The Shaker High School Math Club

Welcome to your source for news and information about the Shaker High School Math Club. Please revisit this website for frequent updates. For more information, please contact either Mrs. Karen Wells, Mrs. Kathleen Arthur, or Mrs. Marie Quinn.

Officers for 2007 - 2008

President - Susanna Todaro
Vice-President - Sarah Lee
Secretary - Amy Lorenc
Treasurer - Prateek Baghel

The Math Club Challenge of the Week

Try these....

1. When the decimal point of a certaiin positive decimal number is moved four places to the right, the new number is four times the reciprocal of the original number. What is the original number?

2. Mary typed a six-digit number, but the two 1's she typed did not show. What appeared instead was 2002. How many different six-digit numbers could she have typed?

3. The perimeter of a rectangle is 100 cm, and itss diagonal has length x. Express the area of the rectangle as a function of x.

Send your solutions to the Club Advisors. Good luck!

What Is Math Club?

The Math Club is open to students of all abilities in grades 9 through 12. Meeting times and location will be announced soon. Our primary functions are to run the Math Peer Tutoring Program and the New York Math League Contests. Both of these programs are described below. We also hope to provide opportunities to explore other mathematical challenges and opportunities. Math Club is a friendly environment for ''Mathletes'' to gather and interact.

Peer Tutoring

In 2006, the Math Club began a peer tutoring program that proved to be a great success. This program matched confident and competent students with students needing assistance with their studies in math. If you would like to be a tutor, or would like to be tutored, please speak with a member of the SHS Mathematics Department. Tutoring forms are currently available from the math teachers in each of their classrooms. The forms are also available for download below and from the North Colonie Central Schools Web Site.

Application to Tutor (Program Used: Microsoft Word, Platform: Macintosh)
Click on this link to download the application form to be a Peer Math Tutor.

Tutoring Request Form (Program Used: Microsoft Word, Platform: Macintosh)
Click on this link to download the application form to receive Peer Math Tutoring.

New York Mathematics League

Beginning in October, we will be participating in monthly New York Mathematics League Contests. Each 30-minute contest is a collection of 6 challenging problems that are sure to stretch your mathematical skills. The contest dates will be announced soon!


For more information, please visit the link below.

The Shaker High School Math Club
Advisors:
Mrs. Kathleen Arthur (karthur@ncolonie.org)
Mrs. Marie Quinn (mquinn@ncolonie.org)
Mrs. Karen Wells (kwells@ncolonie.org)

445 Watervliet-Shaker Road
Latham, NY 12110
518-785-5511

Sample Contest (Program Used: PDF, Platform: Macintosh)
If you are interested in trying the NYML Contest, please download this sample and give it a try! Good luck!

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Author: Mark Kaercher (mkaercher@ncolonie.org)