Moody’s Mega Math Challenge is a free, online, one-day competition in applied math for teams of high-school students.  It requires participants to consider and analyze a relevant issue using mathematical modeling to come up with a practical solution.  The problem to be addressed in the Challenge will be revealed on the morning of each team’s scheduled day during Challenge Weekend (March 8 or 9).  The team’s solution paper will be due at 9PM that same night.  Teams are evaluated on approach, methods used, and creativity displayed in math modeling.

Teachers may register teams of 3 to 5 students (up to 2 teams per school) now through February 28.  Last year there were 39 teams from 32 schools in Massachusetts (none from Newton).  The Challenge is sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.