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: 59

Solution Name Grade School
(0! / .02) +9 Qi Yanjun 8 Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore
sqrt(9) x 20 - 0! Robert Low 9 Alamo Heights High School
( (.02)^(-0!) ) + 9 Benjamin Yee 10 Arlington High School
sqrt9x20-0! Brandon and Matt and Ryan 7 Mount Olive Middle School
20*sqrt9-0! Roger Aanonsen 7 Mount Olive Middle School
[20(sqrt9)]-0! Stephen 8 Christ the Divine Teacher School

Please notify Suzanne Alejandre of any errors.

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