Imperial County Math Competition -- May 16, 2012

Overview Each school with a 7th or 8th grade is eligible to enter a 7th and an 8th grade team in the competition. Limit of one team per school per grade level. Each school must submit a completed official entry form with its fees, as well as coaches’ and students’ names by the deadline to be accepted in the competition. The 2011 Competition will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm (at Wilson Junior High School). Schools who wish to complete must register their teams using OMS (...) on the web. The due date to register, pay fees, and turn in release forms is Thursday, April 12, 2012.   Competition Details The competition is held in three phases and will be team competitions. Calculators may be used in any of the three phases. The questions used will be based upon the new Common Core State Standards (California edition) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Program format.

Each phase will be based on the difficulty of the questions with the first phase having less rigorous questions and the third phase having the most rigorous questions. Questions in the first phase will be worth ten points each. Second phase questions will be worth 20 points. Third phase questions will be worth 30 points. The seventh grade teams will compete first; then the eighth grade teams will compete. Each grade level competition should be approximately 45 minutes in length. The public and parents are invited to attend the competition.

Teams will work in groups to solve each problem. Teams will be seated at separate tables, and each team responding correctly will receive ten (10) points per correct answer. The competition is open to the public and parents are encouraged to attend. Doors for the public open promptly at 1:30 pm.