My son attended the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at UC Berkeley today.
The festival started at 09:00am and ran for three hours. The building was pretty crowded, with kids of all ages doing problems of varying difficulty levels. There were 18 different tables where 6-10 kids sat and worked on problems, usually 30-60 minutes. When one completed the designated problems, he moved to another table with space. This was a problem sometimes, as few spaces were available on some popular tables.
Alex started at table 2 (near the stage) and worked on the "Cookie Monster" problem set. These problems are intended for 6th graders (and so it was a challenge for Alex in 5th grade).
He moved to another table when he finished with the "Cookie Monster" problems. This went on until noon, when there was a raffle for prizes. Kids earned raffle tickets by completing problem sets.
Here are some of the problems that were presented at the festival.
The festival started at 09:00am and ran for three hours. The building was pretty crowded, with kids of all ages doing problems of varying difficulty levels. There were 18 different tables where 6-10 kids sat and worked on problems, usually 30-60 minutes. When one completed the designated problems, he moved to another table with space. This was a problem sometimes, as few spaces were available on some popular tables.
Alex started at table 2 (near the stage) and worked on the "Cookie Monster" problem set. These problems are intended for 6th graders (and so it was a challenge for Alex in 5th grade).
He moved to another table when he finished with the "Cookie Monster" problems. This went on until noon, when there was a raffle for prizes. Kids earned raffle tickets by completing problem sets.
Here are some of the problems that were presented at the festival.
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