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Dates - The contest is to be held on Friday, January 29th after school. Come and check-in at 4:00. No Calculators may be used on any of the tests. The calculations required are not too difficult. In the case of pi, used in the circumference and area of circles, students must leave their answer in terms of pi. For instance, the area of a circle with radius 5 would be 25pi. All non-integer answers should be expressed as fractions in lowest terms unless the problem specifies a different form. For example, (1/2) + (3/4) would be written (5/4) and not (1 1/4). Now the tests... Individual Test (30 min) - There will be a 30 question individual test. The first twenty questions are worth 2 points each and the last ten earn 3 points each. Although the later problems are generally harder, students should allow themselves enough time to try them. In case a tie break is needed, the student with the highest number of correct answers of the last ten will win. Any area of math could be on this test. There are 70 points maximum. Mental Test (10 min) - There are twenty questions to be done "mentally." Students may not do any written work and only their final answers may be written. Any erasures or crossouts will result in the answer being marked wrong. Each problem is worth 1 point. The top three scores from each team will count toward the team score, so the maximum team score is 60 points. The mental math and individual test scores will be added to determine Individual awards for a maximum 90 points for the individual. Medley Relay (16 min) - There are 4 topics in this test, each with 5 questions. The topics are: Number Sense, Algebraic Sense, Geometric Sense and Probability/Statistics. Each team member will start with a topic. Every four minutes, students will rotate their papers to another team member. Therefore, after 16 minutes, each team member will spend four minutes on each topic. At the end of the 4th round, the papers are collected. Teams with three members will require that two tests will be moved together. Each correct answer is worth 3 points for a total test value of 60 points. Math Challenge Challenge Challenge (25 min) - There are twenty questions on this team test. Each team will be supplied with 3 answer sheets, the same except for color. Each answer sheet covers all 20 questions. One answer sheet will be collected after 8 minutes, the 2nd will be collected 8 minutes after that. The third will be collected at the end of the test; 9 miunutes later. Teams may repeat answers from one sheet to another or change their answers. Each correct answer is worth 1 point, 20 points per answer sheet and a maximum score of 60 for the test. Problem Solving - There are 5 puzzle / problem solving questions. Teams can have their answers checked up to 4 times during this contest. Answers correct on the first check are worth 4 points, correct answers on the second check are worth 3 points, the third check is worth 2 points and the 4th check correct answers are worth 1 point. Correct answers need not be re-submitted. For each test, the highest team score from a school will contribute to the School Score. The maximum school score is then: Mental Math (60) + Medley Relay (60) + Math Challenge (60) + Problem Solving (20) = 200. This score will determine which schools win awards. Here are the tests from the last few years. They are in Adobe Acrobat form. You will need that reader installed in order to read them. Fifth Grade 2001: Tests Answers Sixth Grade 2001: Tests Answers Fifth Grade 2002: Tests Answers Sixth Grade 2002: Tests Answers Fifth Grade 2003: Tests and Answers Sixth Grade 2003: Tests Answers Fifth Grade 2004: Tests Answers Sixth Grade 2004: Tests Answers Sixth Grade 2005: Test/Ans Team Results Indiv. Results Fifth Grade 2005: Test/Ans Sixth Grade 2006: Test/Ans Fifth Grade 2006: Test/Ans Sixth Grade 2007: Test/Ans Fifth Grade 2007: Test/Ans Sixth Grade 2008: Test/Ans Fifth Grade 2008: Test/Ans Sixth Grade 2009: Test/Ans Fifth Grade 2009: Test/Ans
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