Picture from http://ocmathcircle.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/exam.331175816_std.jpg
Have you ever heard of the math team? Well, it isn’t as hyped up as sports teams, but it is fun like the sports. Some people might be thinking, “Who in the world would like math enough to go to competitions dedicated to it?” Well, I’m not going to argue against anyone who doesn’t like math that much, because I don’t think I would win and I can’t spare any straw men, I’m at a shortage from all the ones I had to remove from my essay. So, I will go into detail with the competitions. Anyone who does not feel comfortable advancing beyond this point may press the exit button on the top of their browser to leave.
If anyone’s still reading, great!
Now, as a competition that requires a lot of concentration and you don’t find out much about the score, the only people really watching are the test administrators. Regardless, there are four parts of each competition: Target, Team, Sprint, and Relay. I don’t remember the exact order, but I think this is correct. For those of you in Math Counts, you should recognize some of these names.
First: The Target Round.
This round is, I’m pretty sure, the first. For those of you that participated in Math Counts, the Target Round is a bit different. In this round, you have 8 problems total. However, you do not get to do them all at once. You do these problems in 4 groups of 2, getting a little while to do each two problems. Unlike Math Counts, you can’t use your calculator, so the problems are a little easier.
Next: Sprint Round
You can use a calculator on this one, but the problems are harder. This was like the Math Counts version, but you couldn’t use your calculator then. This time, you had an amount of time to complete 30 problems.
Third: Team Round
I’m pretty sure that the competitions go in this order. But, anyway, the Team Round is unchanged from Math Counts. You can go with a group of either 3, small schools, or 6, large schools. Anyway, you have a while to try and complete problems. Anyone can work on the problems in any order they want, but it’s better if you organize it.
Final: Relay Round (My Favorite)
This particular contest is probably not familiar to those from Math Counts. This is because it wasn’t in it. In this round, there are 5 problems and 3 people per group. The first person gets a problem and solves it; they then pass their answer to the next person. The second person inserts the answer they receive into their problem and passes their answer to the third person. The third person does the same, but submits their answer as the official answer; their answer is the only one that counts. I personally prefer second position because it’s easier to blame the first or third person for messing up.
Have you ever heard of the math team? Well, it isn’t as hyped up as sports teams, but it is fun like the sports. Some people might be thinking, “Who in the world would like math enough to go to competitions dedicated to it?” Well, I’m not going to argue against anyone who doesn’t like math that much, because I don’t think I would win and I can’t spare any straw men, I’m at a shortage from all the ones I had to remove from my essay. So, I will go into detail with the competitions. Anyone who does not feel comfortable advancing beyond this point may press the exit button on the top of their browser to leave.
If anyone’s still reading, great!
Now, as a competition that requires a lot of concentration and you don’t find out much about the score, the only people really watching are the test administrators. Regardless, there are four parts of each competition: Target, Team, Sprint, and Relay. I don’t remember the exact order, but I think this is correct. For those of you in Math Counts, you should recognize some of these names.
First: The Target Round.
This round is, I’m pretty sure, the first. For those of you that participated in Math Counts, the Target Round is a bit different. In this round, you have 8 problems total. However, you do not get to do them all at once. You do these problems in 4 groups of 2, getting a little while to do each two problems. Unlike Math Counts, you can’t use your calculator, so the problems are a little easier.
Next: Sprint Round
You can use a calculator on this one, but the problems are harder. This was like the Math Counts version, but you couldn’t use your calculator then. This time, you had an amount of time to complete 30 problems.
Third: Team Round
I’m pretty sure that the competitions go in this order. But, anyway, the Team Round is unchanged from Math Counts. You can go with a group of either 3, small schools, or 6, large schools. Anyway, you have a while to try and complete problems. Anyone can work on the problems in any order they want, but it’s better if you organize it.
Final: Relay Round (My Favorite)
This particular contest is probably not familiar to those from Math Counts. This is because it wasn’t in it. In this round, there are 5 problems and 3 people per group. The first person gets a problem and solves it; they then pass their answer to the next person. The second person inserts the answer they receive into their problem and passes their answer to the third person. The third person does the same, but submits their answer as the official answer; their answer is the only one that counts. I personally prefer second position because it’s easier to blame the first or third person for messing up.
No comments:
Post a Comment