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Notable Lansing High School Mathematicians |
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by Cathy Moseley
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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Brendan Hammond, a junior at Lansing High School, recently participated in the 26th annual American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). Brendan qualified for the AIME by scoring in the top 5% of the American Mathematics Contest 12.
This contest was established in 1973 as an intermediate step between the high school contests (American Mathematics Competition) and the U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). The AIME is a 15 question, 3 hour examination in which each answer is an integer number from 0 to 999, students are very unlikely to obtain the correct answer by guessing. The questions on the AIME cover high school mathematics, and are much more difficult than those on the AMC 10 or AMC 12. All problems on the AIME can be solved by pre-calculus methods. The use of calculators is not allowed.
The AMC is located at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
On the American Mathematical Competition, Katrina Mehringer, a junior and Charlie Hatfield, a senior were awarded ‘team' membership for their high scores. For a senior, the average score is 64.0; Charles scored a 78.0. The average junior score for the AMC is 70.5; Katrina scored 87.0 and Brendan scored 99.0.
On Level 10 of the American Math Contest, Tara Miller, a freshmen and Erik Rasmussen, a sophomore, were awarded ‘School Winner' status on the contest. On the AMC, the average score for a sophomore is 54.2; Erik scored 75.0. The average score for a freshman taking the AMC is 50.5; Tara scored 75.0.
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