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( # ) students at (School) participated in the 24th annual American Mathematics Contest 8, (AMC 8) held on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. They competed for local and national student and school awards. The contest, which covers middle school mathematics, is given at participating schools. Its purpose is to spur interest in mathematics and develop talent through the excitement of friendly competition at problem solving in a timed format. In 2007 over 170,000 students from over 2,300 schools participated in the AMC 8 contest including ( # ) students from ( # ) schools in (State).

The AMC 8, first offered in 1985, is an annual project sponsored by The Mathematical Association of America, through their program the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC), which is located at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. The Comopetition receives support from the Akamai Foundation, Academy of Applied Sciences, American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, American Mathematical Society, American Society of Pension Actuaries, American Statistical Association, Art of Problem Solving, Awesome Math, Canada/USA Mathpath & Mathcamp, Casualty Actuarial Society, Clay Mathematics Institute, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, L. G. Balfour Company, Mu Alpha Theta, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Assessment& Testing, Pedagoguery Software Inc., Pi Mu Epsilon, the Society of Actuaries, U.S.A. Math Talent Search, W. H. Freeman & Company, and Wolfram Research, Inc. The Contest is given across the United States and Canada, and in many schools abroad.

Details concerning the 2008-2009 AMC contests for Middle School and High School are available on the AMC web site: www.unl.edu/amc/. Entries for the 2009 AMC 10 / AMC 12 contests close on February 3, 2009 for the February 10th exam, and on February 18, 2009 for the February 25th contest. For further information contact the AMC.