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The Story of Calc Bowl 2018

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Calc Bowl 2018 took off on April 14 at Gateway High School in Aurora. There were 26 teams competing from all over the Denver metro area and beyond.

Thanks to support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aurora Public Schools, and many volunteers from Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, UC Denver, and Aurora Public Schools. Thanks also to teachers and parents who supported their students in the Bowl!

Schools represented at Calc Bowl 2018 were:

Aurora Public Schools

William Smith High School

Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 [Colorado Springs]

Cheyenne Mountain High School

Cherry Creek Schools

Overland High School, Smoky Hill High School

Denver Public Schools/DSST

Cole High School, DSST College View High School

Douglas County Schools

Legend High School

Jeffco Public Schools

Standley Lake High School


The Bowl consists of 350+ challenging calculus questions presented in quiz-show style to the students. For samples, please see the Calc Bowl General Info tab, Practice Problems. Questions are taken from or patterned after AP Calculus exams and in difficulty range from easy to stump-the-Prof.


Calc Bowl 2018 winners were:


1st place and 2018 Calculus Bowl Champions - Cheyenne Moutain Viscous Biscuits, teacher: Elke Donovan (Cheyenne Mountain District 12)

2nd place - Overland Motherfnc, Overland High School, teacher: Greg Oelrichs (Cherry Creek Schools)

3rd place - (ds/dt)s-(pi-rates), Overland High School, teacher: Greg Oelrichs (Cherry Creek Schools)

Honorable Mention - Optimization Prime, Overland High School, teacher: Greg Oelrichs (Cherry Creek Schools)

Honorable Mention - Sines of Madness, Smoky Hill High School, teacher: Adrian Holguin (Cherry Creek Schools)


Congratulations to all! AWESOME!

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