The competition was held on December 4, 1999. A total of 2,900 students from 431 colleges and universities in the US and Canada participated in the competition. 346 institutions fielded three member teams. As a team, NMT ranked 28th out of 346 teams. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is an annual mathematics contest for undergraduate students in the US and Canada.
Students sit for two sessions of three hours each.
In each session the students are challenged by six extremely difficult problems. A cube is inscribed in the cone so that one face of the cube is contained in the base of the cone. This course, a critical preparation for Calculus, is a stumbling block for many. In SI, upperclassmen are hired as SI leaders. These leaders sit in on the course, acting as model students .