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AASU
to Host Annual High School Math Tournament
SAVANNAH, GA—February
7, 2005—More than 400 students from about 30 high schools from Georgia
and South Carolina are expected to participate in Armstrong Atlantic State
University's 27th annual High School Math Tournament on Saturday, February
19. The competition will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in AASU's Fine
Arts Auditorium.
"Some of the finest math students from each state will participate
in the two-part competition," said Dale Kilhefner, professor of mathematics
at AASU. "The tournament stimulates a more challenging and competitive
interest in math among high-achieving math students from the regional
high schools."
The testing will be given in two parts on multiple-choice and ciphering.
Participants will work individually on the multiple choice section; teams
of up to four persons will be given twelve problems to solve in the ciphering
section. The competition will conclude with a paper airplane contest with
participants competing for both accuracy and distance.
An awards ceremony will follow to recognize the top-ranking schools and
individuals in both the varsity and junior-varsity competitions. The top
winner will be announced for each grade from nine through twelve.
Armstrong Atlantic's mathematics and computer science departments jointly
sponsor the tournament. For more information about the competition, contact
Dale Kilhefner at 921.2056.
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