Elementary M.A.T.H. Contest

2017 Competition Timeline

Academic Coach of the Year Nomination form due 9/1/16

Practice Questions Posted on web site November

EntryFormDuetoIASPOffice 12/6/16

MathCoachWebinarRegistrationdue 12/9/16

MathCoachWebinar,3:30pmEST 12/14/16

HostSiteAssignmentspostedonwww.iasp.org 1/12/17

TeamRosterFormpostedonwww.iasp.org 1/13/17

InvitationalWeeks 1/23-2/4/17

TeamRosterFormDue 2/5/17

InvitationalQuestionspostedonwww.iasp.org 2/6/17

Contest(5pmstarttime) 2/23/17

Resultspostedonwww.iasp.org 2/25/17

MATH Rules Meeting TBA

A Program of the Indiana

Association of School Principals

Math Bowl Sponsor

Read The Coach Handbook

• The M.A.T.H. Coach Handbook contains all current contest rules.

• http://www.iasp.org/pdf/coachhandbookmath.pdf

• Changes for 2016-17 are in Italics

• The most significant change is in section 7.12.fStudents will NOT be allowed to request for a question to be repeated.

• 7.12.f) Requests to repeat any question during the contest may only be made by the Procedural Committee Chairperson, although an emcee may make self-corrections as needed. Students will no longer be able to request that a question be repeated. This is similar to other IASP competitions.

The Procedural Chairperson will be charged with monitoring for any issues that could lead to a repeat being necessary. The Procedural Chairperson monitors all aspects of the contest to be sure procedures and rules are followed consistently at all sites. Sound and projection systems are tested prior to the arrival of teams and again during the practice round. During the competition, the Procedural Chairperson will be positioned where they can be easily seen by the Question Reader, and monitor for any issues that could cause a question to be repeated.

After each question has been read, the Question Reader will make eye contact with the Procedural Chairperson before saying “begin”. If the Procedural Chairperson will indicate to the Question Reader if a repeat is needed in these situations:

- an error was made in reading the question

- a technical issue made it difficult for competitors to see or hear the question

- a distraction occurred made it difficult for competitors to see or hear the question

If the Chairperson indicates a repeat IS necessary, the question reader should reread the entire question and all answer choices. Students will not confer verbally until after the repeat is completed and they are told to “begin”. No more than one repeat per question will be allowed.

If the Chairperson does NOT raise their hand to indicate a repeat is necessary, the reader should say “begin” to start the timer and allow students to confer verbally with each other. No repeats will be allowed after the word "begin."

Description of the Elementary M.A.T.H. Competition

• The competition will be made up of four rounds with three different team members competing in each round. Each round shall consist of eight multiple-choice questions. The competition will be based on The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics publication Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics. This includes thirteen curriculum standards.

• Teams Teams are composed ideally of twelve members. Eight others may be used as alternates. There is no limit of how many students may come from any one grade level. A student may participate in only one round. At the end of the fourth question, one or two members of the squad may substitute for students at the table.

• Eligibility All full-time students in grades 4-5 (6 where appropriate) are eligible to compete. Within these constraints, schools may select their teams in any manner and with any additional criteria they choose.

• Format The competition will consist of four rounds with each round consisting of eightmultiple-choice questions which will be read to the students and projected on the screen simultaneously. After consulting with the other team members at the table, the team captain will answer each question by circling the chosen response on the answer sheet. At the conclusion of the allotted time, (30 to 60 seconds) the proctor will grade each response before the next question is read.

2017 Contest Standards

The IDOE Standards (published in 2015) include:

*Process Standards

*Number Sense

*Computation

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (2017)

Future Topics of Focus:

Algebraic Thinking (2018)

Geometry and Measurement (2019)

2017 Contest Standards*The Process Standards with Number Sense and Computation will be used every year. The other standards rotate on a 3-year cycle to provide a sharper focus each year.

THE STANDARDS TO BE UTILIZED IN 2017 WILL BE the Process Standards with Number Sense, Computation, and Data Analysis and Probability.

In 2018 the focus will be Algebraic Thinking.

In 2019 the focus will be Geometry and Measurement.

In 2020, the focus returns to Data Analysis and Probability.

2017 Contest Standards• All Standards in grades K-4 are assumed mastered by

contestants in grades 4-6 and thus those topics are fair game every year.

• Standards in grades 5-6 are grade level minimums. The focus applies here.

• Grade 7 Standards are used to challenge contestants and provide differentiation in scores at the top level for awarding of prizes. The focus here is further restricted and discussed in the Coaches Webinar.

• Contest questions are great for developing high expectations for all students, helping us improve instruction and learning. http://www.nctm.org/Standards-and-Positions/Position-

Statements/High-Expectations/.

Coaches Handbook

2017 Math Coach Handbook The MATH Bowl Coach Handbook contains all rules and instructions for your 2017 team.

http://www.iasp.org/pdf/coachhandbookmath.pdf[Requires Adobe Reader]

Practice QuestionsMATH Bowl Practice Questions The 2017 MATH Bowl competition will be using the same standards used for the 2008 and 2011 and 2014 competitions. Instead of writing new practice questions for 2017, we are making available the questions used for those past competitions. By studying these questions with their teams, coaches can get a good picture of what the 2014 questions will be like. 2011 Invitational Competition Questions (1 per page) 2011 Area Competition Questions (2 per page)2014 Invitational Competition Questions (2 per page)2014 Area Competition Questions (1 per page)

2011 Topics not used in 2017: Pascal’s Triangle, LCM, GCF, Circle Graphs2014 Topics not used in 2017: 52 card decks, Pascal, Fibonnacci numbersA retired principal recently asked why we write new questions every year; why not just reused the old ones? Really?!?

CalculatorsStudents may use almost any algebraic functioning calculator except the following: "hand-held" minicomputers, cell phones or laptop computers; pocket organizers; calculators with typewriter-style keypads; calculators with paper tape or printers; calculators that talk or make other noise; any device with internet access, or calculators that require an external power source, such as an electrical outlet. Any calculator with a memory must have the memory cleared before the competition. Solar-powered calculators with a battery back-up will be acceptable. Solar-powered calculators without battery back-up may be used at the student's own risk since lighting may be dim to allow better visibility of the screens. Students are expected to bring their own calculators. Fraction capable calculators are recommended. Unacceptable calculators will be held by an official until the end of the competition. NCTM Position Statement on calculator use in elementary school

CalculatorsSome problems require computations that would take elementary students a long time. They should know how to use their calculators to perform those computations quickly.

25 x 4.8(3.1 + 5) = 432

63

7+17

3

25- 4

2

3=18

463

525

CalculatorsThey should also know that many problems are faster without a calculator.

8 x $0.25 + 4 x $0.25 is 12 quarters or $3.00

23

6+12

3

24=14

15

24

Contest Curriculum

The previous contest sample questions are the best guides. Be sure all team members get to study all those questions and then work on the topics that they have trouble with. The questions come from the same question writers and the writers use the past contest to structure the new contest. Some special topics will change but you get hints today about those.

MATH Curriculum

The following information is meant to guide coaches in finding activities that teach the curriculum. We’ve looked at the actual questions written by the question writers so that those using this presentation will have a good focus. Because this is a contest for the best students, material comes from Standards for grades 4-7. Even then, scores can be close!

2017 topics:Basic – any standard K-4

hour = 60 minutes 1 yard = 3 ft

1 year = 12 months 1 dozen = 12 items

½ = 30 minutes, ¼ = 15 minutes, 1/10 = 6 minutes

Elapsed time

Measurement conversions where ratios given

Value of penny, nickel, dime, quarter

<, >, =, ≤, ≥, ≠

Perimeter of polygon is sum of sides

Going up and down stairs - use a staircase or picture

An hour of curriculum overlapKnow fractions of an hour ½ = 30 minutes, ¼ = 15 minutes, 1/10 = 6 minutes.

These are important when finding the amount of pay for a worker or in elapsed time problems.

S3.M.3: Tell and write time to the nearest minute from analog clocks, using a.m. and p.m., and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve real-world problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes.

4.M.3: Use the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to solve real-world problems involving distances, intervals of time, volumes, masses of objects, and money. Include addition and subtraction problems involving simple fractions and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.

Process (Problem Solving) & Computation

• Consumer purchases: Total Cost of multiple items, discounts

• Prime, composite, and prime factorization

• Roots of perfect squares 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, …. 144

• Equivalent ratios

• Next term in sequences involving mixed numbers

• Recipe adjustments

• Extraneous data is sometimes given, other needed data assumed known

Process (Problem Solving) & Computation

• What is the number? Know vocabulary terms.

• Ordering of decimals & fractions

• Fraction (vertical and slanted bars) and decimal arithmetic

• Order of operations with squares, parentheses

• Fractions of something that add to one whole

• Sequences & patterns

• Input & Output patterns – one operation

Data Analysis

• Mean, median, mode, outliers, range

• Line plot

• Stem-and-Leaf plots

• Box-and-whisker plots with quartiles

• Percent is part of whole (100%), percent of loss or gain (markup)

• Venn Diagrams – overlapping groups

• Sum of sequence from 1 to n is n(n+1)/2

Probability

• Definition probability

• Ratios and proportions

• Counting principle

• Finding simple probability

• Combinations and permutations though not using the formal terms

• Expected outcome of repeated experiment

• Difference between with and without replacement

Need More Help?

Middle school math textbooks, former team members, local MathCounts teams, other teachers, middle or high school math teachers, and Google!