Seventeenth Annual Manitoba Workshop on Problem Solving For Students in Grades 10, 11 and 12

January 22 & 29, February 5 & 12

2011

9:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.

This workshop, organized jointly by the IIMS and the Department of Mathematics, is attended by selected students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 from high schools in and around Winnipeg.

The main purpose of these annual workshops is to provide training for the Pascal, Cayley, Fermat and Euclid Mathematics Competitions and to assist students in writing the Manitoba Senior 4 Competitions. Training is also provided to help prepare students for the three newer math contests – Fryer, Galois and Hypatia – which test students’ written communication and thinking skills by requiring full written solutions. In addition, the workshops also improve the students’ problem solving abilities, bring students with a passion for mathematics together to work individually and in groups, and allow the high school students to meet enthusiastic undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty members in the mathematical sciences.

The top students in the Pascal, Cayley, Fermat and Eucllid competitions are selected as finalists to travel to Waterloo where they write a more difficult examination. Notable performances were achieved by participants in previous workshops.

The training is held in Machray Hall at the University of Manitoba, and consists of sessions on four consecutive Saturdays. The sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with lunch being provided to all participants during a one-hour break. These sessions are devoted to theoretical and practical aspects of problem solving. Problems are selected from various sources including past Pascal, Cayley, Fermat and Euclid competitions. Class sizes are kept at reasonable levels and each class has more than one instructor.

Principals of high schools within a 50-km radius of the Fort Garry campus are asked to consult the Heads of their Mathematics Departments in the selection of one or more students, per grade, for participation in the workshop based on each student's performance as an achiever, serious interest in the workshop, and commitment to participate in the workshop to the fullest extent.

Contest Dates (www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca):

Pascal, Cayley and Fermat: February 24, 2011
Euclid: April 12, 2011
Fryer, Galois and Hypatia: April 13, 2011

Report on the Sixteenth Annual Workshop

This workshop, held on January 23 and 30, February 6 and 13, 2010, was attended by approximately 80 selected students in Senior 2, 3 and 4 from high schools in and around Winnipeg.

Report on the Fifteenth Annual Workshop

This workshop, held on January 24 and 31, February 7 and 14, 2009, was attended by approximately 85 selected students in Senior 2, 3 and 4 from high schools in and around Winnipeg.

Report on the Fourthteenth Annual Workshop

This workshop, held on January 19 and 26, February 2 and 9, 2008, was attended by approximately 80 selected students in Senior 2, 3 and 4 from high schools in and around Winnipeg.

Report on the Thirthteenth Annual Workshop

This workshop, held on January 20 and 27, February 3 and 10, 2007, was attended by approximately 80 selected students in Senior 2, 3 and 4 from high schools in and around Winnipeg.

Report on the Twelfth Annual Workshop

This workshop, held on January 21 and 28, February 4 and 11, 2006, was attended by approximately 100 selected students in Senior 2, 3 and 4 from high schools in and around Winnipeg.

The workshop organizers gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the following organizations:

Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Department of Energy, Science and Technology
Manitoba Department of Education and Youth
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba
Participating Schools

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T 2N2
Phone:  204-474-8880
Questions or Comments: www@umanitoba.ca