Mid-Michigan Mathematical Olympiad

A competition in solving mathematics problems for students in Grades 5-12.

The 2008 Olympiad took place on Saturday, April 19

10 a.m. -- 1 p.m. in Room B106 Wells Hall
Michigan State University Campus

Thanks to all participants!

About the olympiad

The Olympiad competition consists of an exam consisting of five challenging problems requiring only the mathematics appropriate for students' grade level. Participants will be divided in three groups: Grades 5-6, Grades 7-9,  and Grades 10-12 and given three hours to write solutions to these problems.  Participation is free and open to all children interested in mathematics.  The winners in each group will get prizes.

The Award Ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. in  Room A304, Wells Hall. During the Award Ceremony solutions of the problems will be given.

The problems given in previous years are posted below.

The Olympiad is conducted by the MSU Mathematics Department. You may contact us at mshapiro@math.msu.edu.

Students interested in the Olympiad may also be interested in the KidMath seminars described below.

2008 Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Mathematical Olympiad!

Grades 5-6:
First Place:	Curtis Kuo
Second Place:	Zhangxiang Zhang, Edwin Stanley
Third Place:	Abhijit Das
Grades 7-9:
First Place:	Bar Roytman
Seconde Place:	Mayank Patke
Third Place:	Ilya Beskin
Grades 10-12:
First Place:	Pavel Chvykov
Second Place:	Jacob Braun
Third Pace:	Ian Hildebrandt

Problems from Past Olympaids

Problems of the 2002 Olympiad for grades 5-6, for grades 7-9, and for grades 10-12.

Problems of the 2003 Olympiad for grades 5-6, for grades 7-9, and for grades 10-12.

Problems of the 2004 Olympiad for grades 5-6, for grades 7-9, and for grades 10-12.

Problems of the 2005 Olympiad for all grades.

Problems of the 2006 Olympiad for grades 5-6, for grades 7-9, and for grades 10-12.

Problems of the 2007 Olympiad for grades 5-6, for grades 7-9, and for grades 10-12

Problems of the 2008 Olympiad for all grades. Solutions for all grades.

Monday Seminars

In addition to the Olympiad, the MSU Mathematics Department conducts free seminars for students in Grades 5--7.  These meet Monday evenings 6--7:30 p.m. in A204 Wells Hall. Everyone in these grades who is interested in mathematics is welcome!

Further information is posted at the KidMath Seminar page.

Contact

The Mathematical Olympiad is organized by the Department of Mathematics at Michigan State University. 

You may contact the organizers at mshapiro@math.msu.edu or by phone at:

• Prof. Michael Shapiro, (517) 353-9248
• Prof. Vladimir Peller, (517) 353-8144
• Prof. Kirill Vaninsky, (517) 353-8495;