ARML LOCAL
The American Regions Mathematics League (ARML), with support from the Society of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society, and DE Shaw is holding ARML Local on Saturday, April 10th, 2010.
ARML Local is open to all middle schools, high schools, and home schooling groups. Each school may field one or more teams of six students. We encourage schools near each other to meet up and compete, but the contest can also be done at individual schools. The competition must be completed on April 10th (or April 11th under special circumstances) in order for test scores to be considered valid, and all test scores must be submitted via e-mail or at the ARML Local website by 11:59pm PDT on Tuesday, April 13th to be eligible for any prizes or recognition.
ARML Local, which can be completed in about 3.5 hours (allowing for breaks), has a round structure similar to the main ARML competition, so it is excellent preparation for the main competition at the end of May. The rounds are:
- Team Round (30 minutes): A set of 10 short answer questions of various types worked together by the entire team.
- Theme Round (45 minutes): A set of 10 short answer questions on a particular topic worked together by the entire team.
- Individual Round (5 pairs, 10 minutes/pair): A set of 10 short answer questions worked on independently by each student.
- Relay Round (3 rounds, 6/8/10 minutes): If you've done ARML before, you know what this is. However, unlike ARML, each round has a different structure. The first round has each team breaking into three relay squads of two, the second round breaks the team into two relay squads of three, and the final round is a super relay with all six students. Students work on problems, passing answers back to the next person on their squad to use in their solutions. The team scores points only if the last answer the final student passes to the proctor in the time allotted is the correct answer (with more points for correct early submissions).
Coaches and/or local contest coordinators will be responsible for grading the papers the day of the contest and submitting team scores via e-mail or at the ARML website. Scores will be compiled from nationwide, and the top teams will receive prizes. We will have two divisions: the Archimedes Division for schools with average enrollments per grade level of 400 students or more per grade, as well as for any school with a selective admissions process (or teams that are created from more than one school), and the Bernoulli Division for everyone else (teams from smaller schools may opt to compete in the Archimedes Division). The students on the first and second place team in each division will receive $50 and $25 Amazon.com gift certificates (ties will be broken first by total individual round score, then by team round + theme round score, then by random drawing). In addition, all students with the top individual score will be entered into a random drawing for a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate.
Registration info is available here. The contest is $30 per team. If a school hosts teams from one or more other schools, the school's first team is free. Registration forms are due by April 2, 2010.
ARML Local Head Coordinator Contact InformationPaul DreyerARML.Local@gmail.com Cell: 310-383-3499 Fax: 310-451-7073 Mailing Address: ARML Local c/o Paul Dreyer 846 4th Street, #205 Santa Monica, CA 90403 |
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