2018 Fall Semester
Introduction to Counting and Probability Workshop
- Description: This workshop is designed for students in 6th grade and up. Introduction to Counting and Probability by David Patrick from Art of Problem Solving is used as the text book. The following concepts are covered during the 17-week workshop:
2. Basic Counting Techniques
3. Correcting for Overcounting
4. Committees and Combinations
5. More With Combinations
6. Some Harder Counting Problems
7. Introduction to Probability
8. Basic Probability Techniques
9. Think About It!
10. Geometric Probability
11. Expected Value
12. Pascal's Triangle
13. The Hockey Stick Identity
14. The Binomial Theorem
15. More Challenging Problems
very young and has been actively participating math contests. His team won 23rd in 2018 Putnam
Competition. Mr. Matthew has also been very active in math education. He lead a Texas HMMT team
for a few years and served as the coach of Texas ARML team in 2018.
- Instructor: Matthew Kroesche
very young and has been actively participating math contests. His team won 23rd in 2018 Putnam
Competition. Mr. Matthew has also been very active in math education. He lead a Texas HMMT team
for a few years and served as the coach of Texas ARML team in 2018.
[email protected] if interested.
- All of the review problems and non starred challenge problems will be assigned as homework.
Students and parents need to understand the effort involved for the workshop and need to be
willing to make the effort.
- Prerequisites and Requirements
[email protected] if interested.
- All of the review problems and non starred challenge problems will be assigned as homework.
Students and parents need to understand the effort involved for the workshop and need to be
willing to make the effort.
- Date and Time: 7pm - 9pm, Fridays, 8/17/2018 - 12/21/2018, no lesson on 11/23 for
- Fees, Discounts and Refund Policies
• A discount of $40 will be applied to the second child from the same family.
Refund policy:
Full refund: if you withdraw your student one week before the workshop.
Half refund: if you withdraw your student within a week before the workshop.
No refund: Once workshop is started.