American Math Competitions, North Carolina Results 2005

The results of the 55th annual AMC Examination, administered on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, and  Wednesday, February 16, 2005 have been announced. Students in grades 12 and below are eligible to participate. This year, students in grades 6 through 10 had the chance to participate in the AMC10 Contest on the same day as the AMC12. The number of participating schools and students is shown in the table.

Contest

Number of schools

Number of students

Number of AIME qualifiers

Average winning score

AMC 10A

61

1473

21

101.6

AMC 12A

53

1980

225

106.44

AMC 10B

40

913

7

106.22

AMC 12B

38

750

93

103.7

For listed of top teams and students, click

 

Thanks to Randy Harter, Buncombe County, NC for preparing the files of student and team winners.

The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) began in 1950 with the American High School Mathematics Exam (AHSME). In 1983 the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) was initiated for students scoring 100 or higher on the AHSME. In 1986, the American Junior High School Mathematics Exam (AJHSME) was introduced. In 2000, the names of the AJHSME and AHSME were changed to AMC8 and AMC12, and  a new AMC10 test, designed for students up to and including grade 10, was introduced. Forms A and B of the AMC 10 and AMC 12 were offered for the first time in 2002, so that schools with conflicts on the designated date for the exams could offer them on an alternate date. This year, students with AMC12 scores ≥ 100 or AMC10 scores ≥ 110 (Form A) or ≥120 (Form B) qualify for the AIME. Increasingly selective groups of AIME participants will be invited to the USA Mathematical Olympiad, the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program, and finally to represent the U.S. in the International Mathematical Olympiad.

Top North Carolina Schools by Classification

Class

School

Exam Manager

City

Score

4A

NCSSM

Julie Graves

Durham

399.0

3A

East Chapel Hill

Jay Wilson

Chapel Hill

411.0

2A

C D Owen

Tony Sapp

Buncombe Cty

307.0

1A

Manteo 

Frank Vrablic

Manteo

329.5

Private

Greensboro Day.   

Trish Morris

Greensboro

355.0

Jr./Middle

Ligon Middle

Pat Heald

Raleigh

366.5 on the 10B

 

The ranking is determined by the sum of the top three scores on the AMC12 except for the Jr./Middle competition that is the sum of the top three scores on the AMC10. All six of these schools will receive a beautiful Walnut AMC plaque. Note: 2482 students from 104 NC schools, including 55 public and 28 private high schools and 21 middle schools(20 public, 1 pvt), participated.

The top NC students on the AMC12 contests were:

Arnav Tripathy, East Chapel Hill High; 140.5; Andrew Altheimer Greensboro Day, 137.0; Amy Wen, NCSSM, 137.0; Noah Blach, East Chapel Hill High 136.0; Greg Filpus, East Chapel Hill High 134.5; Mikail Lavrov, Enloe HS 133.5; and Yakov Berchenko Kogan, Broughton HS  133.5.

The top NC students on the AMC10 contests were: Ray Wang, JH Rose,138.0; Joseph Lozier, Riverside HS 137.0; Jerry Feng, East Chapel Hill, 133.5; Jeremy Steilman, Charlotte Latin, 132.5; Daniel Vitek, Ligon MS, 132.0; and Robin Yang, Arendell Parrott Academy, 132.0. Congratulations to the following USAMO qualifiers from North Carolina. The number in the second column is the student’s grade.

The AMC 10 also had three outstanding sixth graders, Jenny Chen, Ayccock MS in Greenville, 117; Brendan Flether, Charlotte Home schooler, 111; and David Lucia, Providence Day School, 107.5. Look for these kids on the 2006 NC MATHCOUNTS team.

For a list of Sliffe Award winners, http://www.maa.org/awards/sliffe.html

This list includes a few dual qualifiers. Check our NC AHSME web page: http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter/ for several a complete set of results, and papers discussing the history and future of the American Math Competitions. For immediate release. For more information, contact Harold Reiter, Department of Mathematics UNCC, Charlotte NC 28223, (704) 547-4561 or (704) 364-5699 (home).