ICTM Math Contest

The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics offerers two areas of math contests: Grade School (Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 + Algebra 1) and High School (Regional and State Finals).

Grade School

The ICTM Contest Committee offers in-school contests at six different grade levels (grades 3-8). The season consists of three contests to be given at your school. Each school sets its own testing date/time within these guidelines. Schools may participate in as many grade levels as they wish. Overall awards are sent to schools at each grade level after the third contest results are tabulated. The top 10 schools at each grade level will receive certificates and be recognized in the ICTM Bulletin.

Each grade level contest consists of two parts: team competition and individual competition. The team competition consists of five members who work together on 20 questions for 25 minutes. A school may field as many five member teams as it wishes. The individual competition consists of independent student work on 8 questions for 20 minutes. Scores of the top two teams and top ten individuals count toward the school total.

Algebra Contest

The ICTM Contest Committee offers an Algebra contest for junior high schools. This individual competition consists of 20 questions, to be completed in two 30 minute time periods. The top 10 individual scores from each school will count for the school total.

The contest is given in-school May 1-15. Each school sets its own testing date and time within these guidelines.

The top 10 individuals statewide and the top 10 schools statewide will receive certificates and be recognized in the ICTM Bulletin.

High School

Dates

• 2016 Regional - Saturday 2/27/16
• 2016 State Finals - Saturday 5/7/16

Events

Orals

As a trial program for 2016, both students in the oral competition may, but are not required to, participate in all parts of the presentation. While both students may speak during the presentation, teams who decide to have a single student do the presentation will not be penalized, and questions will not be written so as to require both students to participate. This trial program will be reviewed at the end of the year to determine if it will continue in future years.

2016 Topics

• Division A: Series and Sequences
  • Regionals: Sequences (Arithmetic, Geometric, Other), explicit and recursive definitions
  • State: Series (Arithmetic, Geometric)
• Division AA: Transformations of the Plane: Isometries and Similarities
  • Regionals: Isometries
  • State: Similarities