2014: Year at a Glance

2014 Challenge Problem
Lunch Crunch: Can Delicious be Affordable and Nutritious?

This problem asks teams to determine a student’s caloric requirements based on his or her individual attributes, assess the percentage of U.S. students who meet the definition of an “average” student, and develop a budget-friendly lunch plan to satisfy nutritional standards and students’ palates.  

M3 Challenge 2014 Champion

NC School of Science and Mathematics – Team #3377, Durham, North Carolina
Moody’s Mega Math Challenge 2014: Lunch Crunch

Coach: Daniel Teague

Students: Anne Lee, Irwin Li, Steven Liao, Zack Polizzi, Jennifer Wu


Winning Solutions

See where the winning teams are from and how they rose to the Challenge!

Judge Commentary

A judge’s thoughts on this year’s submissions and modeling in general.