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[contest dates] Contest 1: 10/21/2023 [calc-ok] Contest 2: 1/27/2024 [no-calc] Contest 3: 4/20/2024 [calc-ok] [location] The meet will be held at two sites, Whitney Young and Lane Tech, with the exception of the final meet (location TBD). [contest topics] CONTEST 1 - calc-ok
* Individual Round: 20 questions in 50 minutes, one point per question * Team Round (Candy Bar): 20 questions in 50 minutes
* 6th grade: ratio, proportion and percent, geometry: area and perimeter of circles, rectangles and triangles * 7th grade: basic statistics (arithmetic mean, median, mode); divisibility (primes, composites, GCD, LCM, relatively prime, number of divisors, etc.); ratios, proportions, and percents * 8th grade: basic statistics (arithmetic mean, median, mode, stem and leaf plots, box and whiskers plots); divisibility (primes, composites, GCD, LCM, relatively prime, number of divisors, etc.); arithmetic and geometric sequences (including partial sums)
* Individual Round: 20 questions in 50 minutes, one point per question * Team Round (Candy Bar): 20 questions in 50 minutes
* 6th grade: basic geometry (angle measurement, perimeter, area, volume), probability (and/or easy inclusion/exclusion), counting (permutations and combinations), the Pythagorean Theorem * 7th grade: basic geometry (angle measurement, perimeter, area, volume), probability (and/or easy inclusion/exclusion), counting (permutations and combinations), the Pythagorean Theorem * 8th grade: basic geometry (angle measurement, perimeter, area, volume, polygon formulas), probability (and/or easy inclusion/exclusion), counting (permutations and combinations), the Pythagorean Theorem (including special triangles, 30-60-90 and 45-45-90)
* Individual Round: 20 questions in 50 minutes, one point per question * Team Round (Candy Bar): 20 questions in 50 minutes
* 6th grade: linear equations, number patterns, geometric similarity, interpreting graphs * 7th grade: linear equations, number patterns, geometric similarity, interpreting graphs * 8th grade: systems of linear equations, number patterns, symmetry and transformations, quadratic equations [contest topics for 2021-2022] CONTEST 1 - calc-ok
* Individual Round: 20 questions in 50 minutes, one point per question * Team Round (Candy Bar): 20 questions in 50 minutes
* 6th grade: ratios, proportions, percents; probability and counting (permutations and combinations) * 7th grade: basic statistics (arithmetic mean, median, mode); divisibility (primes, composites, GCD, LCM); ratios, proportions, percents; probability and counting (permutations and combinations) * 8th grade: basic statistics (arithmetic mean, median, mode); divisibility (primes, composites, GCD, LCM); ; probability and counting (permutations and combinations); arithmetic and geometric sequences (including partial sums)
* Individual Round: 20 questions in 50 minutes, one point per question * Team Round (Candy Bar): 20 questions in 50 minutes
* 6th grade: basic geometry (angle measurement, perimeter, area, volume); Pythagorean theorem; linear equations and number patterns * 7th grade: basic geometry (angle measurement, perimeter, area, volume); Pythagorean theorem; linear equations and number patterns; symmetry and transformations * 8th grade: basic geometry (angle measurement, perimeter, area, volume, similarity); Pythagorean theorem; linear equations and systems, quadratic equations I. Individual Contests — Younger students may compete at a higher grade level. Each grade level contest may have as many as six contestants and any number of alternates. II. Contest 1 is calc-okay, Contest 2 is not. |