Information taken from the Math and Statistics website.
Ongoing Math Contest Problems
February 2013 (solutions due by March 8)
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Previous Math Contest Problems
Winter 2013
January 2013
Winner: Cameron Grant
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Fall 2012
November 2012
No correct solutions were received
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October 2012
No correct solutions were received
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September 2012
No correct solutions were received
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Winter 2012
March 2012
No correct solutions were received
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Problem designer and referee: Ian Affleck
February 2012
Winner: Jordan Austin
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Problem designer and referee: Erik Talvila
January 2012
Winner: Emily Scoular
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Problem designer and referee: Ali Fotouhi
Fall 2011
November 2011
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Ian Affleck
October 2011
No correct solutions were received
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Problem designer and referee: Ali Fotouhi
Winter 2011
March/April 2011 Derivative Problem
Winners: Matthew Wiersma and Jordan Austin (UFV students)
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Problem contributor and referee: Ian Affleck
March/April 2011 Chessboard Problem
Winners: Matthew Wiersma and Jordan Austin (UFV students)
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Problem designer and referee: Ian Affleck
January 2011
Winner: Ken VanderLinde (UFV student)
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Problem designers: Ian Affleck, Robin Endelman, and Anna Kuczynska
Referee: Ian Affleck
Fall 2010
October 2010
Winner: Alex Palameta (UFV student)
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Problem contributor & referee: Ian Affleck
September 2010
Winner: SoMi Ahn (Grade 11 student, Abbotsford Christian Secondary School)
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Problem contributor & referee: Ian Affleck
Problem Source: The Wohascum County Problem Book, by George T. Gilbert, Mark I. Krusemeyer, and Loren C. Larson, published in 1993 by the MAA.
Winter 2010
April 2010
Winner: Maria Kerkhoff
Also solved by: JiSup Kim
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Problem contributor & referee: Robin Endelman
March 2010
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
January 2010
No correct solutions yet – this problem remains open
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Problem contributor & referee: Ian Affleck (Send solutions to ian.affleck@ufv.ca)
Fall 2009
November 2009
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
October 2009
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
September 2009
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Winter 2009
March 2009
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
February 2009
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Ian Affleck
Prize ($20) donated by Erik Talvila
January 2009
Winner: Jacobus van Nieuwkoop
Correct solutions were also received from Ryan Berg & Avrom Malks
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Prize ($25 gift certificate) donated by UFV Bookstore
Fall 2008
November 2008
Winner: TBA
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Problem contributor & referee: David Chu
Prize ($25 gift certificate) donated by UFV Bookstore
September 2008
Winner: Kevin Au
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Prize ($20) donated by Susan Milner
Winter 2008
March 2008
Winners: Koos van Nieuwkoop and Ryan Clary
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Prize ($20) donated by Susan Milner
February 2008
Winners: Liam Huber and Koos van Nieuwkoop
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Click here to view solution by David Chu
Problem contributor & referee: David Chu
Prize ($20) donated by David Chu
January 2008
Winner: Liam Huber
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Click here to view solution by Erik Talvila
Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Prize ($20) donated by Erik Talvila
Fall 2007
November 2007
Winner: Maria Kerkhoff
A correct solution was also received from Ted Cui
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Prize ($20) donated by Erik Talvila
October 2007
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Robin Endelman
Prize ($20) donated by Ali Fotouhi
Winter 2007
March 2007
Winner: Ryan Poole
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Problem contributor & referee: Robin Endelman
Prize ($20) donated by Gillian Mimmack
February 2007
No correct solutions were received
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Fall 2006
October 2006
Winner: Daniel Mori
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Prize ($20) donated by Ali Fotouhi
September 2006
Winner: Ryan Clary and Thanh Nguyen
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Problem contributor & referee: Ian Affleck
Prize ($20) donated by Jane Cannon
Winter 2006
February 2006
Winner: Judy Kuczynska
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Problem contributor & referee: David Chu
Prize ($20) donated by David Chu
January 2006
Winner: Daniel Mori
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Problem contributor & referee: Ian Affleck
Prize ($20) donated by Ian Affleck
Fall 2005
November 2005
Winner: Keith Heywood
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Problem contributor & referee: Erik Talvila
Prize ($20) donated by Ali Fotouhi
September 2005
No correct solutions were received
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Winter 2005
March 2005
Winner: Daniel Mori
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Prize ($20) donated by Gillian Mimmack
January 2005
No correct solutions were received
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