Command Prompt
Smarts and skills are not enough. Show off your wits and humor and participate in our very own virtual freedom wall! A prompt will be posted on the specified date below and you can submit your answers through a Google Form. Upvote the answers you find worthy of getting featured on the MathCon website. The two answers with the highest number of upvotes by November 27, 2021, 11:59 pm, will be featured in the MathCon Facebook page and will receive a special gift from Tyrone!
Booths & Activities
Need helping getting a grasp on what the speaker talks have in store for you? Do not fret! Here's just a taste of what is to come on Zoom.
System Glitches
There’s more to resetting than just talks and booth activities! Do you want to try your mind and hand at some actual problem solving? Fret not! Test your math skills in our mini puzzle contests to be posted on November 23, 2021 and November 25, 2021 and get a chance to win a surprise souvenir from Wonderland!
System Glitch 1
In the midst of exploration, you come across Tyrone, whose system has malfunctioned yet again! Running short on breath, Tyrone explains that you must come up with the correct key code to activate the virtual wrench that’ll screw his system back into place. Weirdly enough, (or not) though, he communicates the clues to you through a number riddle! The following are the clues:
31568 - 1 digit correct but in the wrong place
90273 - 4 digits correct but all in the wrong places
76415 - 2 digits correct and are at the right places
98765 - 3 digits correct but 2 are in the wrong places
53184 - 1 digit correct but in the wrong place
The number is also divisible by 7.
What is the correct key code?
System Glitch 2
Whilst on the journey, you and Tyrone come across three pyramids that seem to form a pattern. Tyrone was already one step ahead of you when he mentioned that the third pyramid seemed to be missing a top! He seems stuck trying to find the number that completes the set of triangles below. Will you be able to crack the code for Tyrone?
