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The Marshall University Mathematics Competition is a three-hour, written examination of seven to ten questions. Rather than a test of students' abilities to recall factual information, the Competition is designed to test students' mathematical creativity and their ability to formulate and defend their conclusions. Each interested school may send a team of three students. Students may use graphing calculators during the examination. Successful participants generally have completed mathematics courses at least through trigonometry.

To view following .pdf documents, click on the preferred link.  To download, right-click on the link and then click "Save Target As."  Please note, there was a mistake on Question # 2 Solutions.  The tests were graded with the appropriate key, but the incorrect key was inadvertently sent to participants.

Math Competition 2004 Questions
Math Competition 2004 Solutions

For further information about the Marshall Mathematics Competition, please contact Dr. Karen Mitchell.

Top 5 Ranking High Schools

After the individual student scores from a given team were combined and ranked the following schools had teams that ranked in the top five:

1.        Huntington High School
2.        Paul G. Blazer High School
3.        Hurricane High School
4.        Fairland High School
5.        Rose Hill Christian School

Individual Winners

	1st Place Michael Campbell     Huntington High School                    $200.00 The Geometer’s Sketchpad / Knots by Alexei Sossinsky
	2nd Place Linda Yao Hurricane High School  $125.00 Everything and More by Davis Foster Wallace
Picture Unavailable At This Time	3rd Place - Tie Kevin Duggan  Paul G. Blazer High School $ 75.00 Mathematics for the Million by Lancelot Hogben
	3rd Place - Tie Brian Miller Winfield High School $ 75.00 The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics by David Nelson
	4th Place Matthew Riddle Rose Hill Christian School $ 50.00 A Survey of Finite Mathematics by Marvin Marcus
Picture Unavailable At This Time	5th Place Matt Pritt  Fairland High School $ 25.00 Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery by Marcus du Sautoy
Picture Unavailable At This Time	6th Place Derek Rowe Fairland High School $ 25.00 Mathematics for the Curious by Peter M. Higgins
Picture Unavailable At This Time	7th Place Thomas Schreiber Huntington High School $ 25.00 The Mathematical Traveler by Calvin C. Clawson
Picture Unavailable At This Time	8th Place Harrison Hall Paul G. Blazer High School $ 25.00 The Constants of Nature by John D. Barrow
	9th Place Sameera Kumar Huntington High School $ 25.00 The Story of Mathematics by Lloyd Motz and Jefferson Weaver