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'''Moody's Mega Math (M³) Challenge''' is an [[applied mathematics]] modeling contest open to high schools alongacross the entireUnited EastStates Coast,(including fromUS Maineterritories toand FloridaDoDEA schools). It is sponsored by The [[Moody's Foundation]] (a charity of [[Moody's]] rating agency) based in [[New York City]] and organized by the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]] (SIAM) based in [[Philadelphia]]. The M³ Challenge awards $115150,000 in scholarship prizes each year to the top teams. An additional incentive is the recognition that the winning teams receive. The winning paper from 2008 was published in the [[College Mathematics Journal]] and a representative from High Tech's team appeared on [[FOX Business Channel]].,

==Registration Process==

Registration is open to high school juniorjuniors and seniorseniors in eligible areas as well as to homeschooled and cyber schooled students. Teams consist of three to five students and one coach, who must be a teacher at their school. Each school can have a maximum of two teams. There is no cost to register or participate in the Challenge.

==Eligibility==

High schools in the following states/district are eligible for the M³ Challenge:<br />

* Alabama

* Alaska

* Arizona

* Arkansas

* California

* Colorado

* Connecticut

* Delaware

* Florida

* Georgia

* Hawaii

* Idaho

* Illinois

* Indiana

* Iowa

* Kansas

* Kentucky

* Louisiana

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* Maryland

* Massachusetts

* Michigan

* Minnesota

* Mississippi

* Missouri

* Montana

* Nebraska

* Nevada

* New Hampshire

* New Jersey

* New Mexico

* New York

* North Carolina

* North Dakota

* Ohio

* Oklahoma

* Oregon

* Pennsylvania

* Rhode Island

* South Carolina

* South Dakota

* Tennessee

* Texas

* Utah

* US Territories

* Vermont

* Virginia

* Washington

* Washington D.C.

* West Virginia

* Wisconsin

* Wyoming

==Challenge Weekend==

The M³ Challenge is held annually on a Saturday and Sunday in March. Students choose which day they wish to work. Teams download the problem from the Challenge website at 7:00 a.m. and must upload their solution paper by 9:00 p.m. that same day. They can work from any ___location they choose.

==The Problem==

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* SIAM received an Award of Excellence in the first round of the 2009 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program for its role in organizing and administering Moody's Mega Math Challenge <ref> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/sfia-swa030609.php </ref> <ref> http://www.asaecenter.org/AboutUs/newsreldetail.cfm?ItemNumber=39715 </ref>

* Moody's Corporation received a 2008 Excellence Award from the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP)for the company's sophisticated giving program which encourages students to develop a passion for mathematics, economics and finance, and specifically citing Moody's Mega Math Challenge which aims to excite students about employing mathematics to solve real world problems. <ref> http://www.onphilanthropy.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7415&s_oo=Iqcbehmy0Q50SXvxb7s3iA </ref> <ref> http://www.csrwire.com/News/11181.html </ref> <ref> http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/25/cecp-philanthropy-awards-leadership-citizen-cx_mk_0225cecp.html </ref>

* M³ Challenge received placement on the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ National Advisory List of Student Contests & Activities since 2010

==References==