2005 Mathematics Game

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This Web page is intended to record solutions submitted by students in grades three through twelve. Submissions will be posted starting February 1, 2005.

Rules: use the digits in the year 2005 and the operations of +, -, x, ÷, sqrt (square root), ^ (raise to a power), and ! (factorial), along with grouping symbols, to write expressions for the counting numbers 1 through 100. Please read and follow the rules carefully.

Teachers may print out worksheets for students to record their findings, or print sheets of manipulatives for students to use.

STUDENT SOLUTIONS: 1

Solution Name Grade School
5-2-0!-0! Simon Alger 10 Cannons Creek
.2*5+0+0 Mike Allen 8 Murdock Middle High School
50 * .02 JP Allport 7 RSM Intermediate
5-2-0!-0! Uwe Anselm 7 American International School of Vilnius
(5*0)+(2-0!) Asya Ashour 7 Mount Olive Middle School
2^0+5*0 Isra Ashour 8 Mount Olive Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Zach Bannon 6 JMS
0.5x2+0 Andrea Barry 6 Johnson Middle School
(5*2*0)!*0! Tanvir Bhullar 7 Mount Olive Middle School
0(5+2)+0! Goh Bin 7 Hwa Chong Institution
5-2-(0!+0!) Andrew Bodin 6 Johnson Middle School
2x.5+0+0 Leah Bombardier 11 McCann Technical High School
2^0+(0x5) Esther Braun 5 John Stanford International School; Seattle WA
(0.5+0)x2 Cody Brown 6 Johnson Middle School
0^5 + 2^0 Kate B 6 Parker Middle School
(0.5+0)*2 Laura B. 6 Johnson Middle School
20x.05 Seth Cable 11 McCann Technical High School
0! + 2 x 5 x 0 Justin Cantor 8 Mount Olive Middle School
.5x2+0+0 Erik Caporrino 8 Mount Olive Middle School
5^0*2^0 Amanda Carney 6 Johnson Middle School
(2x5x0)^0 Scottie Carlson 8 Mount Olive Middle School
5^0*2^0 Samantha Carty 6 Johnson Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Mike Chimets 7 St. Anne
0.5*2+0 Michael Cho 7 Willson Middle School
(0.5+0)x2 Casey Ciechanowski 6 Johnson Middle School
.02 x 50 Bryan Clark 11 McCann Technical High School
2*0+5^0 Kelly Collar 7 Mount Olive Middle School
5^0x2^0 Julia Connell 6 Johnson Middle School
5^0x2^0 Sarah Connolly 6 Johnson Middle School
(0.5+0)x2 John Coville 6 Johnson Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Kuki C 6 Parker Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Heather Dalton 8 Mount Olive Middle School
2^0*5^0 Khu Boon Tat Daren 7 Hwa Chong Institution
5-2-0!-0! Noah de Leeuw 5 John Stanford International School; Seattle WA
52^0+0 Richard Deblock 8 Mount Olive Middle School
2^0 + (0 x 5) Nick Deshpande 12 John F. Ross CVI
0.5x2+0 Chuan Dewei 7 Hwa Chong Institution
(.5*2)+0+0 Shannon Donohue 7 Rohrer Middle School
5^0x2^0 Sabrina Dorronsoro 6 Johnson Middle School
.02x50 Andrew Dupras 8 Dartmouth Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Alex D. 6 Johnson Middle School
(2^0)*(5^0) Mark D. 6 Parker Middle School
(2^5)^(0-0) Kristin Euchler 7 Clarksburg Elementary School
0.5x2+0 Ryan Ford 6 Johnson Middle School
.5x2+0+0 Aubry Frost 11 McCann Technical High School
2^0+0*5 Lisa Gardner 9 Buchholz High School
2*.5+0-0 Kaitlyn Gibison 7 Rohrer Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Nikai Gibson 7 Mount Olive Middle School
0.5x2+0 Jimmy Gillon 6 Johnson Middle School
0.5*2+0 Taylor Gilmore 6 Elanor N Johnson Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Trevor Girard 11 McCann Technical High School
5^0x2^0 Mike G. 6 Johnson Middle School
2*.5+0-0 Willem Hardeski 7 Roher Middle School
0.2x5+0 Savannah Harik 6 Johnson
(2*5*0)+0! Hannah Harry 7 The Gordon School
.5*2+0+0 Max Hartt 7 William J Rohrer Middle School
0.2 x 5+0 David Heming 11 McCann Technical High School
0.5x2+0 Kate Hern 6 Johnson Middle School
5-2-(0!+0!) Lau Wei Jie Jonathan 7 Hwa Chong Institution
.5*2+0+0 Joshua Jordan 6 Floyd Middle Magnet School
2*0.5+0 Amy J. 6 Parker Middle School
(5*0)+2-0! Amanda Kafes 7 Rohrer Middle School
(0.5x2)+0 Azar Khosrowshahi 5 Canadian Academy Kobe,Japan
.2*5+0+0 Denielle Knysh 11 McCann Technical High School
.5 x 2 +0 +0 K Kornet 8 St. Anne Sarnia, Canada
5^0x2^0 Julia K. 6 Johnson Middle School
.5 x 2+0 +0 Sarah Lange 8 St. Anee Sarnia, Canada
205^0 Kelsey LeClair 11 McCann Technical High School
5-2-0!-0! Adam Lemaire 11 McCann Technical High School
2*.5+0+0 Andrea Lomeli 9 Coachella Valley High School
(.5*2)+(0+0) Jonathan Low 7 Rohrer Middle School
5^0x2^0 Jocelyn Lydon 6 Johnson Middle School
.2 x 5+0-0 Kaitlin Lyerly 6 Floyd Middle Magnet
25^0+0 Samantha MacDonald 10 Arlington High School
0!+(5*2*0) Eric Marko 11 McCann Technical High School
205^0 Shannon McDavitt 8 John J. Ahern Middle School
0.5x2+0 Devin S. McKenney 6 Floyd Middle Magnet
.5*2+0+0 Sarah Miller 8 Mount Olive Middle School
2^0+0*5 Margaret Mohrenweiser 9 West Milford High School
(0.5 + 0) x 2 Nicole Monahan 6 Johnson Middle School
(0.5+0)*2 Emily Moore 7 Rohrer Middle School
0.5x2+0 Dylan Murphy 6 Johnson Middle School
0.50x2 Kyle Musco 6 Johnson Middle School
0!+(52*0) Mark M. 6 Parker Middle School
(0.5+0)*2 Colby Nadeau 6 Johnson Middle School
2.0x0.5 Kanako Nakagawa 5 Canadian Academy Japan, Kobe
(5+2)*0+0! Nick Naraghi 7 Mount Olive Middle School
.5x2+0+0 Kayla Nedza 8 Mount Olive Middle School
0x5+2^0 Coley Nee 6 Johnson Middle School
2^0 +0(5) Co Nguyen 10 Lindbergh High School
5-2-0!-0! Michelle Nunez 11 McCann Technical High School
0!+2x5x0 Daniel Nussbaum 8 Mount Olive Middle School
205^0 Erin N. 6 Johnson Middle School
0.50x2 Sam O'Brien 6 Johnson Middle School
52^0+0 Sara Ouimet 8 Mount Olive Middle School
0.5x2+0 Dino Panopoulos 6 Johnson Middle School
(5 + 2 )^0 +0 Jagjot Pataria 7 St. Bernadette, Brooklyn, NY
(5+2)*0+0! Kaiwal Patel 6 Mount Olive Middle School
5-2(0!+0!) Manan Patel 7 Mount Olive Middle School
2-[(5x0)^0] Josefina Peralta 9 Upper Darby High School
5-2-0!-0! Quang Pham 11 Central High School
5-2-0!-0! Sam Picciuti 8 Mount Olive Middle School
.5*2+0+0
(.2*5)+(0+0)
Ryan Porrechon 7 Rohrer Middle School
0.50*2 Calvin Pratt 6 Johnson Middle School
(0.5+0)x2 Shannon Prendergast 6 Jonhson Middle School
250^0 Rob Prindall 6 Johnson Middle School
(0.5+0)*2 Amy Rader 7 Rohrer Middle School
5-2*(0!+0!) Abhimanyu Ramachandran 7 Mount Olive Middle School
.5x2+0+0 Chris Rotella 7 WMS
0.5*2+0 Tom Ryan 6 Johnson Middle School
2^0+5*0 Chris Salls 8 Mendive
(0.5+0)x2 Troy Salvatore 6 Johnson Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Dave Senecal 11 McCann Technical High School
(0.5+0)*2 Sean Shakespeare 6 Johnson Middle School
0!+(0)(2)(5) Aman Sharma 7 T.H. Rogers
(0.5*2)+0 Dylan Shaw 6 Johnson Middle School
0.5*2+0 Courtney Shea 6 Johnson Middle School
(0.5*2)+0 Ryan Sheehan 7 Rohrer Middle School
5^0 x 2^0 Shannon Songin 6 Johnson Middle School
52^0+0 Jodi Stalter 8 Mount Olive Middle School
(.5*2)+0+0 Melanie Snider 5 Underwood School, Newton, MA
(2+0)*(0.5) Corey St. John 8 Mount Olive Middle School
0.5x2+0 Ryland Stevens 6 Johnson Middle School
5^0+(2*0) Jenna Surmick 7 Rohrer Middle School
5-2-(0!+0!) Courtney S. 6 Johnson Middle School
5-(2+0!+0!) Ariel Torres 8 Mount Olive Middle School
(0.5+0) *2 Carolyn Tracey 6 Jonhson Middle School
2x.5+0+0 Warren T. 11 McCann Technical High School
5-(2+0!+0!) Kyle Patrick Valderrama 8 Mount Olive Middle School
5-(2+0!+0!) Brynne Verbel 8 Mount Olive Middle School
(2+0)*(0.5) Amanda Von Lindern 8 Mount Olive Middle School
52^0+0 Samantha Vidal 8 Mount Olive Middle School
0.5x2+0 Vanessa Walsh 6 Johnson Middle School
.05 x 20 Josh Weinstock 12 MSSD
5^0x2^0 David Wians 6 Johnson Middle School
0.50x2 Sean Wilson 6 Johnson middle school
(0.5+0)x2 CJ Wood 6 Johnson Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Justin Wu 5 Underwood School, Newton, MA
5-2-0!-0! Jin X. 5 Germantown Academy
.5*2+0+0 Daniel Zambrano 6 Floyd Middle Magnet
.2*5+0+0 Lenny Ziarnik 11 McCann Technical High School
(5x.2)+(0+0) Allie Z. 5 Germantown Academy
0!+2*5*0 Bella 8 Mount Olive Middle School
0.5x2+0 Caroline 6 Johnson Middle School
5^0+0^2 Christina 6 Johnson Middle School
2-5^0-0 Colleen 6 Parker Middle School
205^0 Daniel 8 John J ahern
.02 * 50 Darlene 11 McCann Technical High School
0.5*2+0 Dylan 6 Johnson Middle School
5-2-0!-0! Joe 11 McCann Technical High School
5^0x2^0 JR 7 St. Bernadette School, Brooklyn, New York
(2x5x0)^0 Kaitlin 8 Mount Olive Middle School
5*0+2-0! Kara 11 McCann Technical High School
0.50x2 Kelsey 6 Johnson Middle
5-2-0!-0! Kevin 11 McCann Technical High School
5^0+0^2 Lauren 6 Johnson Middle School
0.5x2+0 Liz 6 Johnson Middle School
2*5*0+0! Lo 9 Oxnard High School
0.5*2+0 Mollie 6 Johnson Middle School
5^0*2^0 Stephanie 8 ahern
.50*2+0 Vishal 5 Canadian Academy Kobe,Japan
0!+(2x5x0) Dan Alexander, Mike Kelly, Zoby Boghani, James Richard 8 Mount Olive Middle School
.5x2+0+0 Amanda Debrot and Taylor Kobran 8 Mount Olive Middle School
52^0+0 Aliesha Fink, Basia Godecki 8 Mount Olive Middle School
5^0x2^0
5^0÷2^0
52^0+0
Katie Weber and Kristen Leccacorvi 10 Arlington High School
2^0+(0x5) Coutney, Stefano,and Frank 7 St.Bernadette in Brooklyn NY
2-5^0+0 Patrick, Andrew, Keyaneue 7 St. Bernadette

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