General Information

NOTE: Event date has NOT yet been confirmed by the organizers.

Pacific Life Math Day at the Beach is a problem-solving festival for Southern California high school students who want to have fun with mathematics and enjoy a day of camaraderie with university mathematics students and professors. High schools of Southern California are invited to bring a team of six students. We anticipate that again this year there will be no fees compliments of the CSULB Mathematics Department and principal sponsor this year Pacific Life Foundation.

All students and faculty will be treated to lunch. Competition will be among the high school teams as well as individuals. Prizes and trophies will be awarded to the winning teams and individual winning students. The centerpiece of the event will be a one-hour, 20-25 question exam in high school level mathematics, designed by our Mathematics Department faculty, emphasizing creative thinking rather than computational skill. Calculators will not be needed. Questions will be selected from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, number theory, combinatorics, and probability and statistics. Sample exams and answers can be found on this website.

In addition to the individual multiple choice exam, there will be a team round, whereby all members work on a set of problems in a given amount of time, and a final "Face-Off" round to determine the individual winners. In the Face-Off round, top-scoring individuals will represent their team in an oral format.