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| − | The <b>Number Sense Round</b> in mathleague.org is a 10-minute competition where the students try to answer as many questions as they can in the set of 80 questions. | + | The <b>Number Sense Round</b> in [[mathleague.org]] is a 10-minute competition where the students try to answer as many questions as they can in the set of 80 questions. |
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The maximum score for this round is 400 points. | The maximum score for this round is 400 points. | ||
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| + | It is calculated up to the highest problem number you have done. | ||
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| + | For example, if you do only problem 80 and get it right, your score is -311. | ||
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| + | But if you do only problem 1 and get it right, your score is 5. | ||
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| + | So don't skip around! | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [[http://mathleague.org/NumberSenseTest333.pdf Number Sense Test 333 from mathleague.org]] | * [[http://mathleague.org/NumberSenseTest333.pdf Number Sense Test 333 from mathleague.org]] | ||
* [[http://mathleague.org/nsrules.php Number Sense Rules from mathleague.org]] | * [[http://mathleague.org/nsrules.php Number Sense Rules from mathleague.org]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:41, 2 April 2024
The Number Sense Round in mathleague.org is a 10-minute competition where the students try to answer as many questions as they can in the set of 80 questions.
Question Difficulty
These questions are mostly quick ones, like arithmetic, GCD, LCM, exponents, roots, etc. To get through these quickly and accurately, the student needs to know the shortcuts.
Scoring
Each correct answer bags 5 points, while either an incorrect answer or a skipped problem has a deduction of 4 points.
The maximum score for this round is 400 points.
It is calculated up to the highest problem number you have done.
For example, if you do only problem 80 and get it right, your score is -311.
But if you do only problem 1 and get it right, your score is 5.
So don't skip around!
