Moody’s Mega Math Challenge is an Internet-based, applied math competition for high school students. The contest is free and open to high school juniors and seniors in 29 states in the Eastern United States.
Working in teams of three to five, participants must solve an open-ended, applied math-modeling problem focused on a realistic issue—in 14 hours. Scholarships totaling $115,000 toward the pursuit of higher education are awarded to the top teams. The real-world focus of the competition introduces students to applied math as a powerful problem-solving tool and, potentially, as a viable and exciting profession.
Challenge weekend is set for March 3 and 4, 2012. Register at the website below.
Complete details, sample problems, and archives of previous Challenges are available at: http://M3Challenge.siam.org
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Moody's Mega Math Challenge http://M3Challenge.siam.org m3challenge[at]siam[dot]org
