2012 State Math Contest
Information Page
Southern
Contest Date: Wednesday, March
14, 2012
FAQs about the State Math Contest (for
Those Coming to SUU)
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Date |
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
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Time |
Arrive by 9 a.m.; the test is
from 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. If you have to get here later, let us know ASAP so
we can make other arrangements for you. |
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Cost |
$15 per student if registered
between now and Friday, February 24, 2012; $20 from February 25 – March 2.
The absolute deadline is Friday, March
2. No exceptions can be granted and there are no refunds if a
student/school fails to attend. |
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Registration |
It’s easy! Do online at this link.
See “Cost” (above) for details.
Each school can register at most ten students per grade. |
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Location (Click on map) |
Sharwan Smith Student Center: Meet in the Rotunda; the
doors will open for students to enter the Ballroom at 9:15. The test begins
at 9:30. |
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Parking |
The parking lot at 800 W,
200 S (see the map next to “Location” above).
As it is Spring Break for SUU that week, parking should be easy to find. |
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Who can take
the test? |
Students in grades 7-12, at
most ten students per grade. There is one test for students in grades 7-9 and
a different test for grades 10-12. All this is found at http://www.math.usu.edu/index.php?program=mcon.
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Will we starve? |
No way! Breakfast for
teachers and lunch – pizza and sodas – for students and teachers will be
served. |
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Can my
students do it? |
Yes! This
is a link to the tests from the past to judge how your students might do. |
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Why take the
test? |
There are many awards
available, including scholarships for high individual and school placers.
Even if you are not one of the top finishers, it still looks good on an
application to college if you did well. Individuals (such as from St. George,
where this test is during Spring Break – just like it is for us at SUU!) are
also welcome to come even if your school can’t bring you along. |
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Contact
people at SUU |
Seth Armstrong (armstrong@suu.edu) or Robin Archibald (archibald@suu.edu); you may also phone us
at (435)590-4516 (Armstrong, Math Dept Chair) or
(435)586-5448 (Robin, Math Department Administrative Assistant) |
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What should
we bring? |
Just have students bring
their brains. We provide the pencils (they can even keep it - wow!), bubble sheets, and scratch paper for your
students. Calculators are not allowed. |
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Can I guess? |
Well, sure, but the phrase anything is possible is very different
from saying anything is probable!
The test has 30 multiple-choice questions with parts a-e each. You get five
points for choosing the correct answer, get zero points for an incorrect
answer, but get one if you leave it blank. This means that it may be to your
student’s advantage to guess if he/she can get down to one or two pretty good
possibilities. |
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What if I
win? |
This isn’t all bad! There
is an awards banquet for top individual finishers. The Awards Banquet will be
held at a place to be announced later. The individual winners will each be
allowed to bring two guests to accompany them to the dinner/awards ceremony. |
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Will it be
any fun? |
You must mean besides the opportunity to do math, right? Well, during
lunch we talk about our math programs and also have drawings for lots of cool prizes, including one Grand Prize for
teachers and one Grand Prize for students! |
Schedule of Activities for Students and
Teachers
We
have activities planned until 1:00. We plan to have more giveaways this year, a
grand prize for teachers as well as a grand prize and many other small prizes
for students. The grand prizes are quite nice, but we’ll surprise you!
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Time |
Students |
Teachers |
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9:00-9:30 |
Arrival and seating in
Ballroom |
Arrival and getting
students ready to go and seated. |
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9:30-12:00 |
Math Test Students can walk around
the Student Center after they’re done. There’s a bookstore, candy score, and
so on. (Please encourage your students to take as much time as they can stand
on the test—you never know but what the winning question takes the last hour
to solve!) |
Breakfast and Social. We’ll also give you copies
of the tests so you can work through them. (Students usually have many questions
for their teachers about the answers to problems they tried!) |
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12:15-1:00 |
Lunch/Presentations and Prizes -Pizza and drinks will be served -While eating, SUU professors will talk
about our programs for a short time. |
Lunch/Presentations and Prizes -Pizza and drinks will be served -While eating, SUU
professors will talk about our programs for a short time. |
The Math Contest Web page
from Utah State University is the main link for the State.
Driving Directions
The easiest exit to take is Exit 59—the middle of the
three Cedar City exits. Go E along 200 S, then take a right onto 800 West. The parking lot will be just before 300 S on your right.
