ETOWAH COUNTY MATH BEE
GRADES 6 – 8
ROTATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Updated January 2019
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YEAR
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2019 |
2020
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2021
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2022
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2023 |
2024
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WRITTEN TEST
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Gaston |
GMS
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HBMS
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RMS
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Sardis
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WEHS
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CIPHERING MATCHES
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GMS |
HBMS
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RMS
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Sardis
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WEHS
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Gaston
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HOSPITALITY FOR TEACHERS
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HBMS |
RMS
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Sardis
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WEHS
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Gaston
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GMS
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WRITTEN TEST HOST:
Set up and registration
Assign monitors for written tests
Assign checkers for written tests
Arrange for grading written tests
Prepare copies of written tests
Order and bring Scantron sheets for written tests
Arrange for seating for written tests
CIPHERING HOST:
Preparing ciphering questions
Prepare copies of answers for ciphering questions
Arrange for equipment for ciphering matches
Assign graders for ciphering rounds
Provide timer for ciphering rounds
Prepare packets for ciphering matches
HOSPITALITY HOST:
Secure a location
Prepare refreshments for teachers
Set up and take down refreshment area
Assist with seating for written tests if needed
Assist with trophies if needed
One
teacher from each of the three host schools will form a Math Bee
Committee for that year, and will meet one or more times during the
school year to prepare for the competition.
Photographs will be taken by a representative of the Etowah County Board of Education and posted to the ECBOE web site.
ETOWAH COUNTY JUNIOR HIGH MATH BEE CIPHERING GUIDELINES
REVISED MAY 31, 2012
- Each
school will have a team consisting of seven students. There will be no
substitutions during the match. Alternates are not permitted.
- At
the beginning of each match, each student will receive a packet of
answer sheets, on which he/she will compute and record his/her answers.
Each student should be sure that all information is recorded correctly
on each sheet before the match begins.
- Each problem will be projected on a screen. The time limit will be sixty seconds for each problem.
- Each
student will work the problem and record his/her answer in the box on
the answer sheet. The answer must be in final form and must be in the
answer box.
- All
answer sheets will be passed to scorers at the end of the sixty
seconds. NO answer sheets will be collected before time has expired.
- If appropriate, answers may be given as fractions (proper or improper, in simplest form), mixed numerals, or decimals.
- Commas are optional, but if used they must be used correctly.
- When the answer involved money, the dollar sign and decimal point must be used correctly.
- In
measurement problems, the answer should be expressed using the correct
unit of measure. Abbreviations or symbols must be used correctly. This
includes the appropriate units for perimeter, area, and volume.
- In
a division problem, remainders may be expressed as a whole number,
fraction, or decimal, unless the specific problem states other wise.
- When solving an equation, proportion, etc., the answer should be given in the form x = 12.
- If an answer is to be rounded, it will be specified in the instructions for that problem.
- If an answer requires a percent or degree sign, it must be used or the answer will be considered to be incorrect.
- Judges
will make every effort to read students’ answers. If a judge cannot
read an answer, it will be considered to be incorrect. The judge’s
decision is final.
- A
ciphering match will consist of no more than six questions. A total of
eight questions will be made in the event that one or more questions
must be discarded.
- The
school score for a ciphering match will consist of the total number of
correct answers from that school’s students for each round (maximum
points possible = 42; seven students X six questions).
- In
the event of a question or concern, please check with one of the host
schools. Every attempt will be made to resolve a situation as quickly
as possible.
18. In the event of ties, all teams will be awarded medals.
*Special thanks to Susan Sauls (Glencoe Middle) for preparing this information.