Test Day tips?

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droid347

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#1 h Feb 6, 2015, 9:17 PM • 3 Y

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Does anyone have any tips for MATHCOUNTS Chapter competition day? Mine is tomorrow, and I was wondering if there were any recommendations on what to eat fro breakfast, what to review in the morning, how to warm up, etc. Thanks!

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Dominater76

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#2 h Feb 6, 2015, 9:36 PM • 4 Y

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I have mine tommorow also, but we had a county wide practice tests a month ago. The day of that I just did some alumus. If you normally eat breakfast, then eat breakfast. I have really bad luck because I just got a stomach bug today and I got sent home from school. Good luck though, stay healthy.

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Benq

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#3 h Feb 6, 2015, 10:18 PM • 6 Y

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Sleep well; do a sprint or two, don't panic + read slowly + check work because it's chapter and you'll definitely have more than enough time to do that.

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iNomOnCountdown

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#4 h Feb 6, 2015, 11:46 PM • 4 Y

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Do exactly what you'd do on a normal Saturday morning. I've never been a believer in reviewing in the morning/warming up, since I think it serves more to psych you out than to make the difference between missing some amount of problems and getting them.

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Benq

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#5 h Feb 6, 2015, 11:49 PM • 3 Y

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Review the night before. Calm down on the actual today.

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BOGTRO

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#6 h Feb 7, 2015, 12:03 AM • 8 Y

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Back when I was competing, I always used to do one of these (change the last digit in http://agmath.com/media//DIR_57727/2003-2004$20NS$20Test$20$231.pdf to get more) around half an hour before the test started. I didn't score it or anything, nor did I actually care about the results, but I found it was a good way to "wake up" before a competition.

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Reason: Broken links due to site migration

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Arixira

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#7 h Feb 7, 2015, 3:48 AM • 5 Y

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My chapters was about a week ago. A close friend of mine got a high score, and these are some tips from him:
"Get sleep. Good sleep is essential."
"Be confident. Confidence in yourself is a great help."
"Guess on every problem you can't solve. Some people might not need this, though."
"Be calm. Nerves and emotional highs are bad, they make you do worse."
Hope I helped!

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Aang

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#8 h Feb 10, 2015, 5:06 AM • 4 Y

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Dominater76 wrote:

I have mine tommorow also, but we had a county wide practice tests a month ago. The day of that I just did some alumus. If you normally eat breakfast, then eat breakfast. I have really bad luck because I just got a stomach bug today and I got sent home from school. Good luck though, stay healthy.

Last year on the day before state, I was sent home after feeling queasy. 10/10 would not binge on ice cream again.

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kmw2001

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#9 h Feb 10, 2015, 7:31 PM • 4 Y

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Lol. I have done many, many competitions (and have placed highly in many of them), so here are some tips to help you out...

-Healthy, filling meals keep your stomach off of your mind; just don't overeat!
-If you've got butterflies, it may help to run for a minute, talk to someone about it, or punch a wall or something.
-Take some deep breaths and remember that it won't be so hard once you get into it.
-Get some sleep! Being tired can be stressful.
-Studying seems hard and stressful; find a way to make it fun and helpful at the same time.
-When studying and taking the test, block out distractions. Ask the whispering kids to the left of you to please be quiet, turn off the TV and tell your siblings to please be quiet, and I've found that it helps me to have a "study buddy".

Hope this helps!

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Ryota--Everdeen

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#10 h Feb 10, 2015, 8:29 PM • 3 Y

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TIPS:
- Get a good nights worth of sleep
-Do not cram in at the night before
- Read the questions carefully
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY EAT A GOOD OLD BREAKFAST
Take a walk before: excersize helps your body get blood to your brain

Sources
http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/tips/test-day.html
http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-test-day-tips

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Aang

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#11 h Feb 12, 2015, 1:46 AM • 3 Y

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Yes. I stayed up laying playing video games and didn't eat breakfast before chapter and I failed miserably.

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jon167

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#12 h Feb 12, 2015, 6:14 AM • 5 Y

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To be honest, all these sleep early, eat a hearty breakfast tips are great, but the best strategies and tips are the ones you find most effective. In my 7th grade year I stayed up cramming and doing warm up problems (From the annual 300 problems MathCounts produces every year) all the way up to 1-2 AM in the morning the day of the competition, however I felt really refreshed and my brain was already in rhythm from the cramming the night before, and I had scored better than expected. In my 8th grade year, I took all the precautions, sleep early, ate a large breakfast, did easy warm ups like BOGOTRO's, and I had only scored 2 points higher than I did in 7th grade; Despite having shown significant improves through practice tests and other competitions.

Now I'm not saying you should stay up and cram all night, just saying that you should do what fits you. Whatever strategies suit you best, you should go for.

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rachanamadhu

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#13 h Feb 13, 2015, 2:04 AM • 2 Y

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Solve for the right problem. (Don't solve for the right answer of the wrong problem

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ingenio

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#14 h Feb 16, 2015, 7:42 PM • 2 Y

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BOGTRO wrote:

Back when I was competing, I always used to do one of [url=http://agmath.com/media//DIR_57727/2003-2004 $20NS$ 20Test $20$ 231.pdf]these[/url] (change the last number in http://agmath.com/media//DIR_57727/2003-2004 $20NS$ 20Test $20$ 231.pdf to get more) around half an hour before the test started. I didn't score it or anything, nor did I actually care about the results, but I found it was a good way to "wake up" before a competition.

Looks to me like a Mathleague Number Sense test.

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GameMaster402

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#15 h Mar 14, 2017, 11:56 PM • 2 Y

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ingenio wrote:

BOGTRO wrote:

Back when I was competing, I always used to do one of [url=http://agmath.com/media//DIR_57727/2003-2004 $20NS$ 20Test $20$ 231.pdf]these[/url] (change the last number in http://agmath.com/media//DIR_57727/2003-2004 $20NS$ 20Test $20$ 231.pdf to get more) around half an hour before the test started. I didn't score it or anything, nor did I actually care about the results, but I found it was a good way to "wake up" before a competition.

Looks to me like a Mathleague Number Sense test.

YOU look like a mathleague number sense test

lol jk

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rohan3142

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#16 h Jun 30, 2023, 7:20 AM • 1 Y

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This thread is really old but I'll add something anyway -- solve the problem, not the point it'll give you. One big mistake I made is "counting" up to the score I wanted, like "I have to solve X more problems to have a shot at getting 26 on sprint." That messed me up because it's not easy to solve a problem when your mind is on the score and not on the math. Focus on the math all through.

- rohan3142

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BabaLama

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#17 h Jun 30, 2023, 1:28 PM • 1 Y

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What all you guys said were really good! I recomend the night before studying by mocking tests, going to bed early, eating a good breakfast, doing something that turns your brain away from math for a while that involves thinking (like chess), staying calm, and just focus on the paper instead of the other contestants.

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exp-ipi-1

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#18 h Jul 1, 2023, 2:11 AM

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rohan3142 wrote:

This thread is really old but I'll add something anyway -- solve the problem, not the point it'll give you. One big mistake I made is "counting" up to the score I wanted, like "I have to solve X more problems to have a shot at getting 26 on sprint." That messed me up because it's not easy to solve a problem when your mind is on the score and not on the math. Focus on the math all through.

- rohan3142

why the bump?

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