RMF 2021

Distinguished Speakers

Speaker: Mr. Ben Orlin
Ben Orlin loves math and can't draw. He is the author of the books Math with Bad Drawings, Change is the Only Constant, and the forthcoming Math Games with Bad Drawings. He has taught ages from 11 to 18, and has been ages from 0 to 34, not all with equal success. You can find his cartoons on Facebook, Twitter, and in the margins of books he's reading.

Seminar Title: This is Not the Title of This Talk
Description: This sentence is false. No, wait, that's wrong. The sentence was true. Which means that it was false. Which... wait, what? We will (1) spin in confused circles like this, (2) play a brilliant little pencil-and-paper game called Prophecies, and finally (3) recreate a pivotal moment in human history. Bad drawings included; title of talk sold separately.

Speaker: Mr. Richard Rusczyk
Richard Rusczyk founded Art of Problem Solving in 2003 to teach avid math students in an innovative, interactive way. Richard is one of the co-authors of the Art of Problem Solving classic textbooks, author of Art of Problem Solving's Introduction to Algebra, Introduction to Geometry, and Precalculus textbooks, co-author of Art of Problem Solving's Intermediate Algebra and Prealgebra, one of the co-creators of the Mandelbrot Competition, and a past Director of the USA Mathematical Talent Search. He was a participant in National MATHCOUNTS, a three-time participant in the Math Olympiad Summer Program, and a USA Mathematical Olympiad winner (1989). He received the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions Paul Erdös Award in 2014. He graduated from Princeton University in 1993, and worked as a bond trader for D.E. Shaw & Company for four years. AoPS marks Richard's return to his vocation - educating motivated students.

Seminar Title: Prepare to Change the World!
Description: This one has the big pictures and the verbs, where he talks about the capacities they should try to develop and the strategies they should use to hone their skills.

Schedule - September 18, 2021 (Saturday, CDT)

09:00am-10:00am

10:00am-12:30pm

12:30pm-13:30pm

14:00pm-15:00pm

15:30pm-16:30PM

16:30pm-17:00pm

18:00pm-20:00pm

Seminar: Mr. Ben Orlin, "This is Not the Title of This Talk"

Rochester Area Math Competition (RAMC 2021)

Lunch break

Tiebreaker

Seminar: Mr. Richard Rusczyk, "Prepare to Change the World"

Awards Ceremony

Fun Night

2021 Rochester Area Math Competition (RAMC)

Students in grades K-12 during the 2021-2022 school year are eligible to take the 2021 RAMC.

There are 4 competition categories: Elementary I (Grades K-2), Elementary II (Grades 3-5), Middle School (Grades 6-8), and High School (Grades 9-12). Students must register for the grade group that they are in.

The competition will consist of 2 rounds, the individual and team rounds.
The individual round consists of a set of 15 questions answered in a time frame of 45 minutes.
The team round consists of a set of 10 questions answered in a time frame of 25 minutes.
A team consists of 4 students from the same competition category, either pre-registered as a team or assigned by competition organizers.

Tiebreakers will be used in the case of a tie to determine the winners of the individual round and team round.
Cash awards will be given to the top 1 individual in each grade and the top team per section.
Top 10 individuals, top 5 teams will be recognized here.

2021 RAMC Problems

Elementary I

ramc_2021_e1_individual_problems.pdf
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2021 3rd Rochester Math Festival

Distinguished Speakers

Schedule - September 18, 2021 (Saturday, CDT)

2021 Rochester Area Math Competition (RAMC)