Washington State 6th-Grader and Texas Team Awarded Mathematics
Champions at Lockheed Martin MATHCOUNTS National Competition –
2008
DENVER (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) May 9, 2008 --
Darryl Wu of Bellevue, Washington, answered this challenging math
problem in less than 45 seconds to win the MATHCOUNTS National Champion
title at the Lockheed Martin MATHCOUNTS National Competition today in
Denver at the Denver Marriott Tech Center:
Question: A set of distinct positive integers has a total of 11
digits, and all the digits are 1s. What is the smallest possible sum of
the integers in the set?
Answer: 11,234
The 6th-grader from Lakeside Middle School competed against 227 other
middle school students in this prestigious competition, hosted by
Lockheed Martin, a MATHCOUNTS National Sponsor.
Wu was victorious in the intense, one-on-one oral Countdown Round where
the top 12 Mathletes®
competed for the title of MATHCOUNTS National Champion. Bobby Shen of
Sugarland, Texas, was awarded the second-place individual title with
Anderson Wang of Ambler, Pennsylvania, and Evan Miller of Owensboro,
Kentucky, advancing to the Semi-finals.
In the team competition, Texas captured the title of National Team
Champions. Team members include Bobby Shen of Sugarland, Kevin Tian of
Austin, Ding Zhou of Houston, Kevin Li of College Station and coach Jeff
Boyd of Sugarland
The Washington team took second place, and the Maryland team placed
third.
“Congratulations to each of these students on
their amazing accomplishments,” said Lou
Digioia, Executive Director of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation. “These
Mathletes, and all of their counterparts around the nation, deserve our
praise and acknowledgement of their talent and dedication. MATHCOUNTS is
honored to support the efforts of U.S. middle school students to develop
strong mathematical abilities.”
Student representatives of all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and
the Department of Defense and State Department schools worldwide
participated in the Lockheed Martin MATHCOUNTS National Competition. The
top four students in each state competition in March earned the honor of
forming a team and advancing to today’s
culmination of the MATHCOUNTS competition.
As National Champion, Darryl Wu won the $8,000 Donald G. Weinert
Scholarship, a trip to U.S. Space Camp and a notebook computer. Bobby
Shen won a $6,000 scholarship as 2nd Place
Individual. Semi-finalists Anderson Wang and Evan Miller each won a
$4,000 scholarship, and Darryl Wu’s coach,
Lon-Chan Chu, received a notebook computer.
Bobby Shen of Texas won an $8,000 scholarship as the Written Round
Winner and Jason Hyun of Maryland also won a $6,000 scholarship as
Written Round Runner-up.
Additionally, each team member from first-place Texas won a $2,000
scholarship, trips to U.S. Space Camp and a notebook computer.
ABOUT MATHCOUNTS:
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The mission of MATHCOUNTS is to increase enthusiasm for and enhance
achievement in middle school mathematics throughout the United States
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Celebrating its 25th Anniversary, more than 7
million students have participated in MATHCOUNTS.
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The program has received two White House citations as an outstanding
private sector initiative and been recognized in White House
ceremonies by four presidents.
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MATHCOUNTS relies upon a national network of 17,000 volunteers.
A 501(c)(3) organization, funding for MATHCOUNTS comes primarily from
its National Sponsors; Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Foundation,
Raytheon Company, Texas Instruments Incorporated, National Society of
Professional Engineers, 3M Foundation, CNA Foundation, General Motors
Foundation and ConocoPhillips. MATHCOUNTS was founded by The National
Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation, and the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Additional information on MATHCOUNTS and the Lockheed Martin MATHCOUNTS
National Competition – 2008 is available at www.mathcounts.org.
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