The Round #2 exam for the 2012-2013 Academic Year will be held on:
** The preferred starting time is 2:00pm...if you cannot make that time due to a schedule conflict, you may take the exam from 3:00-4:10pm. Just be sure to arrive no later than 3:05pm since, due to contest rules, students cannot be admitted after 3:05pm.
Please Note: Contest rules specify that no student may begin the contest exam after any student has left the test room. So students beginning the exam at 2:05pm must commit to staying until at least 3:05pm, so that we can offer the second time option from 3:05-4:10pm for those who can't begin at 2:05pm.
FURTHER INFO: Participants have exactly 60 minutes to work on the exam. It takes about 5 minutes to distribute the exams and read through the instructions, so participants should plan to be present from 2:05-3:10pm.
You can have a look now at the exam instructions and answer sheet. At the beginning of each contest exam, we'll read through the instructions and you'll fill in the student information on the answer sheet...after that you'll have 60 minutes to work on the contest problems.
The AMATYC "Student Math League" Contest is a math contest held each year at community colleges nationwide. It consists of two one-hour exams. At CCSF, the first exam is typically given in early November and the second exam is given in early March. Each exam consists of 20 multiple choice questions covering precalculus material (e.g. algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics/probability). Examples of past exams can be downloaded (as PDF files) from this AMATYC webpage. [Note: You'll need the free Adobe Acrobat software to read these files.] Various contest scholarships and prizes are awarded, among them:
All CCSF students are welcome to participate. No special registration is required --- all an interested student needs to do is come to the contest room at the announced time on the contest date. Students are also permitted to bring and use any scientific or graphics calculator that does not have a QWERTY (i.e. typewriter) keyboard.
Note, however, that students who have already earned a two-year college degree (or higher) are not eligible to compete for official awards.
If you'd like to learn more about the contest, you can:
or you may contact one of the following CCSF math faculty:
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| Pre-Contest Workshop |
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| AMATYC Contest Exam: Round #2 |
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(or 3:00-4:10pm) |
Batmale 551 |
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| Post-Contest Meeting |
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During the pre-contest workshops we typically discuss how the contest works, look at problems from previous contest exams, and discuss solutions and strategies to help prepare students for the upcoming contest exam.
During the post-contest meeting we'll:
For other potential practice problems see: