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Interscholastic Mathematics Competition Rules - Junior High

Rules of Competition

Participation and Team Structure
- Each school will select one team composed of eight students.
- The Junior High Interscholastic Mathematics Competition is designed for students in Grades 7 and 8.
- Any student in a grade higher than 8th is not eligible for this competition.
- No team may be comprised of more than four 8 th grade students.
- Each team member will participate in all three categories: Arithmetic/Computational, Word Problems and Relays.
Team Lineups
- Advisor will list the team members on the team score sheet. The team sheet will include each student's name and current grade level.
- Alternates' scores will be listed on a score sheet and will count as an individual score (for medal contention), but will not count towards the team score.
- If a school has more than one team, please create two distinct teams and submit a roster for each team before the first competition of the season. If a legitimate situation (illness, school function, testing etc) causes both of your teams to become short of the eight members, and not enough alternates are available, you may move students to make one complete team for that competition. At future competitions the students will return to their original team.
Materials
- Scrap paper will be provided by GV BOCES.
- Each participant should bring their own sharpened pencils and their own calculators.
- No graph paper, compasses, rulers, mathematical tables or other devices will be allowed, except where special arrangements have been made for handicapped students (on section 2 - Word Problems, scientific calculators may be used).
Events
- After the signal to begin is given, the timing of the event will begin.
- If for any reason a problem must be dropped, no replacement will be made and no credit will be given for any answer to a problem thus discarded.
- For a problem to be dropped coaches must be in consensus to do so.
- The test will consist of three parts as follows:
  - Arithmetic
    
    30 minutes
    
    20 problems
    
    1 point each
    
    No calculator allowed
  - Word Problems
    
    30 minutes
    
    10 problems
    
    1 point each
    
    Scientific calculator allowed
  - Relays (2)
    
    Two teams of four students complete both relays
    
    Total time allowed is 6 minutes:
    
    1 st section’s correct answer - 1 point
    
    2 nd section’s correct answer - 1 point
    
    3 rd section’s correct answer - 2 points
    
    4 th section’s correct answer - 3 points
    
    No calculator allowed
Topics
- First Meet
  - General Arithmetic
  - Number theory
  - Exponents and fractions
  - Decimals
  - Order of Operations
- Second Meet
  - General Arithmetic
  - Geometry
  - Percents
  - Ratio and Proportions
  - Metric and English measurements
  - Plus any first meet categories
- Third Meet
  - General Arithmetic
  - Algebra and integers to include linear equations
  - Probability and statistics
  - Plus any first and second meet categories
Proctoring
- Each team will be actively proctored by at least one advisor at all times.
- Any suspicion of unfair play must immediately be brought to the coordinator's attention.
- Any appeals of grading or scoring must be made to the coordinator prior to the completion of the competition.
Marking the Answers
- At the end of each event, answer papers will be collected. The papers will be taken to the scoring area where the advisors will correct them.
- No advisor may correct an answer sheet of one of his or her team members.
- Answers must appear in the appropriate space on the answer sheet. Answers written elsewhere will receive no credit. Answers are either right or wrong. There is no partial credit.
- If a specific answer form is required for any problem, the answer(s) for that problem must be written in the required form.
- Team sheets are filled out after each set of questions has been scored.
Ranking and Awards
- There will be one awards ceremony following the last meet. The awards will be determined as such:
- After each meet, the schools team total will be recorded. After the final meet, the team scores for all meets will be added together. The highest total team points will determine the top three scoring schools.
- The first, second and third ranked teams will be awarded trophies.
- The winning individuals will be the highest scoring students based on the best two out of three meets.
- The first, second and third high scoring students from both seventh and eighth grades will be awarded medals.
Advisors Responsibilities
- Recruit at least eight students to form a team.
- Train students for the meets.
- Make appropriate travel arrangements to and from meets.
- Accompany the team to each meet.
- Remind students to avoid unfair play.
- Prepare team sheets for use at each meet.
- Proctor and correct tests during the competition.
- Distribute newsletter.
- Advisors should notify GV BOCES as soon as a closure or delay is announced for their school district.
GV BOCES Responsibilities
- Plan and coordinate the Interscholastic Mathematics Competitions.
- Develop and distribute a newsletter following each competition.
- Provide awards for the Awards Ceremony after the last meet.
Problem Writer's Responsibilities
- Develop and write questions for each competition.
- Provide GV BOCES with a clear, typed copy of all questions as well as an answer key.
Competition Cancellation
- If any participating school is closed or on a delay the day of a competition, the competition will be postponed until a make-up date is scheduled.

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