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Berry College High School Math Competition |
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Multiple Choice Exam
The high school multiple choice exam – also called the written exam – is a series of twenty multiple choice questions given over a forty minute period. Each question usually has four or five answers from which the contestant may choose. The contestant chooses his/her answer and bubbles in the appropriate block on his/her Scantron. At the end of the forty minutes the Scantrons are collected and scored electronically. Each question is worth five points; that leads to a total of one hundred possible points per student on the written exam. Any alternates will also have their Scantrons collected and scored; but their scores will not count toward the team's total score. Calculators are allowed.
Multiple Choice Exam: Spring 2003
Multiple Choice Exam: Fall 2004
Multiple Choice Exam: Fall 2006
Multiple Choice Exam: Spring 2007
Multiple Choice Exam: Fall 2007
Ciphering Questions
The high school “ciphering” portion of the competition consists of ten questions, each on a half-sheet of paper, distributed one at a time. Each question is given to a student face down. When told, the student may turn the question over and attempt to answer it. The student must place ONLY the answer in the answer box provided. The student is welcome to clutter the rest of the paper with scratch work. If the student submits a correct answer within one minute, he/she receives ten points. If the student submits a correct answer within the second minute, he/she receives five points. After two minutes, no more answers are collected.
How are so many questions graded? There are three individuals who remain at the front of the competition area. The student coordinator calls times out, such as “Begin,” “You have one minute left,” and “Time is up.” The faculty coordinator enters the points earned for any student who answers the question correctly. Probably the most rigorous task is that of our grader, a gracious volunteer of the math faculty of Berry College . This individual must go through each submitted answer and determine if the answer is correct or incorrect against a provided solutions guide. The grader will then write the correct number of points on the “ciphering” question and pass it to the faculty coordinator.
Ciphering Questions: Spring 2003
Ciphering Questions: Fall 2006
Ciphering Questions: Spring 2007
Ciphering Questions: Fall 2007
Team Questions
The team questions at the Berry College Math Tournaments are a set of five questions that may be answered by a group of up to four students. Each school may only submit one set of answers for their school. The questions are similar to the questions on the written test and the “ciphering” questions; however, they might be more computationally intensive since there are usually multiple brains on the job. An answer blank is provided for the answer to each question. Each question is worth ten points; occasionally, a question will have parts – we try to limit that as much as possible, however.
Answer Keys