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rocktivity

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3. Uh...five?

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 09:00 PM

Jul 2015

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They're No. 1: U.S. Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years [View all] n2doc Jul 2015 OP

Way to go kids! Moostache Jul 2015 #1

Yes, and the kid third from the left, his name is David Stoner snooper2 Jul 2015 #39

Ugh, math. They have my undying admiration. nt UtahLib Jul 2015 #2

Forget about learning languages written by man - try the language of the gods - math erronis Jul 2015 #30

Uh...five? rocktivity Jul 2015 #3

Oh my.... yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #4

and even then I cheated....... a kennedy Jul 2015 #5

Hey me too yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #7

good. eom a kennedy Jul 2015 #9

It's not -- quite -- as bad as it looks Recursion Jul 2015 #15

Oh please, not as bad as it looks? Dr. Strange Jul 2015 #22

the answer is pretty obvious... tomm2thumbs Jul 2015 #21

I learned in H.S. that problems at thi slevel have one of four answers Jimbo S Jul 2015 #36

No, it's 42 Dem_in_Nebr. Jul 2015 #23

The answer to all questions is always 42! whistler162 Jul 2015 #33

Does anyone here remember Mathcounts? forest444 Jul 2015 #6

My kids did Mathcounts. murielm99 Jul 2015 #18

Those sound like sweet memories. forest444 Jul 2015 #19

Geeks Rule! En Garde Jul 2015 #8

But not the language "Olympiad" HassleCat Jul 2015 #10

We actually live in the 3rd year of the 698th Olympiad. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #17

What changes, structural and otherwise, can white people make to get rid of racism? Any smart kids jtuck004 Jul 2015 #11

Thanks, Obama! alcibiades_mystery Jul 2015 #12

Wow, good stuff. harun Jul 2015 #13

Congrats to Team America! Sad no women on the team. nt Fla Dem Jul 2015 #14

That was my concern, too. DamnYankeeInHouston Jul 2015 #16

I thought the same thing AwakeAtLast Jul 2015 #24

congrats Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #20

Interesting article about their coach, Po-shen Loh mainer Jul 2015 #25

Wow, my hometown! Jimbo S Jul 2015 #35

His statement made me smile -- shades of Sheldon Cooper! mainer Jul 2015 #37

Not one woman. What a shame. n/t Triana Jul 2015 #26

Of course this is not exclusive but I've read that because of the difference in the way Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #27

I don't buy that. First computer programmers were Harvard mathematicians (women) Triana Jul 2015 #28

I agree with you, sex discrimination definitely comes into play as well and Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #29

I think there are some underlying differences in everyone's brain structures erronis Jul 2015 #31

Personally, I love and appreciate the differences in the way men and women think or perceive Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #32

Bullshit. alarimer Jul 2015 #40

I agree with you, sex discrimination definitely comes into play as well but Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #42

Shame comes from an intentional act seveneyes Jul 2015 #34

no kidding Snow Leopard Jul 2015 #38

yeah, nothing except lifelong socialization that math isn't for girls. alarimer Jul 2015 #41

stats I've seen don't really bear that out Snow Leopard Jul 2015 #43