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'''Moody's Mega Math (M<sup>3</sup>) Challenge''' is an [[applied mathematics]] modeling contest for high school students in all New England and Mid-Atlantic states, from Maine through Washington D.C. 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 $80100,000 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==
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* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Maine
* Maryland
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* New Jersey
* New York
* North Carolina
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington D.C.
* West Virginia
 
==Challenge Weekend==
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==Judging==
Ph.D.-level applied mathematicians judge the contest in three phases. In triage, each paper is read through at least two 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 8-10 times each, and the top papers emerge. The top six will go on to the presentation round of judging while up to 2040 remaining papers receive honorable mention team awards. Judging is blind until the presentation round, with teams known only by a unique team ID number. The presentation round is held at the Moody’s corporate headquarters in the World Trade Center on Wall Street where the teams present their papers to a panel of four judges. Following the presentations, judges rank the teams and a formal award ceremony takes place.
 
==Prizes==
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* M3 Challenge Fifth Place (Exemplary Team Prize) = $5,000
* M3 Challenge Sixth Place (First Honorable Mention Team Prize) = $2,500
* Honorable Mention Team Prizes = $1,000 (judges may award up to 2040 honorable mention team prizes)
 
==Winning teams==
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==References==
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* http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alice-korngold/leading-companies-good/moodyrsquos-mega-math-challenge-wall-streetrsquos-strateg
* http://mathforum.org/electronic.newsletter/mf.intnews13.4.html
* http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E5D6153FF930A15757C0A9609C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all