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109 <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-1">About</span> 110 </a> 111 112 113 </li> 114 115 116 117 118 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-1"> 119 120 <a href="/elmacon-2026" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-1" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-link-has-children" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/35"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-1">Register</span> 121 </a> 122 123 124 </li> 125 126 127 128 129 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-1 primary-nav__menu-item--active-trail primary-nav__menu-item--has-children" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-item-has-children"> 130 131 <a href="/prep-sessions" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-1 primary-nav__menu-link--active-trail primary-nav__menu-link--has-children is-active" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-link-has-children" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/12" aria-current="page"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-1">Prep Sessions</span> 132 </a> 133 134 135 <button class="primary-nav__button-toggle" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-submenu-toggle-button" aria-controls="primary-menu-item-123" aria-expanded="false" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 136 <span class="visually-hidden">Prep Sessions sub-navigation</span> 137 <span class="icon--menu-toggle"></span> 138 </button> 139 140 141 <span data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-ð¥" class="primary-nav__menu-ð¥"></span> 142 143 <ul class="menu primary-nav__menu primary-nav__menu--level-2" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu--level-2" id="primary-menu-item-123"> 144 145 146 147 148 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 149 150 <a href="/prep-sessions/elmacon-2025-preparation-se
150ssions" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/34"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2025</span> 151 </a> 152 153 154 </li> 155 156 157 158 159 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 160 161 <a href="/prep-sessions/elmacon-2024-preparation-session" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/29"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2024</span> 162 </a> 163 164 165 </li> 166 167 168 169 170 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 171 172 <a href="/prep-sessions/elmacon-2023-preparation-se
172ssions" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/30"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2023</span> 173 </a> 174 175 176 </li> 177 178 179 180 181 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 182 183 <a href="/prep-sessions/elmacon-2022-preparation-sessions" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/31"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2022</span> 184 </a> 185 186 187 </li> 188 189 190 191 192 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 193 194 <a href="/prep-sessions/elmacon-2021-preparation-se
194ssions" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/32"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2021</span> 195 </a> 196 197 198 </li> 199 </ul> 200 201 202 </li> 203 204 205 206 207 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-1"> 208 209 <a href="/competition-format" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-1" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-link-has-children" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-1">Format</span> 210 </a> 211 212 213 </li> 214 215 216 217 218 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-1"> 219 220 <a href="/elmacon-rules" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-1" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-link-has-children" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-1">Rules</span> 221 </a> 222 223 224 </li> 225 226 227 228 229 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-1"> 230 231 <a href="/schedule" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-1" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-link-has-children" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/8"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-1">Schedule</span> 232 </a> 233 234 235 </li> 236 237 238 239 240 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-1 primary-nav__menu-item--has-children" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-item-has-children"> 241 242 <a href="/practice" title="Past exams & practice questions" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-1 primary-nav__menu-link--has-children" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-link-has-children" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/9"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-1">Practice</span> 243 </a> 244 245 246 <button class="primary-nav__button-toggle" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-submenu-toggle-button" aria-controls="primary-menu-item-1234567" aria-expanded="false" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 247 <span class="visually-hidden">Practice sub-navigation</span> 248 <span class="icon--menu-toggle"></span> 249 </button> 250 251 252 <span data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu-ð¥" class="primary-nav__menu-ð¥"></span> 253 254 <ul class="menu primary-nav__menu primary-nav__menu--level-2" data-drupal-selector="primary-nav-menu--level-2" id="primary-menu-item-1234567"> 255 256 257 258 259 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 260 261 <a href="/practice/elmacon-2024-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/42"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2024</span> 262 </a> 263 264 265 </li> 266 267 268 269 270 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 271 272 <a href="/practice/elmacon-2023-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/41">
272 <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2023</span> 273 </a> 274 275 276 </li> 277 278 279 280 281 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 282 283 <a href="/practice/elmacon-2022-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/40"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2022</span> 284 </a> 285 286 287 </li> 288 289 290 291 292 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 293 294 <a href="/practice/elmacon-2019-exams" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/39"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2019</span> 295 </a> 296 297 298 </li> 299 300 301 302 303 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 304 305 <a href="/practice/elmacon-2018-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/38"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2018</span> 306 </a> 307 308 309 </li> 310 311 312 313 314 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 315 316 <a href="/practice/2017-elmacon-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/11"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2017</span> 317 </a> 318 319 320 </li> 321 322 323 324 325 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 326 327 <a href="/practice/2016-elmacon-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/15"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2016</span> 328 </a> 329 330 331 </li> 332 333 334 335 336 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 337 338 <a href="/practice/2015-elmacon-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/16"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2015</span> 339 </a> 340 341 342 </li> 343 344 345 346 347 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 348 349 <a href="/practice/2014-elmacon-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/17"> <span class="primary-nav__menu-link-inner primary-nav__menu-link-inner--level-2">2014</span> 350 </a> 351 352 353 </li> 354 355 356 357 358 <li class="primary-nav__menu-item primary-nav__menu-item--link primary-nav__menu-item--level-2"> 359 360 <a href="/practice/2013-elmacon-exam" class="primary-nav__menu-link primary-nav__menu-link--link primary-nav__menu-link--level-2" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18">
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578 579 <h1 class="title page-title"> 580<span>Preparation Sessions</span> 581</h1> 582 583 584 585</div> 586 587 </div> 588 589 590 591 <div class="region region--content grid-full layout--pass--content-medium" id="content"> 592 593 594<div id="block-elmacon-theme-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> 595 596 597 <div class="block__content"> 598 599 600<article class="node node--type-page grid-full node--promoted node--view-mode-full"> 601 <header class="layout--content-medium"> 602 603 604 </header> 605 <div class="node__content layout--content-medium"> 606 <div class="layout layout--onecol"> 607 <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> 608 609 610<div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-content"> 611 612 613 <div class="block__content"> 614 615 <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>ELMACON preparation sessions are free events which let students come to UBC to get a taste of what ELMACON will be like and to learn some tips for doing well in the contest.</p><p>Each session is different, ELMACON instructors will go through useful mathematical techniques and will use questions from past exams will be used to teach techniques useful for the competition.</p><p>After each session this page will be updated with the materials used during the event. Material from older sessions can be found in the menu.</p><h4>Session 1: Saturday, November 29th, 2025</h4><ul><li data-list-item-id="e358f7bdb7b2856fa47059b600cc8502b"><strong>Location</strong>: UBC Earth Science Building, Room 1013</li><li data-list-item-id="e49ee06cc9459534400865ea10a2d859a"><strong>Date</strong>: Saturday, November 29th, 2024, 10am-12pm</li><li class="ck-list-marker-bold" data-list-item-id="eb9cc39db16c46ddfbbec614a556baaca"><strong>Material used:</strong><ul><li data-list-item-id="efa6c4135ea4a6c38404af2cdd7a25e99"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-11/ELMACONPrep12025.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="98de66ac-c30b-4d2a-868d-18c632bd10e0" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ELMACONPrep12025.pdf">Lecture Notes</a></li><li data-list-item-id="e92bc793978bd2e92cda1fdf9ca668916"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-11/ELMACON1Prep1.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="cf9cf6e5-2e8b-4874-b9ba-3d4c6fcab182" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ELMACON1Prep1.pdf">page 1</a></li><li data-list-item-id="e2f78c58ab57a5cac28e925559051872c"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-11/ELMACON1Prep2.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="bba992d6-9337-4311-a969-7884db21d889" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ELMACON1Prep2.pdf">page 2</a></li><li data-list-item-id="e7e83e7313404e9e3b3144afadf712ed0"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-11/ELMACON1Prep3.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="abfc7f2d-8b3a-4de2-bc1c-08cfc88b4742" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ELMACON1Prep3.pdf">page 3</a></li><li data-list-item-id="eb0c2ea273b1d8e437419df11188c0565"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-11/ELMACON1Prep4_1.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="be9351fa-2c8b-406d-8e12-1ff22f5a0cc1" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ELMACON1Prep4a.pdf">page 4</a></li><li data-list-item-id="ec72143f53906cf9a7d0a0b8e1a8c7793"><div class="media media--type-document media--view-mode-default"> 616 617 618 <div class="field field--name-field-media-document field--type-file field--label-visually_hidden"> 619 <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Document</div> 620 <div class="field__item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-11/ELMACONPrep12025.pdf" type="application/pdf">ELMACONPrep12025.pdf</a></span> 621 <span>(5.12 MB)</span> 622</div> 623 </div> 624 625 </div> 626</li></ul></li></ul><h4>Session 2: Saturday, February 7th, 2026</h4><ul><li data-list-item-id="ee1ee428f10894a2afa46866906b74575"><strong>Location</strong>: Simon Fraser University, Saywell Hall, Room SWH 10081 - <mark>NOTE THE DIFFERENT LOCATION!!!</mark> The RASC website has a <a href="https://rasc-vancouver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SFU-SWH10081-Directions.pdf">handy map</a> showing how to get there from the bus loop and parking lots.</li><li data-list-item-id="ee74970b87ce98dbf11d66a7fd1285ff1"><strong>Date</strong>: Saturday, February 7th, 2026, 10am-12pm</li><li class="ck-list-marker-bold" data-list-item-id="ea4b14411fe97c8fd70850430e37a906f"><strong>Materials Used:</strong><ul>
626<li data-list-item-id="e5d12f498bd49b593f1479cfb1f0ee186"><a href="/sites/default/files/2026-02/ElmaconPrep-2026.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a1e1a344-9ab4-4309-ac6c-8d6fba22ee06" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ElmaconPrep-2026-Notes.pdf">Lecture Notes</a></li><li data-list-item-id="eef4481baa206507d484b3746edd7d32d"><a href="/sites/default/files/2026-02/elmacon-docs.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="6b710436-ff4f-4583-ae21-4dc2ea830485" data-entity-substitution="media" title="Elmacon2026Prep2-Questions.pdf">Questions</a></li></ul></li></ul><h4>Session 3: Saturday, March 28th, 2026</h4><ul><li data-list-item-id="e9ee294e6098fac2db255bc863cc79177"><strong>Location</strong>: UBC Earth Science Building, Room 1013</li><li data-list-item-id="e05b557258e3b223d0537be3468bbc1f7"><strong>Date</strong>: Saturday, March 28th, 2021, 10am-12pm<ul><li data-list-item-id="e4d17b29218c8be899587d066a5fd6655"><a href="/sites/default/files/2026-03/2026WorkshopInfo20260328WithSolutions.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="21c12555-55d8-4f88-ac5b-b6d14615293d" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ELMACON 2026 Prep 3 Joshua">Lecture Notes</a></li><li data-list-item-id="e6e48ef0343d624a6a4962e3f22aa766b"><a href="/sites/default/files/2026-03/Session3-notes.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="c3c261e5-6817-4b5b-844e-7d3383d7eb7d" data-entity-substitution="media" title="ELMACON 2026 Prep 3 Ian and Melania">Questions and Solutions</a></li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><h4>Other Useful Material</h4><ul><li data-list-item-id="e1c61ead231f31fcb32ef6007f508255a"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-04/2025Prep3p1.pdf" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="aad926ae-75df-455f-aa46-5aac2b59d4c7" data-entity-substitution="media" title="2025Prep3p1.pdf">Notes on terminology</a></li></ul><p> </p><hr></div> 627 628 </div> 629 </div> 630 631 632<div class="block block-webform block-webform-block"> 633 634 <h2 class="block__title">Preparation Session Registration Form</h2> 635 636 <div class="block__content"> 637 <form class="webform-submission-form webform-submission-add-form webform-submission-preparation-se
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