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Thirty-six Lansing High School students participated in the 64th annual American Mathematics Contest 12, and/or the 14th annual American Mathematics Contest 10 on February 5th. The students competed for local, regional and national student and school awards. The contest, which covers high school mathematics, is given in participating schools. Its purpose is to spur interest in mathematics and develop talent through the excitement of friendly competition at problem solving in a timed format without the use of a calculator.

Top scorers at Lansing in 2013 included a tie for school winner at the AMC 12 level;  Luke Mehringer and Agi Csaki tied for first place. In addition to the tie for first place in the school, Agi will be awarded a Bronze medal because she placed first at Lansing High for two consecutive years.  Claiming the other spot on the Lansing AMC 12 team is senior Timothy Arleo.

AMC 10 winner was sophomore Meeta Shrivastava.  In second place on the AMC 10 was Michael Bashta, a freshman and Arthur Campello, also a freshman, claimed third place.  Participating students are nominated by their math teachers.


According to Prof. Steven Dunbar, who serves as Director of the American Mathematics Competitions, the AMC 12 (first offered in 1950), and the AMC 10 (first offered in 2000), are part of a series of contests sponsored each year by The Mathematical Association of America, through their program, the American Mathematics Competitions. The AMC offers the only math competition series in the country leading to the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP). From this group of students, the AMC sends the highly competitive USA Team to the prestigious annual International Mathematical Olympiad.

In 2012 over 220,000 students from 4200 schools participated in the AMC 10 & AMC 12 contests.

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