2017 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition

The 2017 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition was held May 13-16, 2017 in Orlando, FL.

[jimmyneutron]

Announcer: *breathes*
Competitor: 4
Announcer: Correct!
Me: Dafuq.

[IzukuMidoriya-pzlt]

Announcer: Can you please test your buzzer?
Luke: 36
Announcer: That's correct!

[thesecretguy]

When you feel like you’re good at Math and see’s this...

[atiq.r]

Darth Vader: *Luke, I am your fa-*
Luke: 25
Announcer: Correct!
Darth Vader: what

[LGames_]

Teacher : "Good morning everyb..."
Luke : "25 !"
Teacher : "correct !"
Also Luke : "😱"

[olivertan]

Luke looks like he is about to throw up every time he answers a question incorrectly

[sirswagger]

Welcome to another episode of "What quarantine has made me watch"

[sonicrising]

Andrew: "I don't know the answer so I'll hit the buzzer before the question is finished and just guess 5."

[Jinouga]

Announcer: "What is 1+1"
Luke: "†∑¨∂∂¥£˙£¨æ"
Announcer: Correct!

[im]

Is it just me or the host actually is a very good host, I feel like he make the crowd comfortable

[daisywaltonx]

Literally that guy must be so tired of constantly being interrupted

[JaskaranMega]

Luke's reactions were a pure meme.

[elrichardo]

Timestamps.
*Winners of each matchup are in bold.*
*ROUND 1:*
1:08 *Jeremy Zhou* v. Holden Watson
6:11 Andrew Huang v. *Reagan Choi*
11:27 Kevin Li v. *Alex Xu*
16:23 *Jack Albright* v. Brian Liu
*ROUND 2:*
23:47 Jeremy Zhou v. *Luke Robitaille*
27:22 *William Wang* v. Reagan Choi
31:43 Alex Xu v. *Andrew Cai*
38:24 Geoffrey Wu v. *Jack Albright*
*ROUND 3 (SEMIFINAL):*
42:28 William Wang v. *Luke Robitaille*
44:39 Jack Albright v. *Andrew Cai*
*ROUND 4 (FINAL)*
50:31 *Luke Robitaille* v. Andrew Cai
Winning question is at 55:38.

You're welcome.

[sirtams]

Whenever I feel smart, I watch these videos...

[Oliver-rzot]

"in a barn 100 chicks sit in a circle"


TWenTyFivE

[SunShine-ffjx]

The presenter is brilliant he killed the stress of the contesters by his way of talking more than that his engagement with audience wow just wow ! 👏

[ernestc]

Doesn’t make me feel bad. I used to be a Mathlete, most of these are just memory questions. There are a few ways to approach this if you’re a Mathlete:
1. There is only so much you can possibly ask to 8th graders in a short amount of time, so they just memorize a similar question. For example, 5:50 the rate of liquid decrease in a cone or box is one of the most common questions in the competition, yet near impossible to answer that quickly, unless you’ve seen the format. Jeremey has seen it before and could just regurgitate the same answer with no thoughts.
2. The educated guess. So it’s a bit naughty, but we don’t really do math unreasonably quickly usually, we get an approximate answer using a few tricks. We can plug in easy numbers and go up or down from there, we can cross off things that cancel instantly, or we just solve partially and get an approximate answer. Andrew did exactly that, he solved the top and instantly answered, but got it wrong since the bottom did not cancel perfectly like usual. It was a fair assumption that most mathletes would do for the sake of speed.
3. So there are rules that are followed when making these questions. So it’s a safe guess that all answers will be ‘pretty’ AKA integer or a simple fraction/decimal. It’s also safe to assume there will be about 3 steps, symmetry, or a trick. Anything that goes out of these molds will take longer or make you panic, even if it’s one step.

The game is: how well did you memorize similar questions, how quickly and accurately did you guess, and did you spot a trick? I was a master at guessing, but memorization is usually far faster, so I never got anywhere past states. Basically: memory>guesstimates>solve. We’re not robots, we’re magicians; there’s a trick to it.

[coolcowusacosolutions]

Announcer: You know what, just come back and do it next year, no pressure, right? This is just for fun.
Parent: Excuse me!?!?

[charlesbeall]

As somebody who has hosted hundreds of scholastic competitions, both on TV and off, in the last 45 years, I can tell you that this man is a superb moderator.
--Charles Beall, Director, National Academic Association

[AyushKumar-yjll]

36:00
😂
Student 1 : 233738929...
Student 2 : 960668...
Host : answer is





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