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'''MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge''' is an [[applied mathematics]] modeling contest open to high school students across the United States (including US territories and DoDEA schools). It is sponsored by [[MathWorks]] (a
The M3 Challenge awards $100,000 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]]. MathWorks took over sponsorship of the competition, formerly known as the Moody's Mega Math (M³) Challenge, from Moody's Foundation in 2017.<ref name="fo170717">{{cite news|last1=Knapp|first1=Alex|title=Moody's Foundation Pulls Sponsorship Of High School Math Competition|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2017/07/17/moodys-foundation-pulls-sponsorship-of-high-school-math-competition/#14d7849248d0|accessdate=10 December 2017|publisher=Forbes|date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>
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==Challenge Weekend==
The M3 Challenge is held annually on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in late February or March. Students choose which day they wish to work. Students also choose what time to work thanks to flexible work time. All teams will work in, or convert their local time to, Eastern Standard Time and download the problem
==The Problem==
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'''2010 Problem –''' ''Making Sense of the 2010 Census''<br />
'''2011 Problem –''' ''Colorado River Water: Good to the Last Acre-Foot''<br />
'''2012 Problem –''' ''All Aboard: Can High Speed Rail Get Back on Track?''<br>
'''2013 Problem –''' ''Waste Not, Want Not: Putting Recyclables in Their Place''<br>
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'''2015 Problem –''' ''Stem Sells: What is Higher Education Really Worth?''<br>▼
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▲'''2015 Problem –''' ''Stem Sells: What is Higher Education Really Worth?''
'''2017 Problem –''' ''From Sea to Shining Sea: Looking Ahead with the National Park Service''
==Judging==
Ph.D.-level applied mathematicians judge the contest in three phases. In triage, each paper is read through at least two times, and as many as five times, before being eliminated or passed on to the second round. The triage round of judging eliminates two-thirds or more of the submitted papers. In the second round of judging, papers are read up to an additional
==Prizes==
All students who submit a viable solution paper receive certificates of participation, which are mailed to their teacher-coach. Coaches also receive certificates. Judges have the option of awarding up to $37,000 in additional semi-finalist and honorable mention team awards in amounts of $1,500 and $1,000 per team, respectively.
Semi-finalist prizes are awarded to teams whose papers were highly ranked and underwent in-depth, specific discussion by judges, but missed making it into the top six.
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* http://www.maa.org/news/math-news/winning-moodys-mega-math-challenge-paper-published-in-cmj
{{Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics}}
[[Category:Mathematics competitions]]
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