Name:   USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)
Topics
 
 
Mathematics, Academic Competitions
URL
 
 
http://www.usamts.org
Organizations
 
 
National Security Agency of the United States Government
Description
 
 
The USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS) is a free mathematics competition open to all United States high school students. Students may enter the competition at any time of the academic year.
Average Rating
 
 
Last Updated
 
 
10/17/2006
 
Comments

Contributed by: professional  
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Most competitions require students to answer several questions over a few hours, often in multiple choice format. The USAMTS is different in that students have a full month to work out their solutions. Carefully written justifications are required for each problem. The problems range in difficulty from being within the reach of most high school students to challenging the best students in the nation. Students may use any materials - books, calculators, computers - but all the work must be their own. The USAMTS is run on the honor system - it is an individual competition, whose competitive role is very secondary.
 
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This competition allows students to think in depth about mathematical problems. This is rarely available to strong students in high school.
 
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