Santa Clara Valley Mathcounts Information Central
Chapter Competition:  Feb 14, 2009: 
For our 26th Chapter Competition at San Jose State University,  218 students showed up for math on Valentine's Day.  The competition was extremely tough, but our Mathletes were ready for the challenge.  Leading the group, an amazing 5 of our Mathletes overwhelmed the test writers by logging perfect scores.   We had to send them off to a tiebreaker round to determine our Individual Champion.
For Results, start by
clicking right here for the Press Release, then click on additional links below.
Mathcounts is a learning program for junior high math students.  One of our big activities is a math contest for 8th grade, 7th grade, and 6th grade Students. 
Think globally:  Chapter contests occur in about 300 chapters in all 50 states. 
Act locally:  E-mail me, and I will send you the Mathcounts Handbook.
To find out more about the MATHCOUNTS program, send an e-mail to scvmathcounts@gmail.com
or Call:
Tim McCarthy,
SC Valley Chapter Coordinator
(408) 257-8179          Cell:  415-328-3299
2009 Press Summary:  Click here to open an Excel Spreadsheet recapping this year's results.
2009:  All the Trophies   Click here to open an Excel Spreadsheet showing awards.  Be sure to click on each tab for all info.
Some Important links
Last Year's Results
2008 Press Release:  Click here for News about last year's competition, further info below.
Mathcounts National Web Page (Look here for entry forms, and lots of neat problems).

You can also see the Chapter Competition and State Competition problems for 2008
(even the answer keys).
National Society of Professional Engineers (This is the Organization that puts on Mathcounts)
2008 Chapter Competition Countdown Round Results
We went through all 80 questions, and had to go to 6 more bonus questions.  See who won each round, and how far your favorites got in the tournament
2008 All the Awards
Open this up to see the awards presented, in an Excel Spreadsheet.
Don't miss the tabs at the bottom, that show different categories
2008 Press Summary
This lists the top individual and team  rankings at the Chapter Competition
California Society of Professional Engineers (CSPE):  click here to look up complete past results from the State competition and  about the 2008-09 schedule.
2008 Northern Callifornia State Competition Press Release
Winners from our Chapter who advanced  to the State Competition at UC Davis on March 15, 2008 performed excellently!

Click here for a brief on the results.

Complete results have not yet been posted, but will be posted at the California State Mathcounts website about March 25th.
Volunteers are always welcome
Volunteers of all ages are needed!
Volunteers from High Schools, Colleges, the working world, retirees, and even parents of the students have enjoyed working as coaches, proctors, and graders


VOLUNTEERS:  WE WILL NEED YOUR  HELP ON THE DAY OF THE CHAPTER COMPETITION
The competition is on February 14th
The contest cannot go  on without your assistance!

Send me an email to let me know that you can help out!
2007  Competition Results
Click here to see the press release  for Santa Clara Valley Chapter Competition. 
(Word file)
Awards 2007

Click here to see an Excel Spreadsheet recap of the Trophy Awards Presented.

(be sure to look through the various tabs for Individual, Countdown, Team and State Advancement)
The Countdown Round is considered unofficial, but the Math, the competition, and the excitement are very real.
The rules for the chapter vary from the Standard Rules in order to involve more students.  We used these rules again for the 2009 Chapter Countdown Round.
Click here to see the rules for Santa Clara Valley Chapter Competition. 
(You may even run your own contest using these rules)
Press Summary  2007

Click here for an Excel Spreadsheet recap of the Top Scoring Teams and Individuals in the Competition.
2006 Chapter Competition
A record 200 students from 33 schools participated.
Press Release after the 2005-06 Chapter Competition
(Click here to open a Word document)
2005-06 Recap of the top scoring individuals and teams (Click here to open an Excel Spreadsheet for this recap)
2005-06 CHAPTER COMPETITION
TROPHY WINNERS
(CLICK HERE TO OPEN EXCEL SHEET FOR RESULTS)
2005-06 Countdown Round Tournament Results
(Click here to see how the students advanced)
2004-05 Chapter Competition
22 schools brought their teams of 4 individuals, and these schools and an additional 3 more schools 79 more "individual entry" students to San Jose State University on February 5th.  The total of 167 officially entered students who actually took the test blew away the old record of 133 set in 2003.  The students put forth a great effort-- the brainpower was absolutely cooking!
Chapter Competition 2005
Santa Clara Valley results
Click here for Press Summary of Results (Excel File)
Click here for 2005 trophy winners (Excel File).
Click for 2005 competition Countdown Round Results  (Excel File)