When: Thursday, Nov. 14, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St.;
Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 24, 2002--High school mathematicians from across Nebraska will be on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Nov. 14 for UNL's 13th annual Math Day.
More than 1,400 students from 104 high schools have registered for the event, and this year's attendance numbers could eclipse the Math Day records set in 1999 of 1,434 students and 103 high schools.
Math Day begins at 8 a.m. with opening ceremonies at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St., followed by one individual and two team competitions in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. It concludes with award ceremonies in the Nebraska Union at about 4 p.m.
All students will start with a multiple-choice preliminary exam called PROBE I (Problems Requiring Original and Brilliant Effort). The top three men and women on PROBE I will receive trophies, with the top 50 moving on to take the PROBE II essay exam. The top 10 on PROBE II will be awarded a total of $34,000 in four-year scholarships to UNL.
The first team competition is determined by adding the top scores from each school on PROBE I. The second team competition is a double-elimination tournament pitting three-member teams against each other in a quiz bowl format. Both team competitions are contested in four classes determined by school enrollment.
Contact: Lori Mueller, Math Day Administrator, Mathematics &
Statistics, (402) 472-4319 (lmueller@math.unl.edu)
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