Each School may bring as many students as it wishes, subject to space restrictions. If a School desires to bring more than 24 students, the coach must contact the Tournament Director to confirm that space is available. We encourage high school students of all grade levels to compete.
The Tournament will consist of the Power Event, the Team Event, and five Written Events (Advanced Topics, Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, and a General test).
Content:
Algebra, Geometry, Calculus and Advanced topics will each be a 45 or 50 minute test with 10 questions at varying levels of difficulty. The following pairs of Events will be held concurrently:
Algebra and Advanced Topics
Geometry and Calculus
The General test is designed to be more accessible to students with less math background than the other written tests. It consists of approximately 25 questions and lasts for 90 minutes. It is held concurrently with the written tests.
Participation:
As many students as would like from each School may particiapte in each Written Event, but the names of those students must be submitted before the Event. We want to limit participation in the General test to students with weaker math backgrounds, but for now we leave that decision up to the math team coach.
A school's overall score will be the sum of their highest team score, their highest power score, and their 4 highest scores on each of the Algebra, Geometry , Advanced Topics, and Calculus tests. Up to 2 General tests will be substituted for the lowest scores on 4 individual tests. For example: if no one from a school takes the calculus test, then the school's top 2 general test scores will be multiplied by 1/4 and added to the school's overall score. Please note that this test is not meant to be a determining factor in the overall score.
The Team Event will consist of 15 questions with a time limit of 45 or 50 minutes.
Participation:
A Team consists of eight students, designated beforehand. Each School can enter as many teams as it desires, but only the highest-scoring Team's score will be counted towards the School Overall Score. Each Team will submit one answer sheet.
Content:
The Power Event will be a 50-minute, multi-part, proof-oriented question.
Participation:
As in the Team Event, a Power team consists of eight students, designated beforehand. Each School can enter as many teams as it desires, but only the highest-scoring Team's score will be counted towards the School Overall Score. Each Team will submit one answer sheet.
If two papers have the same score, an item analysis will be performed. The paper which has correct answers on harder problems, as determined by the item analysis, will be declared the winner. If a tie remains after item analysis, the tie will not be broken.
Awards will be given to the highest-scoring individuals and teams.
Answers must be simplified and exact unless otherwise specified. Fractions must be reduced; radicals must be simplified and denominators rationalized; answers involving pi or other irrational numbers are to be written in exact form. Correct mathematical notation must be used. No partial credit will be given unless otherwise specified.
No calculators or other computational aids will be permitted for any Event.
If a student believes that an answer given on the answer key is incorrect, he or she must go to the designated Appeals Room before 12:30 if the Protest concerns a morning Event and before 2:30 if the Protest concerns an afternoon Event.