Etowah County Schools

Preparing Our Students for Their Future

 

GRADES 6 – 8

ROTATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Updated May 2017

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.

 

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ETOWAH COUNTY JUNIOR HIGH MATH BEE CIPHERING GUIDELINES

REVISED MAY 31, 2012

1. Each school will have a team consisting of seven students.  There will be no substitutions during the match.  Alternates are not permitted.

2. 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.

3. Each problem will be projected on a screen.  The time limit will be sixty seconds for each problem.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. If appropriate, answers may be given as fractions (proper or improper, in simplest form), mixed numerals, or decimals.

7. Commas are optional, but if used they must be used correctly.

8. When the answer involved money, the dollar sign and decimal point must be used correctly.

9. 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.

10. In a division problem, remainders may be expressed as a whole number, fraction, or decimal, unless the specific problem states other wise.

11. When solving an equation, proportion, etc., the answer should be given in the form x = 12.

12. If an answer is to be rounded, it will be specified in the instructions for that problem.

13. If an answer requires a percent or degree sign, it must be used or the answer will be considered to be incorrect.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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).

17. 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.