General Information
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Entries
A school with less than 300 students enrolled in grades 9-12 may enter from one to six contestants in each division. Schools with more than 300 students enrolled in grades 9-12 may enter from one to 10 contestants in each division. If your school
has less than 300 students but you wish to enter more than 6 students in any category, your school will be classified in the A division.
Format
The contest will consist of a fifty-minute test followed by a twenty-minute test. The latter will be scored only if it is necessary to break ties. The contestant's score will be the score achieved on the fifty-minute test.
Pencils and Paper
All contestants should plan to provide their own pencils. The college will provide scratch paper.
Tests and Scoring
The tests in all divisions will be prepared and scored by the faculty of the
Mathematics Department at South Dakota Mines.
Calculators and Cellphones
Calculators are not necessary for the exam and we will not allow their use. The use of cellphones is strictly prohibited during testing.
Prizes
Schools will be split into two classes: Class A and Class B. Please indicate your school’s enrollment in grades 9-12 and we will classify you accordingly. Prizes will be awarded in each class to the top five in each division. The top scorer
in each division will be awarded a prize. The exception is in the Master's Division, which will have only 1 prize, to be awarded to the top scorer.
Contest Schedule
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9:30 am
General Meeting
All students and teachers will meet in the Goodell gymnasium in the King Center.
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10:00-11:30 am
Testing
Rooms for sessions TBA
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11:30 am - 1:30 pm
INTERMISSION
Our dining hall on campus will be open on May 8th. The lunch cost will be $9.00 (already includes tax) per person and the menu will include an option of a crispy chicken sandwich or a hamburger; along with a bag of assorted chips, limited salad
bar, a cookie, and the beverage station. We will ask that students are grouped by school with their teacher/chaperone handling total funds for their group to speed up the line through the cashier this year.
Before or after lunch, students can participate in a “scavenger-hunt” style tour of our campus which includes a stop at the Museum of Geology in small groups.
We do require you to indicate on your entry form an estimate of how many students are interested in touring campus and the number of people staying with us for lunch.
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1:30 pm
Awards Ceremony
Goodell Gymnasium in the King Center