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 30th Annual Mathematics Contest, April 21, 2023, 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:
- Individual speed test
- Two-part individual test
- Team relay*
- 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.
2023 Mathematics Contest Agenda
April 21, 2023
HACC campuses in Gettysburg (Room 130), Harrisburg (Whitaker 214) and Lancaster (East 202)
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 |
Event |
Rules |
Scoring – Individual |
Scoring – Team |
---|---|---|---|
One |
|
1 point for each correct answer |
The average of individual scores will be used for the team score |
Two |
|
2 points for each correct answer |
1 point for each correct answer |
Three |
*Note: No information other than answers should be passed during the competition. Example:
|
|
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 |
|
|
3 points for each correct answer |
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 |
Place |
Name |
High School |
---|---|---|
1st |
Cheri Chen |
Lancaster Catholic High School |
3rd |
Runqi Zhang |
Lancaster Mennonite - Lancaster Campus |
4th |
Campbell Krulewski |
Hempfield High School |
5th |
Luca Mahoney |
Hempfield High School |
6th |
Eli Plant |
Carlisle High School |
10th |
Jacob Atkinson |
Bishop McDevitt High School |
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 |
Cumberland Valley |
Eighth |
Jake Atkinson |
Bishop McDevitt |
Ninth |
Siyu Ianthe Wang |
Lancaster Mennonite, Hershey Campus |
10th |
Robert Wang |
Lancaster Catholic |
Place |
Name |
High School |
---|---|---|
First |
Noah Lee |
Cumberland Valley |
Fourth |
Emily Chung |
Cumberland Valley |
Fifth |
Braden Kronheim |
Carlisle |
Seventh |
Brian Liu |
Central Dauphin |
|
Chris King |
Northern |
Ninth |
Jacob Atkinson |
Bishop McDevitt |
Place |
Name |
High School |
---|---|---|
First |
Yeongho Shin |
Cumberland Valley |
Second |
Albert Taglieri |
Spring Grove |
Third |
Jon Lawrence |
Hempfield |
Fifth |
Noah Brooks |
Susquehanna Township |
Sixth |
Eric Zhuang |
Manheim Township |
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 |
2010 |
Penn Manor |
Hempfield |
Northern |
2009 |
Carlisle |
Mechanicsburg Area |
Cumberland Valley |
2008 |
Mechanicsburg Area |
Cumberland Valley |
Hershey |
2007 |
Mechanicsburg Area |
Hershey |
Cumberland Valley |
2006 |
Hershey |
Hempfield |
Cumberland Valley |
2005 |
Cumberland Valley |
Hempfield |
Annville-Cleona |
2004 |
Hempfield |
Cumberland Valley |
Northern |
2003 |
Hempfield |
Mechanicsburg Area |
Cumberland Valley |
2002 |
Hempfield |
Susquehanna Township |
Cumberland Valley |
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 |