Statistics

Welcome Statistics! (Thank you for agreeing to come to our competition. It will really help us out!) Make sure to bring a calculator, pencil, and a sweater, as well as money for snacks.

These math competitions have 2 rounds per division.

One of the rounds is the individual. You take a 30-question test in 1 hour and you get 4 points for each correct answer and -1 for each incorrect answer. So...don't guess. If you can only answer 8 questions then so be it.

Write down your answers on your test (which you get to keep) so that at the end of the test when the bubble sheet is collected (I will give you a bubble sheet and a T-shirt when you get there) if you are given answers you can automatically score yourself. The high score is 120, but scores of 65 or higher often get a trophy.

The team round consists of 4 people per school answering questions together. Each question is 4 minutes long and you get 16 pts if you answer in the first minute, 12 points in the 2nd minute, 8 points in the 3rd, and 4 points in the last one. You should always guess in the last minute if you haven't answered since there is no penalty for guessing.

The best way to get ready for these is by doing old tests (because lots of stuff not covered in class comes up and by doing old tests with solutions you LEARN!)

You can access LOTS of old tests by going to the competitions link and then tests banks and selecting statistics individual competitions in February from whatever year you like. You'll get both tests and solutions, so have fun.

Hope this helps. I'll see you Saturday at 8:30 am at Ferguson High School. Please bring me your FT forms ASAP. I only received one FT form but I will be at school Friday. You can turn your form in to me then.

My cell phone is 305-496-1381 if you need to reach me.