Problem of the Week

In the Fall of 2009, the Department of Mathematics will be having a problem of the week-solving contest for students, in which any full-time UWP student is eligible to participate. On every Wednesday , starting September 16, a problem will be posted on the website, and interested students will be given a week to work on the problem. Solutions must be submitted in the Math office (Gardner 435) by 4:00 pm the following Wednesday. Submitted solutions will be assigned a score between 0 and 10. Each week the student with the “best” solution to each problem will be awarded a ten dollar ($10) Chamber of Commerce gift certificate. The students with the best cumulative scores will be awarded a monetary prize at the annual Department of Mathematics Banquet. For complete rules see Rules.

Problems from the previous semesters can be found here.


            Fall 2009                                                                   Winner

Problem 1       Solution #1                                                 No Winner

Problem 2       Solution #2                                                 No Winner

Problem 3       Solution #3                                                 Jeremy Bartz

Problem 4       Solution #4                                                 Jon Immel

Problem 5       Solution #5                                                 No Winner

Problem 6       Solution #6                                                 No Winner

Problem 7       Solution #7                                                 Ethan Kinney

Problem 8       Solution #8                                                

Problem 9                                                      


            Spring 2009                                                             Winner

Problem 1       Solution 1                                                 Jack Jewison

Problem 2       Solution 2                                                 Acacia Myers

Problem 3       Solution 3                                                 Josh Fuchs

Problem 4       Solution 4                                                 Jeremy Bartz

Problem 5       Solution 5                                                 Brandon Scherz

Problem 6       Solution 6                                                 Jeremy Bartz

Problem 7       Solution 7                                                 Jeremy Bartz

Problem 8       Solution 8                                                 Jeremy Bartz

Problem 9       Solution 9                                                 Jeremy Bartz

Problem 10       Solution 10                                           Mallory Verbrugge