High School Math Contest

HACC Celebrates Mathematics Awareness Month with the Annual Math Contest!

Area high school math students will celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month with HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, by participating in the 31st Annual Mathematics Contest, April 26, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Gettysburg Campus, Harrisburg Campus or Lancaster Campus.

The contest is open to math teams from all area high schools on a first come, first served basis to compete with their peers from other schools.

Guidelines:

The participating teams will consist of three students, including a senior, a junior and a sophomore. All participants must sign a HACC photo release form (pdf). Students 17 years old or younger must have a parent or guardian sign the form.
An underclassman may be substituted for an upperclassman.
Each team member will participate in all phases of the contest.
HACC will provide pencils and scratch paper for each individual. Students should bring their own scientific calculator.
No graphing calculators will be allowed.
Content will be the traditional subjects of high school mathematics - arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry - and will consist of four events:
1. Individual speed test
2. Two-part individual test
3. Team relay*
4. Teamwork to solve several problems*

*Note: Students will be permitted to use their scientific calculator for parts three and four.

Prizes will include plaques for the three highest scoring school teams and medals for the 10 individuals with the highest overall scores. For more information, please contact Matthew Pragel, HACC associate professor of mathematics, at 717-780-2364 or mepragel@hacc.edu.

Contest Agenda

2024 Mathematics Contest Agenda
April 26, 2024
HACC campuses in Gettysburg (East 203), Harrisburg (Whitaker 214) and Lancaster (East 203)

Time	Activity
8:30-9 a.m.	Arrival and registration
9-9:05 a.m.	General meeting for contestants
9:05-9:20 a.m.	Individual speed test
9:20-9:50 a.m.	Individual two-part short answer test
9:50-10:30 a.m.	Team relay questions
10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-11:30 a.m.	Two-part team test
11:30-11:45 a.m.	Break
11:45-noon	Farewell meeting Announcement of prize winners

Contest Rules

Event	Rules	Scoring – Individual	Scoring – Team
One	This event consists of one 26-question speed round lasting 13 minutes. Any method is allowed for problem-solving. All answers must be in simplest form. Paper and pencil only are allowed. When time is called, please turn over your papers and wait for them to be collected for grading. Be sure your name, school and grade are marked on the front of each test. Scores from this event will be used to determine individual winners and will contribute to a team total.	1 point for each correct answer	The average of individual scores will be used for the team score
Two	This event consists of two six-question rounds of 12 minutes each. Any method is allowed for problem-solving All answers must be in simplest form. Paper and pencil only are allowed. When time is called, please turn over your papers and wait for them to be collected for grading. Be sure your name, school and grade are marked on the front of each test. Scores from this event will be used to determine individual winners and will contribute to a team total.	2 points for each correct answer	1 point for each correct answer
Three	This event consists of two rounds. Scientific calculators will be allowed. Graphing calculators are not allowed. Proctors will distribute, face down, the appropriate question to each person. At the signal to begin, each person turns over their problem. The first member of the team solves a problem, puts the answer on the official answer sheet and passes* it to the second member of the relay team. This answer should be used in the statement of the second person’s problem. The second member of the team will then put their answer on the official answer sheet and passes* it to the third member of the relay team. This second answer should be used in the statement of the third person’s problem. When a team has all three answers, the contestant in the aisle seat awaits the command to stand and present the three answers. If an answer is changed, it affects all the subsequent questions. Therefore, a new answer sheet has to be passed. Eventually, the person in the aisle seat must submit the most current answer. A team will not submit an answer sheet until all three contestants have answered their questions. Proctors will indicate whether all three answers are correct. No information will be given as to which answer(s) is incorrect. The commands to stand will be given: First command – at the end of five minutes Second command – at the end of nine minutes Third command– at the end of twelve minutes Note: No information other than answers should be passed during the competition. Example*: The area of a square with side 2 is____. The value received is the value for x in the equation y = x +1. Find y. The value received is the altitude of a triangle. Find its area if the base is 12.		12 points for all three questions correct on first command to stand 10 points for all three questions correct on second command to stand 8 points for all three questions correct on third command to stand At the end of the relay: 3 points if only question one is correct 4 points if only question one and two are correct
Four	This event consists of two four- question rounds. Scientific calculators will be allowed. Each team will be given three copies of the questions and one answer sheet. All answers must be in simplest form. All team members should work quietly together to solve the questions for each round. Team members must agree on one final answer for each question. Fifteen minutes will be allowed for each round. When time is called, the team member with the answer sheet will stand and wait for it to be collected for grading. Be sure your school name is marked on the answer sheet.		3 points for each correct answer

2019 Individual Winners

Place	Name	High School
1st	Rushil Negandhi	Cumberland Valley High School
2nd	Revati Athavale	Cumberland Valley High School
3rd	Campbell Krulewski	Hempfield High School
4th	Curran Schmitt	Hempfield High School
5th	Jack Still	Boiling Springs High School
6th	Maria Medvedeca Yilin Ge	Camp Hill High School Harrisburg Academy
8th	Ethan Fortuna	Annville-Cleona High School
9th	Ashwin Dukkipati	Mechanicsburg High School
10th	Gus Eberlein Eli Plant	Mechanicsburg High School Carlisle High School

2018 Individual Winners

Place	Name	High School
1st	Cheri Chen David Taglieri	Lancaster Catholic High School Spring Grove High School
3rd	Runqi Zhang	Lancaster Mennonite - Lancaster Campus
4th	Campbell Krulewski	Hempfield High School
5th	Luca Mahoney	Hempfield High School
6th	Eli Plant Curren Schmitt Brian Liu Aidan McBride	Carlisle High School Henpfield High School Central Dauphin High School Solanco High School
10th	Jacob Atkinson Mason Forer Gus Eberlein	Bishop McDevitt High School Cumberland Valley High School Camp Hill High School

2017 Individual Winners

Place	Name	High School
First	Lennon Lu	Lancaster Catholic
Second	Cherie Chen	Lancaster Catholic
Third	Noah Lee	Cumberland Valley
Fourth	Jon Lawrence	Hempfield
Fifth	Revati Athavale	Cumberland Valley
Sixth	Harshita Gupta David Taglieri	Cumberland Valley Spring Grove
Eighth	Jake Atkinson	Bishop McDevitt
Ninth	Siyu Ianthe Wang	Lancaster Mennonite, Hershey Campus
10th	Robert Wang McKenna Damschroder Braden Kronheim	Lancaster Catholic Mechanicsburg Area Carlisle

2016 Individual Winners

Place	Name	High School
First	Noah Lee Jonathan Lawrence Nathan Johnson	Cumberland Valley Hempfield Manheim Township
Fourth	Emily Chung	Cumberland Valley
Fifth	Braden Kronheim Harshita Gupta	Carlisle Cumberland Valley
Seventh	Brian Liu	Central Dauphin
	Chris King	Northern
Ninth	Jacob Atkinson Craig Feaster	Bishop McDevitt Central Dauphin

2015 Individual Winners

Place	Name	High School
First	Yeongho Shin	Cumberland Valley
Second	Albert Taglieri	Spring Grove
Third	Jon Lawrence Craig Feaster	Hempfield Central Dauphin
Fifth	Noah Brooks	Susquehanna Township
Sixth	Eric Zhuang Andy Li Ciara Coombs Chris King Noah Lee	Manheim Township Milton Hershey Northeastern Northern Cumberland Valley

1991-2019 School Team Winners

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2019	Cumberland Valley High School	Hempfield High School	Camp HIll High School
2018	Hempfield High School	Lancaster Catholic High School	Spring Grove High School
2017	Lancaster Catholic	Cumberland Valley	Hempfield
2016	Cumberland Valley	Hempfield	Manheim Township
2015	Spring Grove	Lower Dauphin	Lancaster Mennonite
2014	Hempfield	Harrisburg Academy	Cumberland Valley
2013	Harrisburg Academy	Lower Dauphin	Mechanicsburg Area
2012	Mechanicsburg Area	Hempfield	Lower Dauphin
2011	Northern	Hempfield	Camp Hill Lower Dauphin
2010	Penn Manor	Hempfield	Northern
2009	Carlisle	Mechanicsburg Area	Cumberland Valley
2008	Mechanicsburg Area	Cumberland Valley	Hershey
2007	Mechanicsburg Area	Hershey	Cumberland Valley Northern
2006	Hershey	Hempfield	Cumberland Valley Mechanicsburg Area
2005	Cumberland Valley	Hempfield	Annville-Cleona Hershey
2004	Hempfield	Cumberland Valley	Northern
2003	Hempfield	Mechanicsburg Area	Cumberland Valley
2002	Hempfield	Susquehanna Township	Cumberland Valley Northern
2001	Susquehanna Township	Cumberland Valley	Lower Dauphin
2000	Susquehanna Township	Hempfield	Hershey
1999	Hempfield	Susquehanna Township	Hershey
1998	Hempfield	Hershey	West Perry
1997	Hempfield	West Perry	Mechanicsburg Area
1996	Hershey	Hempfield	Cedar Cliff
1995	Hempfield	Susquehanna Township	West Perry
1994	Hempfield	Annville-Cleona	Harrisburg
1993	Hempfield	Lower Dauphin	Annville-Cleona
1992	Hempfield	Northern	Susquenita
1991	Cedar Cliff	Hempfield	Susquehanna Township

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