B & L Math Enterprises
Short descriptions of math subjects: arithmetic; prealgebra; beginning and intermediate algebra; trigonometry; functions and graphs; limits; differential, integral, and vector calculus; linear algebra; differential equations; statistics; geometry; number
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- The Little Math Puzzle/Le Petit Problème - Royal West Academy and Canada's SchoolNet
Weekly puzzles posted to Canada's SchoolNet Listserv, intended to be an Internet icebreaker activity for a wide range of classrooms. Inspired by The Great Canadian Trivia Contest, these puzzles are designed for students in grades 5 through 10 and usually
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- Logicville
Anagram, chess, cryptarithm, cryptogram, doublet, logic, mathematical, magic word square, and tangram puzzles. Select a puzzle at random; solve the puzzle of the week. Interactive puzzles require Java.
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- Macalester College Problem of the Week - Stan Wagon; The Math Forum
Stan Wagon, a professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Macalester College, poses a mathematics problem to his students every week. The problems are meant to be accessible to first-year college students, so very little background
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- Math and Logic Contests - Mike Coulter
Contests for teams of students in each of grades 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Sample problems are provided onsite, along with current contest standings. Problems range from those most students should be able to solve independently to complex, multi-step problems
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- MathBlues.com - Rafiq Ladhani
Step-by-step explanations and worked problems "all about the new SAT." Browse the weekly articles by topics such as algebra, trigonometry, geometry, statistics, and "math art." This SAT preparation site for students also includes message boards, weekly
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- Math Challenge - Whitehousekids.gov
A new challenge is posted each Monday for students in elementary, middle, and high school. Type in your numerical answer, and the site checks it for you. Also see the Open Challenge and the archive of past problems, which date back to August, 2004, and
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- Math City - Setti Razavi, Josephine Urso, Mark Gura; NYCENET
An Internet activity presenting four characters based on New York City students. Every week these children encounter situations for which they need mathematical solutions. The audience ranges from grades 5-7 so there are different levels of difficulty
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- MATHCOUNTS - MATHCOUNTS Foundation
A national math coaching and competition program that promotes 7th and 8th grade math achievement through grass-roots involvement in every U.S. state and several territories. At the beginning of each school year, the MATHCOUNTS Foundation distributes,
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- Math Education - University of Central Florida (UCF)
Weekly contests; activities; course descriptions, syllabi, class notes; instructor homepages; links to math education resources about problem solving, software, calculators, math games, textbooks, the Internet, and the UCF/Casio classroom.
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- Mathematics Center - Houghton Mifflin Company
K-12 instructional materials and special offers. Online support for Math Central textbooks includes links, activities, and printable blackline masters. Weekly and archived Brain Teasers for grades 3-4, 5-6, and 7 and later. Data Place allows 3-6 grade
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- Mathematics Competition - Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
Challenging problems to encourage student interest in solving mathematics problems of varying difficulty, to challenge their mathematics skills and ingenuity, and to prepare them for the more formal competitions around the nation. Download past competition
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- Mathematics Department - Chinese International School (CIS), Hong Kong
Links to information about: News; Faculty; Curriculum; Calculators (physical, software, and online), MathHelp (an online service to answer math questions); Puzzles (problems posted with solutions to previous questions); 200+ Links; Syllabi for years 7,
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- Mathematics Department - SUNY-Stony Brook
About the department, its people, and their research; resources for undergraduate and graduate students (includes the problem of the month); IMS (Institute for Mathematical Sciences) Preprint Server; and the Dynamical Systems Page (including addresses,
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- Mathematics Problem Solving Task Centres (PSTC) - Mathematical Association of Victoria, Australia
A site devoted to all aspects of math problem solving. Includes problems of the month for lower primary, upper primary / lower secondary and upper secondary students; also a "Challenging problem of the month." All have archived solutions. An e-mail list
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- Mathematics Resource Center - Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
Brooks/Cole publishes textbooks and technology products for the entire range of mathematics courses, from Arithmetic, Calculus, and Differential Equations, to Numerical Analysis, including texts previously published by PWS. The site provides an array
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- The Math Factor - Chaim Goodman-Strauss and Kyle Kellams
Brief, weekly math conversations and puzzles, airing on KUAF 91.3 FM, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Listen to podcasts of this Ozarks at Large radio show; subscribe to the RSS feed.
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- The Math League - Conrad, Flegler, Motyka; Math League Multimedia
Math contests for grades 4 through 12, contest problem books, and math educational software for grades 4-8. Contest results from math league competitions in the U.S. and Canada are posted here. A free Math Help facility for grades 4-8 is also available
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- Math Magic - Erich Friedman
A site devoted to original mathematical recreations. If you have a math puzzle,
discovery, or observation, you are invited to e-mail the author. You can also submit answers to the problem of the month; questions and solutions are archived. Examples include:
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- Math Maniac's Home Page
Problems of the Week, organized into level of difficulty: mathlete, tough, sort of tough, and not so tough. Also, view the P.O.W. archives.
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- MathMastery - MathMastery.com
Play CyberChallenge Shockwave addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division games. Test Your Skills with placement exams (online or printable) on adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions, and decimals. My Math Class offers Shockwave
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- MathMovesU - Raytheon Company
Raytheon's national initiative for promoting math in the middle grades. See how math "moves" celebrities such as Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno; pro football player Willie McGinest; soccer player Mia Hamm; BMX biker Dave Mirra; WNBA star Lisa Leslie;
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