American Mathematics Competition, Colorado AMC 10, 12

Local (Colorado) information
on the two high school mathematics competitions,
AMC-10 and AMC-12

National information can be found at

http://www.unl.edu/amc/

In particular, note that online registration is now possible, a direct link being

http://www.math.unl.edu/~amc/registration/

These two national competitions are scheduled this upcoming academic year on

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 (10A, 12A)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 (10B, 12B)

This year's contents were held on

Tuesday, February 06, 2007 (10A, 12A)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 (10B, 12B)

They are for students who have not finished the 10th and 12th grades, respectively. They are administered by the individual high schools, take 75 minutes, are multiple choice and centrally scored. There are school, state and national level awards. Colorado statistics for the 2007 AMC 10 and 12 are available on the national web site, at

http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e6-amc12/e6-1-12archive/2007-12a/State_stats_html/CO.HTML

while answers and national statistics and other information can be found at

http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e6-amc12/e6-1-12archive/2007-12a/07-1-1012-dir,pic.shtml.

Colorado Mathematics Awards

The twelfth Colorado Mathematics Awards (CMA XII) reception and ceremony for outstanding Colorado mathematics students was held on May 15, 2007, at the Grant-Humphreys Mansion at 770 Pennsylvania Street in Denver. The top Colorado finishers in: the AMC 8, 10, 12; MATHCOUNTS, the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, and the Mathematical Content in Modeling were honored. Invitations went out to these students, their families and teachers, together with representatives of the sponsoring organizations, the press, and Colorado's education, scientific, and business community.

Photos from the 2006 CMA XI event can be found here: CMA XI Photos.

Here are the Program and other handouts:

CCTM

The AMC has a booth and usually has a presentation at the Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics (CCTM) Annual Conference. This year the 2007 CCTM Fall Conference to be held October 4th & 5th at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. See http://www.cctmath.org/ for details.

Contact Information:

The State Directors program is being phased out, however I still maintain an interest in the AMC 10 and AMC 12, and can be contacted at: David M. Larue
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401-1887 USA
Phone: +1 303-273-3868; Fax: +1 303-273-3475
Email: dlarue@Mines.EDU
Colorado AMC webpage: http://www.mines.edu/amc/

(The national AMC website, http://www.unl.edu/amc/, has information on other contact persons.)

Support

Support for this position and this site has been generously given by the following departments at the Colorado School of Mines:

This page will evolve as circumstances dictate...

(Created 10-23-2000, Updated 05-14-2007)