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Annual High School Mathematics Contest Date - April 5, 2008 |
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Annual High School Mathematics Contest Date - April 5, 2008 |
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General Information
The annual mathematics contest sponsored by SEMI-Group, the Student Mathematics Club of Marywood University, is held on a Saturday morning (10:00 - 11:00 am) in the Liberal Arts Center of the Marywood campus every spring. The exam consists of 40 problems of gradually increasing difficulty. There are two versions of the exam. The Level I test is designed for ninth and tenth grade students, while the Level II version is more appropriate for eleventh and twelfth graders. No problems involve calculus. Any calculators approved by SAT test standards are allowed. A language dictionary may be allowed in special circumstances. Prizes are awarded to those students with the top five scores in each level as follows:
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Additionally, a certificate will be awarded to the highest scoring student at each level at every school. Also, the students with the top 10 scores on the Level II exam become eligible to be a member of this year's NE Pennsylvania ARML (American Regions Mathematics League) team - coached by Dr. Johnson and Dr. Zhang. The 32nd Annual ARML Contest will take place this year on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at Penn State, State College. Each year approximately 80 teams from all over the eastern United States and Canada participate in this very prestigious math competition. Visit our department ARML website for more information about this year's contest.
Over 150 students representing 10 high schools participated in
this year's Marywood Mathematics Contest held Saturday, April 5,
2008. As always, we congratulate all participants and extend our deep
appreciation to those teachers who generously volunteered their time
and effort. The results are shown below. Past tests and solutions
from both Level I (grades 9 and 10) and Level II (grades 11 and 12)
are available below if you wish to download a copy. (Acrobat Reader
is needed to view the tests. This program is available for free from
the Adobe website.) Please e-mail
any suggestions or comments to Dr. Craig Johnson at the Marywood
Department of Mathematics: johnsonc@marywood.edu
or Dr. Chaogui Zhang at the following address: czhang@marywood.edu.
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Top 5 Scores
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Top 5 Scores
Top Scorers at each school
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CONTEST DETAILS And PROCEDURES
Each school may enter as many freshmen and sophomores in the Level I test, and as many juniors and seniors in the Level II test as it wishes, at a registration fee of $4.00 per student. Both the Level I and Level II examinations are administered on the same day. Each year, registration forms are mailed directly to the schools with specific information concerning the contest. Alternately, you may register by e-mailing Dr. Chaogui Zhang at czhang@marywood.edu or Melissa Matsumura at mmatsumura@marywood.edu. A check may then either be made out to SEMI Group and mailed to Marywood math department or brought to the contest on the exam day.
Questions (Time Limits and Topics)
The written test has a time limit of one hour and contains 40 multiple-choice questions of gradually increasing difficulty. Those questions may involve any topic appropriate to the respective class level - except calculus. If, for any reason, a question must be dropped, no replacement will be made and no credit will be given for any answer to a question thus discarded.
*Please know that special arrangements for disabled students may be made by any participating school.
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Contest Location: The examination is held at Marywood University in the Liberal Arts Center on campus with registration beginning at 9:15 am in the rotunda. The test begins promptly at 10:00 am and lasts for one hour. |
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Proctoring
Each contest will be actively proctored at all times by members of SEMI-Group. Neither the proctor nor anyone else may interpret any question to any student during the contest.
Materials Allowed
Plain paper is supplied by SEMI-Group, and pencils may be used by contestants in the competition. Any calculator approved for the SAT tests are allowed. Nothing else is permitted i.e. graph paper, compass, ruler, book of tables.
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Starting Time The starting time for the competition is 10:00 a.m. As stated previously, there is a sixty minute time limit. |
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Marking the Answer Sheets
At the end of the testing period, the answer sheets are collected by the proctors and submitted for correction. One point will be given for each correct answer. No points are subtracted for incorrect responses.
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Mailing the Results/Cash Awards and Certificates After scoring all tests, the results and a copy of each test will be mailed to each participating school. Money order awards along with certificates will be mailed separately as soon as possible after completion of the competition. Top scorers for each level and also high scorer for each school will also be posted on this website. |
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