Rockdale Mathematics Competition

The Rockdale Mathematics Competition is an annual math tournament hosted and run by the math team of Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology in Rockdale County, Georgia. The 2006–2007 tournament will occur on Saturday, January 20, 2007.

Format

The format of the 2006–2007 competition is different from that of previous years; the contest is now more similar to ARML than before. There are three divisions of competition (middle school, junior varsity, and varsity), and teams are of six students each. The competition consists of team, power, relay, and individual rounds. The team round consists of eight problems worth five points each to be solved in twenty minutes by the team members. For the relay round, each team is divided into two relay groups of three. There are two relay questions; each is worth five points for a correct answer in three minutes or two points if solved in more than three but fewer than five minutes. The power round, worth forty points, is a multi-part question for which the team has thirty five minutes. The individual round consists of four pairs of two problems, each pair to be solved in eight minutes. For the purposes of teams, each question is worth one point, but for individuals, questions are weighted according to difficulty. A tiebreaker round in the format of the individual round also occurs to break any ties occurring among the top 15 individuals of each division.

No calculators are permitted on any part of the competition.

Resources

• Website containing further details, directions, and registration materials
• Georgia mathematics competitions
• Schedule of Georgia mathematics competitions
• Mathematics competition resources