 Mathcounts logo | |
| Formation | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Type | Foundation |
| Purpose | To provide engaging math programs to US middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes about math and problem solving.[1] |
| Headquarters | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Location | |
Executive Director | Kristen Chandler[2] |
Co-founder | Donald G. Weinert[2] |
Main organ | National Staff |
| Website | mathcounts |
Mathcounts, stylized as MATHCOUNTS, is a non-profit organization that provides grades 6-8 extracurricular mathematics programs in all U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands. Its mission is to provide engaging math programs for middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes about math and problem solving.
In Mathcounts, there are four different rounds. There is the Team Round, Target Round, Sprint Round, and Countdown Round. You are only permitted to use a calculator in the Team Round and Target Round. Calculators are not permitted for the Sprint Round. The Sprint Round has around 30 questions and aims to test how well you can compute without a calculator. The question get progressively harder on that round. In the Target Round, You are given questions in sets of two four times and are given around six minutes to complete each set. The difficulty is more scattered on this round than the Sprint Round. For the Team Round, the top four people from each school are on the school’s team. The Team Round has ten challenging questions. In the Countdown Round, the top ten testers compete based on their score, which is one point per each Sprint Round question answered correctly and two for each Target Round question answered correctly. The tenth-place scorer competes against the ninth-place scorer and if they win they go against the eighth-place scorer and so on till a winner is determined. The top individuals and teams from Chapter move on to State and the top four individuals from State move on to Nationals. [3]
Mathcounts also provides numerous math resources for schools and the general public.[4]
Topics covered include geometry, counting, probability, number theory, and algebra.
- ^ "MATHCOUNTS: Our Story".
- ^ a b "Our Board of Directors | MATHCOUNTS". www.mathcounts.org. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "Homepage | MATHCOUNTS Foundation". www.mathcounts.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ "Resources | MATHCOUNTS Foundation". www.mathcounts.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.