2009 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, 2009.

Rules: use the digits in the year 2009 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: 5

Solution Name Grade School
sqrt(9)!-2^0+0 Alec 1 Chisholm Middle School
9-2-0!-0! Elana Benedikt 9 Alamo Heights High School
(sqrt[9])! - 0! + 0x2 Ryan&Ashlie 5 Kohl Elementary
sqrt9+2+0+0 Clinton Muller 6 WP Sandin
9-2-0!-0! Mick, Ethan w, dan 7 Mt.olive middle school
sqrt9+2+0+0 Ethan Sellar 6 WP Sandin
sqrt9+2+0+0 Shaylyn K. 6 WP Sandin
sqrt9+2+0+0 Brett Bell 6 WP Sandin
sqrt9+2+0+0 Tyler Galbraith 6 WP Sandin
sqrt 9 + 2 + 0 + 0 Brooke Andreae 6 WP Sandin
sqrt9+2+0+0 Shaylyn K 6 WP Sandin
(9-2)-0!-0! Hanna Glad 8 Int school Lausanne
sqrt9+2+0+0 James Carter 11 MSSD
sqrt 9 + 2+ 0 + 0 Albert Blake 9 MSSD
sqrt 9+2-0-0 Roger Aanonsen 7 Mount Olive Middle School
[(9x0!)+0!]/2 Rachael Woodard 9 Alamo Heights
2-0-0+sqrt9 Tayla 8 Broad Rock Middle School
(sqrt.9)+2-0-0 Carson Davis Teague 7 William G. Rohrer Middle School
(sqrt9+2)-(0-0) casandra super 7 Wm g. rohrer MS
(sqrt.9)+2+0+0 Cassidy McSorley 7 william G. Rohrer Middle School
(9-2)-0!-0! gordon hall 7 rohrer Middle School
√9+2+0+0 Audrey 8 Woodlawn Middle

Please notify Suzanne Alejandre of any errors.

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