A group of Scottsbluff High School 'mathletes' practice questions to prepare for the PROBE I exam. The 25-question, hour long exam featured numerous extremely difficult math problems.
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Gering High School students Gurnoor Hayer (left), Wyatt Soule (center) and Mason Barrett work out a problem during their Math Bowl contest against Broken Bow High School.
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Scottsbluff math coach Shelby Aaberg helps students make sure they've bubbled in their names and schools correctly before the PROBE I exam.
Across the state of Nebraska, high school students battled in a tournament of wits. The 32nd annual Nebraska Math Day was held on Dec. 2. For the second year in a row, it was held virtually.
Scottsbluff students puzzle out the answers to the PROBE I test. They had an hour to answer 25 hard questions, and were penalized for wrong answers.
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Gurnoor Hayer (left), Wyatt Soule (center) and Mason Barrett celebrate after defeating Broken Bow High School 4-2 in a Math Bowl competition.
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Gering High School students Gurnoor Hayer (left), Wyatt Soule (center) and Mason Barrett work out a problem during their Math Bowl contest against Broken Bow High School.
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Scottsbluff math coach Shelby Aaberg helps students make sure they've bubbled in their names and schools correctly before the PROBE I exam.
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A large number of middle school and high school students took the PROBE I exam on Dec. 2 at Scottsbluff High School, under the tutelage of math coach Shelby Aaberg (top row, far left).
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A group of Scottsbluff High School 'mathletes' practice questions to prepare for the PROBE I exam. The 25-question, hour long exam featured numerous extremely difficult math problems.
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Isaiah Jones (left), Wisley Mooc (center) and Dillon Archbold celebrate after getting an answer right during one of their Math Bowl contests. They ended up winning the bout against Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran High School.
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Jacob Maser (left), Landon Heine (center) and Harrison Maser (all sitting) introduce math coach Shelby Aaberg (standing, center) to the moderator of one of their Math Bowl contests.
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The Gering High School Math Club, several of whom participated in this year's Math Bowl and took the difficult PROBE I exam.
A group of Scottsbluff High School 'mathletes' practice questions to prepare for the PROBE I exam. The 25-question, hour long exam featured numerous extremely difficult math problems.
Gering High School students Gurnoor Hayer (left), Wyatt Soule (center) and Mason Barrett work out a problem during their Math Bowl contest against Broken Bow High School.