The tournament is in two parts - a morning, individual competition and an afternoon, team competition. The morning competition is a 90 minute multiple choice calculus exam. Once the morning exam has begun, students may NOT leave the room until they are finished with their exam. The afternoon competition has approximately 10 rounds where teams have up to 10 minutes to solve one or more problems. Rounds will NOT be delayed for missing team members. Afternoon problems include questions from algebra, trigonometry, statistics, and logic. Calculators may NOT be used during the morning session. One TI-85 per team will be provided for the afternoon session. A brief intermission will be held approximately halfway into the afternoon competition. Sponsors may confer with their students during this time. The awards ceremony immediately follows the afternoon competition.

For a more detailed list of instructions for the morning competition, click on the following link. MORNING INSTRUCTIONS

For a more detailed list of instructions for the afternoon competition, click on the following link.  AFTERNOON INSTRUCTIONS

Individual scores are determined by the number of correct answers an individual gets in the morning competition. Students are NOT penalized for incorrect answers.

Team scores are composed of the scores of the team rounds. The morning individual scores are not included in the afternoon total team scores. At the beginning of each round the time clock is set at 11 minutes. The number of whole minutes remaining when the solution is submitted is the score given for a correct answer. A team may submit an answer only once. No partial credit is given.

The overall scores for the colleges are determined in the following manner.  The top 3 individual morning scores from each college will be averaged and this will count as 50% of the overall score.  The highest score of a team from each college in the afternoon competition will also count as 50% of the overall score. 

In the event that a college only has one student participating, then their score alone will determine the morning portion, and in the event a college only has two students participating, the average of their scores will determine the morning portion. 

One of the 40 questions in the Morning test will be (clearly) designated as a tie breaker.  This question could be counted twice.   First as one of the 40 questions then, in case of a tie it will be counted again.  For example if two students, A and B answer 30 out of the 40 questions correctly and are tied for one of the top 3 places, then the problem designated as the tie breaker will be looked at.  If student A answered it correctly and student B  did not, then student A is the winner of that tie.  If both answered correctly or incorrectly then the tie will be broken in the following manner.

If 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. The first individual or team to submit a correct answer within 5 minutes will win the tie breaker. If needed, this will be repeated until the tie is broken. Only one response per individual or team will be accepted. 

If there is a tie for the overall competition, the following tiebreakers will be used in order to break the tie.  (The morning and afternoon tiebreakers will not be used to determine the overall champion except as noted below.)

1) The college with the highest morning average will win the tie. 

2a)  The college that wins the afternoon session  tie breaker wins the tie.

2b)  The two teams involved in the afternoon tie (below third place) have a tie breaker question as described above and the college that wins the afternoon tie breaker wins the tie.

3)  The college that has the highest individual scorer in the morning wins the tie.

Individual prizes are given to the students that have the top three scores from the morning competition.

The first place scorer will receive a plaque and a check for $400.
The second place scorer will receive a plaque and a check for $200.
The third place scorer will receive a plaque and a check for $100.

Plaques will be presented to the individual winners at the awards ceremony. Checks will be mailed as soon as possible to the appropriate college sponsors. 

Team prizes are given to the teams having the top three scores. Each winning team member will be presented with an Olympic style medal and
each member of the 1st place team will receive $30 in gift certificates,
each member of the 2nd place team will receive $20 in gift certificates,
each member of the 3rd place team will receive $10 in gift certificates.

The trophies will be awarded to the colleges with the three highest overall scores.

Students enrolled in a two-year college or a four year school with only a two year mathematics degree program that have never been enrolled in any math course above the sophomore level are eligible to participate. Students must be enrolled in the college they are representing at the tournament. High school students taking college courses are eligible.

A team competing for an award consists of a maximum of four eligible students from the same college. A college can elect to have a team with fewer than four members.  The number of teams a college may have is determined by the following formula. 

          # of teams  =  Greatest Integer [(n -1)/4 + 1]    where n is the number of students from a college.

Mixed teams comprised of a maximum of four eligible students from different colleges may participate, but their scores will not count in the overall scores for the colleges.

If there is a protest concerning the morning competition, it must be presented to the arbitrators before the afternoon competition begins. Arbitrators will be identified to the sponsors at the sponsor's meeting which takes place during the morning competition. If there is a protest concerning the afternoon competition, it must be presented to the arbitrators before the awards ceremony begins.  If there is a protest concerning the tie breaker  competition, it must be presented to the arbitrators before the awards ceremony begins.