Welcome to your source for news and information about the Shaker High School Math Club. Please revisit this website for frequent updates.

Officers for 2008 - 2009 President - T.B.A. Vice-President - T.B.A. Secretary - T.B.A. Treasurer - T.B.A.

The Math Club Challenge Try these.... 1. When the decimal point of a certain 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 it's 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. To apply, please visit: http://northcolonie.org/academics/hsmath/math_hs.htm

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 New York Mathematics League http://www.mathleague.com For more information about Shaker High School http://www.northcolonie.org/shakerhighschool/SrHShome.htm

The Shaker High School Math Club Advisors: Mrs. Marsha Gibson (Meetings) Mrs. Kathleen Arthur (Contests) Mr. Mark Kaercher (Peer Tutoring) 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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