UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle

ORMC Meetings • 2024-2025 Academic Year

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Advanced 1AAdvanced 1BAdvanced 2AAdvanced 2BAdvanced 3AMC 10/12AMC 8Beginners 1ABeginners 1BBeginners 1C
Beginners 2ABeginners 2BBeginners 2CChess clubIntermediate 1AIntermediate 1BIntermediate 2AIntermediate 2BOlympiads
6/30/2024

Students will study the famous ciphers of the past: the Polybius cipher, Caesar cipher, pigpen cipher, etc.

7/7/2024

Students will explore anagrams, the pigpen cipher, and the rail fence cipher. At the end of class, we'll recap the material from the first two classes and, if time permits, take a quiz.

7/14/2024

Students will work with instructors on packets from Math Kangaroo, an international math competition for children grades 1-12.

7/21/2024

Students will work on Chapter 8 and explore more solids with blocks. If time permits, we'll also start chapter 9.

7/28/2024

Students will take quiz three on chapters 7-9. Afterward, we will work on chapter 10, Knights and Liars, and begin chapter 11 if time permits.

8/4/2024

Students will work through chapters 12 and 13 in the book with instructors, covering topics like the truth function, "or" operation, and "and" gates.

8/11/2024

Students will learn about double negations with their instructors and then take a quiz covering chapters 10-14. With remaining time, we will move on and start chapter 15, exploring line land, a one-dimensional world.

8/18/2024

Students will work through an AMC 8 problem set with instructors.

8/25/2024

Students will participate in a review game with the other Beginners 2 class!

9/29/2024

Students will review chapter 10 from the coursebook.

10/6/2024

We will go through chapter 13 and potentially also 14.

10/13/2024

Chapter 15 and 16

10/20/2024

Chapter 17, quiz 4, chapter 18, and maybe chapter 19

10/27/2024

Chapter 19,20,21

11/3/2024

Chapters 21,22,23

11/17/2024

Chapters 24-26