5th-grade math club is run by Andrew Myers and Hadas Kress-Gazit under the auspices of the PTA. Other parents are helping, and this is very welcome!
Andrew Myers
Dept. of Computer Science
Cornell University
Email: [click here]
Hadas Kress-Gazit
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Cornell University
Email: [click here]
Where available, worksheets can be accessed by clicking on the topic title.
| Date | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 | Geometric similarity | |
| Oct 16 | Scaling laws | |
| Oct 23 | Angles and parallels (solns) | |
| Oct 30 | Logic puzzles | |
| Nov 6 | Pascal's triangle | |
| Nov 13 | Fall Noetic Contest | |
| Nov 17 (Tuesday!) | AMC 8 contest at Boynton | |
| Nov 20 | Early dismissal—no math club | |
| Nov 27 | Thanksgiving break—no math club | |
| Dec 4 | Math Olympiad Contest 1 (of 5) | |
| Dec 11 | Number bases | |
| Dec 18 | Math Olympiad Contest 2 | |
| Jan 8 | Math Olympiad 2 review | |
| Jan 15 | Modular arithmetic (solns) | |
| Jan 22 | Math Olympiad Contest 3 | |
| Jan 29 | Area and volume | |
| Feb 5 | Right triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem (solns) | |
| Feb 12 | February break–no math club | |
| Feb 19 | Math Olympiad Contest 4 | |
| Feb 26 | Contest 4 roundup (soln) | |
| Mar 4 | Cryptarithm problems (solns) | |
| Mar 11 | Half day—no math club | |
| Mar 18 | Math Olympiad Contest 5 | |
| Mar 25 | Hexaflexagons [ flexagon.net | 1.5 in triangles | 2.0 in triangles ] | |
| Apr 1 | Polyhedra [ Paper Models of Polyhedra ] | |
| Apr 8 | Noetic practice contest | |
| Apr 15 | Noetic contest | |
| Apr 22 | More logic puzzles | |
| Apr 29 | School recess—no math club | |
| May 6 | Mathematics of juggling (with Allen Knutson) |