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Four teams, each comprised of four students, will square off in the Math Bowl noon today in Pardee Hall room 227.
Sponsored by the mathematics department, the annual competition is similar to College Bowl tournaments, with a buzzer system determining which team answers each toss-up question. Toss-up questions are worth 10 points, and a correct answer leads to a bonus question worth more.
Students have five to ten seconds in which to answer questions. Some sample questions at last year’s competition and their answers include:
1. Find two positive integers whose sum and product are prime [1 and 2]
2. What member of the math department can have his or her name rearranged to spell A FRESH VINE? [Evan Fisher]
3. This word describes a series in calculus, an oscillator in physics, a function in analysis, and overtones in music. What is it? [Harmonic]
4. Name any year in which Isaac Newton lived. [1643-1727]
Last year’s Math Bowl was won by the team of Steve DiMauro ’02, Tim Fargus ’02, Tim Bragdon ’04, and Josh Grubman ’03, who is defending his title with a new set of teammates.