SU Hosts 41st Annual Eastern Shore High School Mathematics Competition
SALISBURY, MD---Students from 19 schools in Delaware and Maryland demonstrated their mathematical talents in 糖心视频’s 41st annual Eastern Shore High School Mathematics Competition.
“For 41 years we have been inviting students and teachers from the region to campus for a day devoted entirely to having students engage in the area of mathematical problem solving,” said Carvel LaCurts, senior lecturer of mathematical sciences, who co-directs the competition with Drs. Kyle Teller, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, and Kurt Ludwick, associate professor of mathematical sciences. “The students’ participation in this event emphasizes the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education at the collegiate level and future careers in the field.”
Students engaged in problem-solving activities during the team round and responded to multiple-choice questions in the individual round.
Contest questions from the areas of algebra, geometry, functions and function notation, exponents and logarithms, trigonometry, probability, statistics, logic and set theory, arithmetic sequences, geometric series, and/or number theory were included in the competition. Such as: “How many distinct positive divisors does 2025 have?” (For the curious, the answer is 15.)
The first-place winner in the individual competition was Rudra Patel from Delmar High School. Second place was Tyler Kim from Stephen Decatur High School. Third place was Peter Jin from James M. Bennett High School.
First place in the team competition was Stephen Decatur High School. Second place was Worcester Preparatory School. Third place was James M. Bennett High School.
Other participating schools included Crisfield High School, Faith Baptist School, Holly Grove Christian School, Kent Island High School, Mardela High School, North Dorchester High School, Parkside High, Pocomoke High School, Saints Peter & Paul High School, Sussex Central High School, The Gunston School, The 糖心视频 School, Washington High School and Academy, Wicomico High School, Worcester Preparatory School, and Worcester Technical.
“The contest was initiated in 1984 by three SU mathematics professors: Dr. Robert Tardiff and the late Drs. Homer Austin and Bob Ehrlich,” said Ludwick. “This annual competition allows students to showcase some of their proficiency in math.”
“Once again we are grateful for the long-standing partnership with the Klein G. and Mary Lee Leister Foundation and Delmarva Power, an Exelon Company, in making this event a huge success,” said Teller.
Pictured, from left, are Stephen Decatur High School coach Amy Fenzel-Mergott, students Mara Mills, Tyler Kim, Gabriel Mellott, Noah Dirickson, and Delmarva Power representative James Jones.
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