State competition mathematics Baden-Württemberg

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The Baden-Württemberg State Mathematics Competition is a mathematics competition aimed at students from secondary schools and grammar schools up to and including grade 10 in Baden-Württemberg . It was founded in 1987 ; since 1998 it exists in cooperation with the state mathematics competition of Bavaria .

The competition consists of two rounds that must be worked on at home.

First round

The competition begins with the start of school. In the first round there are six tasks, of which the participants can choose up to four to work on. While there is a free choice for grades 5–9, the 10th grade students are not allowed to work on the first, comparatively simple task, and until the 2008 competition they were not allowed to work on the second task either. The tasks can be solved alone or in groups of up to three students. All intermediate steps for finding the result must be specified and justified, the end result alone is not enough.

The solutions to the tasks are sent to the jury of the competition, which evaluates each task (according to criteria such as mathematical completeness and correctness and linguistic comprehensibility) with up to four points, i.e. a maximum of 16 points can be achieved. Depending on the total number of points achieved, first (from 14 points), second and third prizes (from 8 points) can then be awarded for the solutions. All individual participants who have been awarded a prize will receive a certificate and a book prize. In addition, all first and second prize winners qualify for the second round. Successful participants from grades 5 to 7 have been invited to math weekend seminars since the 2009 competition.

Second round

No more group work is permitted in the second round. Four tasks are set, of which a maximum of three will be assessed. Since up to four points can be achieved in each task, you can achieve a maximum of twelve points in this round. There are no further prizes to be won, but the 60 best participants qualify for a mathematics seminar.

seminar

The sixty best students in the second round qualify for a mathematics seminar, which takes place in the spring for about a week during schooling and is financed by the state of Baden-Württemberg. The best students in lower grades 5-7 are invited to a math weekend.

history

The structure of the state competitions is based on the corresponding national competitions and on subject-specific Olympics for schoolchildren. The initiative for the local, southern German competitions came from the Mathematics Day , which has been taking place at universities in Baden-Württemberg since 1985. It was carried out by MINT (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, technology) at the University of Ulm, in cooperation with organizers from Hesse. In addition to the one-day competition, this program offers summer schools or courses with university professors or lecturers as teachers for students from the region of a university. The students have the opportunity to get to know a later place of study, to compare their talent with students from other schools and to make friends with equally talented people.

Web links

Website of the Baden-Württemberg State Mathematics Competition

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gudrun Kalmbach: Day of Mathematics. Accompanying booklets, Ulm University, 1985–2002
  2. ^ Conference volumes 1–27 on MINT (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, technology). (published with the Editorial Board: O. Baumgärtner, R. Berger, W. Brübach, A. Dvurecenskij, M. Grimm, O. Grosek, W. Hauptvogel, P. Hitzler, F. Houdek, V. Janis, G. Kalmbach , FJ Klingen, O. Lange, B. Riecan, Z. Riecanova), Aegis-Verlag, Ulm and MINT Verlag, Bad Wörishofen 1997–2013
  • Gudrun Kalmbach: Day of Mathematics. Accompanying booklets, Ulm University, 1985–2002
  • G. Kalmbach: Mathematical Competitions in Germany. In: H.-J. Vollrath, Mathematics Education in Germany. Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, 1998, 31–34
  • Conference volumes 1–27 on MINT (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, technology). (published with the Editorial Board: O. Baumgärtner, R. Berger, W. Brübach, A. Dvurecenskij, M. Grimm, O. Grosek, W. Hauptvogel, P. Hitzler, F. Houdek, V. Janis, G. Kalmbach , FJ Klingen, O. Lange, B. Riecan, Z. Riecanova), Aegis-Verlag, Ulm and MINT Verlag, Bad Wörishofen 1997–2013