2015年加拿大滑铁卢数学竞赛拉开帷幕

Year 2015 Waterloo Math Competition Begins

(Translated By Ted Hu)

新学期还未开始，加拿大高中的同学们却早已备战，开始了今年的加拿大滑铁卢数学竞赛。2月24日，同学们准时来到test room教室参加此次全球同步的数学竞赛。大家按照监考老师的指令填写了答题卡上的参赛学生信息，随后监考老师打开密封的全英文数学竞赛试卷并且分发给了在场的考生。考试期间，大家都非常认真地进行思考和计算，争取可以获得一个理想的成绩。

Before the new semester, students of Canadian High School were already faced with the challenges that came with the Waterloo Math Contests. On February 24th, the contestants came to test rooms for the globally simultaneous math contest. First the students filled their personal information in the answer sheets. Then the supervising teachers opened the sealed contest paper and handed to the students. During the contest, all the students took their best efforts into analysis and calculation to achieve ideal grades.

加拿大滑铁卢大学数学竞赛是由加拿大滑铁卢大学举办的，滑铁卢大学始建于1957年，在加拿大最权威的教育杂志Maclean`s（麦克林）的排名榜上，连续五年综合排名前茅。滑铁卢大学设有加拿大唯一一所数学学院，这也是北美乃至全世界最大的数学学院。该学院拥有计算机科学、精算、生物信息、数学/会计、数学/工商管理等多种国际热门专业，每年接纳全世界105万名学生申请，却只有100名佼佼者能被录取。面对众多的申请者，为了用客观、公平的标准来评估来评估学生的数学能力，滑铁卢大学最早1963年就采用了统一考试的办法。现在滑铁卢数学竞赛成绩已被全世界认可，是学生申请世界名校强有力的竞争筹码，且是Waterloo数学学院各专业以及“软件工程”专业入学录取的重要指标，更成为学生申请该学院奖学金的重要考核标准。

Math competition of Waterloo University is organized by Waterloo University. Waterloo University was founded in 1957. On the Maclean's university list Waterloo University has been in a leading position for consecutive five years. Waterloo University has the only one department of mathematics. The Department of Mathematics of Waterloo University is one of the most significant in North America even all over the world. It opens various courses including computer science, actuarial method, biology technology, math for accounting, math for business management etc. Annually, the university deals with more than 1.05 million applications, while only 100 can get the offer. The university has a set of fair rules of accepting. Waterloo University applied an integrated examination as early as 1963. The examination has won an international reputation and has become the core competition ability for students. And this exam is an important evaluation for the Department of Mathematics of Waterloo University and software engineering and also for scholarship application.

本次有28名学生参加滑铁卢卡雷竞赛（Carley Contest）和12名学生参加费马竞赛（Fermat Contest），祝愿同学们能取得优异的成绩。

This time 28 students compete for Carley Contest and 12 for Fermat Contest. All the best wishes for them.