1. There are forty (40) multiple choice questions on the written exam. The answer for each question will be recorded on a standard answer sheet for computer grading.
2. Each student will have exactly one hour for completing this exam and should pace himself or herself accordingly. The proctor will call out the time remaining periodically.
3. The score for this exam will be determined solely by the number of correct responses. The questions will have a variety of topics with varying levels of difficulty. We do not expect contestants to answer every question correctly. However, guessing is encouraged, since there is no penalty for incorrect answers.
1. Each team will receive 12 sheets of scrap paper, 3 for each team
member, plus 10 answer slips.
2. When the proctor displays each problem on the screen, students
may start working on the problem.
3. Approaches to the problem may be discussed quietly by each team, but care should be taken not to speak loudly enough to benefit another team.
4. Each team will be given exactly 3 minutes and 30 seconds to work each problem and hand in its solution. The proctor will state when there are 60 seconds, 30 seconds, and 10 seconds remaining. By the 10 second mark, each team should put its answer in the blank provided on one of its answer slips and hand it to the proctor before time is called.
5. After each solution is handed in, the teams can relax for a few seconds until the proctor displays the next problem. The procedure then continues as before.
Note: Calculators are not permitted on either part
of the competition.
1. Team scores will be determined by adding the individual scores of the 4 team members from the multiple choice test (total possible is 4 x 40 = 160 points) to the team score from the ciphering test (11 points for each correct response, total possible is 11 x 10 = 110 points). A perfect team score is 160 + 110 = 270 points.
2. In case of a tie between teams, the higher score on the multiple choice portion will determine the winning team.
3. Awards will be presented to both the top-ranking schools and individuals in both varsity and junior-varsity competition. (Students who have completed both Algebra II and Geometry must compete at the varsity level.) Team awards will be separated by division (AAAAA, AAAA, AAA, AA, A, Independent); individual awards will not be separated by division. A school may bring no more than four varsity teams and no more than two junior varsity teams.
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Each school will be given two specially colored 8.5 by 11-inch
sheets of paper from which to make two airplanes. For identification
purposes, the school name shall be written several places on each
sheet before it is folded up to form an airplane. No other materials
(tape, paper clips, etc.) will be allowed on the plane. Use only the
special sheet of paper, folded by the student in whatever way he/she
decides (except that crumpling into a ball will not be allowed!).
Each contestant must also be competing in the mathematics
tournament.
The two sheets of paper will be available for each school at the
information booth in the ARC Lobby any time after 1:00.
Come pick yours up right after you return from lunch. Sheets of paper
must be picked up by the school's chaperon.
All contestants should gather in the gynasium in the ARC immediately
after lunch (but no later than
1:45.)
Schools will throw for accuracy first, one contestant at a time. The distance throw will take place after all accuracy throws have been completed. Each school can be represented by one student tossing in both contests, or by two students each tossing in one contest.
Contestants will toss from the front row of the balcony toward the stage. The audience should seat themselves in the side sections and in the balcony, so as not to disturb the flight of any planes landing in the center section. The accuracy winner will be the contestant whose plane comes closest to the predetermined target. The distance winner will be the contestant whose plane comes to rest closest to the back wall of the stage.
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