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Beyond Numbers: The Real Benefits of Math Modeling Contests

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Math contests might start with numbers, but they don’t end there. The benefits of math ...
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Bringing Toys to Life with Math

| Math Modeling, Fun with Math
Whether you’re designing circuits for robotic toys or engineering the perfect racetrack...
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How MCM/ICM Fuels a Passion for Lifelong Learning

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Math modeling that happens in MCM/ICM cultivates a lifelong passion for learning that g...
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Why MCM/ICM is the Perfect Way to Test Your Skills

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
MCM/ICM offers a challenging experience where participants use math modeling, teamwork,...
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Announcing a New Partnership with The Sabeti Lab to Open Doors for Outstanding Math Modelers

| Math Modeling
COMAP has joined forces with The Sabeti Lab at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard t...
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How Math Modeling Challenges You to Think Like a Problem Solver

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Participating in math modeling challenges is an opportunity to flex your problem-solvin...
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A Match Made in Math: From Winning COMAP’s MCM to Quant Research at Two Sigma

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Our math modeling contests can lead to exciting career opportunities. Read more about h...
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How Teachers Can Incorporate Math Modeling into Their Regular Curriculum

| Math Contests, Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
By embedding math modeling into daily curriculum, teachers can provide students with pr...
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Why Math Modeling is the Ultimate Skill for Future Innovators

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Math modeling allows individuals to apply mathematical concepts to solve real-world pro...
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Infectious Learning at NCTM 2024

| Math Modeling, Events, Fun with Math
COMAP is excited to team up with Operation Outbreak at the National Council of Teachers...
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Take Your Mathematical Skills to Oxford with Ellison Scholars

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
COMAP is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with Ellison Scholars, a prestigious ...
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Visualization + Discussion = Effective Team-Based Math Modeling

| Math Contests, Math Modeling
Two key elements that make team-based math modeling smoother and more effective are vis...
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A Student Guide for Getting Started with Math Modeling

| Math Modeling
Ready to explore math modeling? This post includes a step-by-step guide for getting sta...
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Math Modeling the 2024 Olympic Medal Ceremonies

| Math Modeling, Events
The MidMCM problem challenged students to develop mathematical models to help the Inter...
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The Hottest Day Ever: Applying Probability to Understand Climate Extremes

| Math Modeling
The world experienced its hottest day ever recorded on July 21, 2024. This unprecedente...
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The Lemma Dilemma: A Journey Through Mathematical Proofs

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
“The Lemma Dilemma," an article by Richard Francis, gives us a peek into the complex an...
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How to Celebrate Math 2.0 Day

| Math Modeling, Events, Fun with Math
July 8th is Math 2.0 Day, a special day dedicated to the blending of math and technolog...
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Game Theory: The Mathematics of Strategy and Decision-Making

| Math Modeling
Game theory is a powerful tool for modeling strategic interactions between rational dec...
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Dancing Drones and the Mathematics That Make Them Work

| Math Contests, Math Modeling, Fun with Math
Drone light shows can be truly magical. And you need mathematics to make it happen!
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Math in Pictures: It’s Just One Little Knot

| Math Modeling, Fun with Math
A math modeling question is born from an everyday situation: How does the amount of sag...
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Exploring Forensic Science and Fingerprint Analysis with Mathematics

| Math Modeling
Have you ever wondered how mathematics can help solve crimes? Biology meets mathematics...
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Highlights from COMAP's 2024 MCM and ICM

| Math Contests, Math Modeling, Events
COMAP’s 2024 Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and Interdisciplinary Contest in Mo...
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How to Adapt Mathematical Modeling for Different Grade Levels

| Math Curriculum, Math Modeling
Here are a collection of strategies for adapting mathematical modeling lessons to ensur...
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7 Ways to Explore Math in the Great Outdoors

| Math Modeling, Fun with Math
Have you ever considered all of the ways you can explore math outdoors? Let's look at c...
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