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According to the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the competition involves six problems taken in sets of three during 4.5 hour sessions (held across two days)—no calculators. Each team member attempts the problems, and team totals are based on the number of points each individual scores. The US earned 185 to take the gold while China earned runner-up honors with 181. It's the US' fifth victory overall. China has the most competition wins with 19 all-time, including winning four of the last five competitions heading into the 2015 edition.
Link to article with its image of a sample problem from the competition. It's rare to hear positive news about math education in the United States.
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US Wins Its First International Mathematical Olympiad in 21 Years
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by tibman on Tuesday July 21 2015, @05:53PM
That is most professional competitions. Look at the olympics and how close the races are. If you sneeze during a run you will lose. Also, anyone who immigrates to the US is now an "American". You don't pull the no true scottsman thing here. They are either an American or they aren't. You can't excluded an American because they at one point were not American or they descended from non-Native Americans. What you look like, what you believe in, and where you came from does not change the fact that you are an "American".
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2015, @07:08PM
Ahhh! I knew there wasn't anything to it.