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| 8:15 - 9:15 AM | Registration & Coffee and Donuts |
| 9:30 - 11:00 AM | Individual Competition & Sponsor's Meeting |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Team Pictures |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Lunch (cost included in registration fee) |
| 1:15 - 3:30 PM | Team Competition |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM | Tie Breakers & Awards Ceremony |
Upon arriving, you will complete your registration, receive name tags, and be
given last minute updates. Be prepared to identify students in groups of four to
work as teams during the afternoon competition. Then, enjoy the
Coffee and Donuts.
Take time to relax, visit with other competitors, and give last minute instructions to your team members while you wait for the games to begin.
The morning competition is a 90 minute multiple choice calculus exam. Calculators are NOT allowed in this part of the tournament. Individual money prizes along with plaques are given to the students that have the top three scores from the morning competition.
Sponsors' Meeting
Unfortunately, sponsors are not allowed to observe their students during the morning competition. While students are working on the test for the morning competition, sponsors will have an opportunity to meet together for an informal discussion of current issues. Topics from past discussions include content for college algebra, the semester system, and laboratories. You may put in your two cents worth or just listen. You can give it your full attention or tune in every now and then as you grade papers or work on lesson plans. Yes! Some sponsors actually bring work to do. We will dismiss as soon as the students start finishing the morning exam so you can spend some time finding out how your teams have survived the first round of competition.
Team PicturesBefore you go to lunch, please stop by the announced location to have team pictures made. Pictures will be posted at this website.
LunchLunch will be provided this year. The cost is included in the registration fee.
Team Competition
The afternoon competition has approximately ten rounds, where teams have up to ten minutes to solve one or more problems. Afternoon problems include questions from algebra, trigonometry, statistics, logic and calculus. One
(or two, depending on the number of teams) TI-85 calculator per team will be provided for this part of the competition. Contestants may NOT use their own personal calculators. The morning individual scores are not included in the afternoon total team scores. At the end of the afternoon competition, each winning team member from the top three teams receives an Olympic style medal at the Awards Ceremony and a gift certificate. Tie BreakersIf there is a tie from the morning or afternoon competition, a tie breaker question will be administered by the Test Administrator after the afternoon competition is over.
Awards CeremonyDuring the Awards Ceremony, presentations are made by an academic officer of Gainesville College. The individual winners of the morning competition are announced and presented with an engraved plaque. The individual winners will receive a check by mail. Then the top three teams are announced and each winning team member is draped with an Olympic style engraved medal. Next, the Awards for the overall competition are presented. Each winning college is presented with a trophy.