Problem of the Week | Central Michigan University

A new Problem of the Week will be posted each Monday. Solutions are due the following Monday at 2pm.

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This Weeks Problem:

Past Problems

April 16, 2018

Problem 588
Solution
There was one correct solution submitted by Austin Konkel. Austin was awarded this weeks prize

April 9, 2018

Problem 587
Solution
One partial solution was submitted this week by Austin Konkel. No proze was awarded

April 2, 2018

Problem 586
Solution
One partial solution was submitted this week. No prize was awarded

March 26, 2018

Problem 585
Solution
This week's prize was divided equally between Austin Konkel and Andrew Schwandt

March 19, 2018

Problem 584
Solution
This week's prize went to Austin Konkel

March 12, 2018

Problem 583
Solution
There were three correct submissions...Austin Konkel, Jacob Hart, and Kyle Helfrich. Based on a random draw, the prize was divided between Jacob Hart and Kyle Helfrich

February 26, 2018

Problem 582
Solution
There were no correct solutions this week

February 19, 2018

Problem 581
Solution
Partially correct solutions were submitted by Austin Konkel and Reyna Frost. There were no prizes awarded this week.

February 12, 2018

Problem 580
Solution
The problem was solved by Austin Konkel.

February 5, 2018

Problem 579
Solution
The problem was solved by Jacob Hart, Austin Konkel and Yifan Zhang. The prize was shared equally by Konkel and Hart.

January 29, 2018

January 22, 2018

January 15, 2018

Problem 576
Solution
Two correct solutions were submitted by Yifan Zhang and Austin Konkel. The prize went to Austin Konkel.

November 27, 2017

Problem 575

Solution

The problem was solved by Austin Konkel, Paul Cappaert, Savannah Swiatlowski, and Yifan Zhang. By a draw of lots, this week's prize is shared equally between Austin Konkel and Savannah Swiatlowski.

November 13, 2017

Problem 574

Solution

The problem was solved by Paul Cappaert and Yifan Zhang. The prize goes to Paul Cappaert.

November 6, 2017

Problem 573

Solution

Correct solutions were submitted by Yifan Zhang, Mohyeddin Sweidan, Chase Bender, and Jacob Hart. The prize for this week was equally divided between Chase Bender and Jacob Hart.

October 30, 2017

Problem 572

Solution

Two complete solutions were submitted by Jacob Hart and Yifan Zhang respectively. The prize for this week goes to Jacob Hart.

October 23, 2017

Problem 571

Solution

Problem 571 was correctly solved by Zhang Yifan. There were no recipients of the prize this week.

October 16, 2017

Problem 570
Solution
Problem 570 was correctly solved by Zhang Yifan. There were no recipients of the prize this week.

October 9, 2017

Problem 569

Solution

For Problem 569, correct solutions were submitted by Cheng-Hao Fu, Mohiyeddin Sweidan and Yifan Zhang. A partial solution was submitted by Jacob Hart. This week's prize goes to Cheng-Hao Fu.

October 2, 2017

Problem 568

Solution

Problem 568 was correctly solved by Zhang Yifan. No prizes were awarded this week.

September 25, 2017

Problem 567

Solution

September 18, 2017

Problem 566
Solution
Two complete solutions were received for Problem 566 from Austin Konkel and Zhang Yifan. A partial solution was received from Breanne Becker. The prize for this week goes to Austin Konkel.

September 11, 2017

Problem 565
Solution
Complete solutions were submitted by Dong Li and Zhang Yifan. Partial solutions were submitted by Mohyedden Sweidan and Chase Bender. There was no winner of the prize this week.

September 5, 2017

Problem 564
Solution
There were two correct solutions. The prize goes to Cheng-Hao Fu. The problem was also solved correctly by Yifan Zhang.