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Australian Mathematics Competition - 2012 manager's Handbook
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2012MAnAGEr’shAndBOOk
AustrAl iAn MAtheMAt ics coMpet it ion
An Activity of the AustrAliAn MAtheMAtics trust
A guide for running the 2012 Australian Mathematics Competition
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Contents
about the competition 2
Guidelines For runninG the competition 3
•General Information 3
•Compet i t ionPackage 3
•Planning theCompet i t ion 4
•Compet i t ionDay 5
AftertheComPetItIon 5
instructions For students 6
instructions For supervisors 7
sample answer sheet 9
sample certiFication Form 11
Your school details 12
australian state directors 13
overseAsnAtIonAlDIreCtors 14
AmtPublIshInG 15
2012manaGer’shandbook
Aguideforrunningthe2012AustralianmathematicsCompetition
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about the CompetitiontheAustralianmathematicsCompetition(AmC)has25multiple-choicequestionsandfivequestionsthatrequirewholenumberanswers.studentsmayattemptasmanyquestionsastheywish.theearlierproblemsmayusefamiliarmathematicswhilethelaterproblemsaremoredifficultandareintendedtochallenge.Itisnotatestonthecurriculumbutanopportunityforstudentstodisplayordiscovertheirproblem-solvingtalent.
Resultsresultsarebasedonthetotalscore:Questions1to10areworth3points,11to20areworth4pointsand21to25areworth5points.Questions26to30areworth6,7,8,9and10points,respectively.studentswiththesamenumberofcorrectanswersmayhavedifferentscores.
AwardsuptoPrizearedecidedbycomparingtotalscoreswithinthecountryorAustralianstateandschoolyearofthestudent.AstudentinaparticularyearinacountryorAustralianstatewillonlybecomparedwithotherstudentsinthesamegroup.Asaresulttherewillbedifferentcut-offsforawardsindifferentlocations.
eachstudentreceivesthehighestpossibleaward.Inmostcases:
• PrIZeisawardedtonomorethanonestudentforevery300studentswithineachyearandcountryorAustralianstate.
• hIGhDIstInCtIonisawardedtostudentsinthetop2%(top5%forsenior)ofeachyearandcountryorAustralianstate.
• DIstInCtIonisawardedtostudentsinthetop15%(top25%forsenior)ofeachyearandcountryorAustralianstate.
• CreDItisawardedtostudentsinthetop50%(top60%forsenior)ofeachyearandcountryorAustralianstate.
• ProfICIenCYisawardedtostudentswhoachieveapresetscore,buthavenotbeenawardedaCredit(orhigher)certificate.thescorewillbesetnohigherthan32points.
• PArtICIPAtIonisawardedtoallotherstudents.
extra awards• PruDenCe:thiswillbeawardedtothestudentineachschoolwiththehighestnumberofconsecutivecorrectresponsesstartingfromquestion1.Ifthereisatiethenthetotalscoreobtainedbythestudentswillbeusedtobreakthetie.Ifthetotalsareequal,morethanoneawardwillbegiven.Inorderfortheawardtobegiventheschoolneedstohaveanentryofatleast50studentsandthewinnermusthaveatleastthefirsttenanswerscorrect.
• eachyearweawardanumberofmeDAlstostudentsinYear7(Junior)andabove.thenumberallocatedisnomorethan1forevery10,000studentsentered.theseareawardedtostudentswhoareoutstandingwithintheircountryorAustralianstate,withintheiryeargroupandinternationally.Ifitisnecessarytodistinguishties,includingperfectscores,asecondroundofthecompetitionmaybeheld.APrIZeisalsoawardedtoamedallist.
• Anystudentwhoachievesaperfectscorewillalsoreceiveaprestigiouspeter o'halloran award For excellence.
mature age studentsstudentsorotherswhohavereachedtheageoftwentymayentertheAmCandbemarked,howevertheywill notbeeligibleforprizesandmedals.thisisconsistentwiththeagerequirementsfortheInternationalmathematicalolympiad.
australian mathematics trustthe Australian mathematics trust (Amt) is a national not-for-profit organisation and its board includesrepresentatives from the Australian Association of mathematics teachers, Australian Academy of scienceandAustralianmathematical society. theAmt administers a number of othermathematics and informaticsactivities,includingopeneventssuchasthemathematicsChallengeforYoungAustralians(mCYA),theAustralianInformaticsCompetition(AIC)andtheAustralianInformaticsolympiad(AIo).
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GuiDeLines FoR RunninG the CompetitionGeneral information
Date of the amC: thursday 2 august 2012
sIttInGtheComPetItIononAneArlIerDAteIsneverPermItteD.thiswouldjeopardisethevalidityofscoresfromallschools.
sIttInGtheComPetItIononAlAterDAteIsPermItteDbutonlyifauthorisedbyyourstate/nationalDirectorortheAmtoffice.
thereareoftenclashes inabusyeducationcalendarandwhereclashesoccur it ispermittedforaschool towritethecompetitionatthenextavailabledateafterthescheduleddate.suchsittingsshouldbedeclaredonthecertificationform.Inthesecircumstances,studentswillbeeligibleforprizesandotherawards,butthetrustreservestherighttodisqualifysuchawardsincaseswheresecuritymayappeartohavebeenbreachedorforasimilarreason.Anylatesittingshouldbeascloseaspossibletotheofficialcompetitiondate.
toensuretheintegrityofthecompetitionandtoidentifyoutstandingstudents,theAmtreservestherighttore-examinestudentsbeforedecidingwhethertograntofficialstatustotheirscore.
extrAtIme:Ifthereisanunplanneddistraction,suchaspowerfailureornoisedisturbance,thecompetitionsupervisormaymakeaprofessionaljudgementongrantingstudentsextratime.studentswithdisabilitiesmaybegrantedreasonableextratime.
WrItInGmorethAnonePAPer:somequestionsappearonmorethanonepaper.studentsmaywritemorethanonepaper,andwillreceiveafeedbackreportforallpaperswritten,butwillonlybeeligibleforcertificates,prizesorotherawardsinthecaseofthefirstpaperwritten.Instancesofmultiplesittingsshouldbedeclaredonthecertificationform.
Competition packageYourpackageshouldcontain:
• competitionpapers(shrink-wrapped) • pinkcertificationform• plasticenvelope/sforreturnofanswersheets • answersheets• cardboardprotector/sforreturnofanswersheets • manager'shandbook
Checkthatyouhavereceivedthecorrectnumberofcompetitionpapersandsequentiallynumberedanswersheets.storeflatinasecureplaceuntilthedayofthecompetition.
If extra answer sheets are required these must be obtained from the Amt. We cannot mark photocopies oranswersheetsfrompreviousyears.Ineachdivision,theschoolreceivesoneextracompetitionpaper.thesecanbephotocopiedifnecessary.forevery200entriesorpartthereof,theschoolreceives3extraanswersheets.
Note: The school will be charged the standard entry fee for each additional answer sheet returned.
Address Label Coding thetotalnumberofentrantsfromyourschooliscodedontotheschooladdresslabelandthelabelonthefrontofthishandbook,asshownintheexample:
21067 mP/011 uP/011 J/056 I/048 s/023 A/0147
schoolAmCmanager Amtschool universityofCanberraACt2601
Where:
21067 istheschoolCode(pleasequoteinallcommunications)
MP/011indicates11middlePrimaryPapers(10registered+1extra)
UP/011 indicates11upperPrimaryPapers(10registered+1extra)
J/056 indicates56JuniorPapers(55registered+1extra)
I/048 indicates48IntermediatePapers(47registered+1extra)
S/023 indicates23seniorPapers(22registered+1extra)
A/0147 indicates147Answersheets(144registered+3extra)
note:thetotalnumberofpapersandanswersheetswillnotbethesame.
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planning the Competition1. beforethursday2August2012,completeplanningand/orbookingsandensurethefollowingwillbeavailable:
• venue–pleaseallow30minutesinadditiontothecompetitiontimeof:
middlePrimaryandupperPrimarydivisions:1hour(60minutes)
Junior,Intermediateandseniordivisions:1¼hours(75minutes)
brailleandlargePrintpapers:1hour40minutes(100minutes)
• desksandchairsforthestudents
• whiteboard/blackboardoroverheadprojectorandclock
• a supplyof sparepencils (preferably2b), erasers, scrappaper, and calculators (primarydivisionsonly). notethataPenCIlistobeusedatalltimeswhenfillinginstudentdetailsandanswers.
2. supervisorsarerequiredforthecompetition.Wesuggest
• onesupervisingteachertoevery40studentsifthestudentsareinonehallorroom
• onesupervisingteacherperclassroomof40studentsorfewerifthestudentsareinseparateclassrooms.
3. PhotocopytheInstruCtIonsforstuDents(page6)fordistributiontostudentsanddisplayonnoticeboards.
4. PhotocopyandcompletethedetailsontheInstruCtIonsforsuPervIsors(page7-8)fordistributiontoallsupervisors.Itisrecommendedthatameetingbeheldwithsupervisorstofamiliarisethemwiththerunningofthecompetitionandtheformatoftheanswersheets.
5. Answersheetschooluseonlyfields
In the top right-hand corner of the answer sheet, below themature ageentry,aretwofieldslabelled‘schooluseonlyI’and‘schooluseonlyII’.theuseofthesefieldsisoptional,butreallyusefulinalargeschool.
thesevalues (ifpresent)willbeusedtoorderthecertificateswithineachschoolyear.thismeans, forexample, thatthecertificatesforall studentswho fill in 7Awill be grouped together, followed by thosewith 7b, etc.Within each of these sub-groups, the certificates will be in alphabeticalorder.Ifyouwishtousethisfacility, it is importantthatallstudentsofagroupfillinexactlythesamecolumnsintheschooluseonlyfields.
Whatisfilledinherewillappearinunobtrusiveyetdistinguishablecharactersinthebottomright-handcornerofeachstudent’scertificateandinthetopright-handcorneroftheir individual letter.Youcanuseeitherorbothofthesefieldstoidentifyyourstudentsinaparticularway.
someexamples:Youmaywanttosortyourcertificatesintoclassesforeasierdistribution—perhaps7A,7bor7C.
Youmayhave students fromdifferentcampusesof theone school sittingthecompetition.Youcoulddesignateonecampus‘A’andinstructallthosestudentstofillinovalAinschooluseonlyfieldII,anothercampus‘b’andsoon.
6. Checkthatyouwillhaveaccessonthemorningofthecompetitiontothesecureareawherethecompetitionpapershavebeenstored.
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Competition Day : thuRsDay 2 auGust 2012
SITTING THE COMPETITION ON AN EARLIER DATE IS NEVER PERMITTED.
early morning on the day of the competition1. removethecompetitionpapersfromsecurestorage.
2. Checkthenumberofcompetitionpapersineachofthefivedivisions.
3. Ifthenumberofcompetitionpapersisinsufficient,photocopytherequiredextras.remember—anyshortfallincompetitionpapersoranydeviationfromproceduresmustbenotedonthepinkcertificationform.Ifyoudon'thaveenoughanswersheets,contactyourstate/nationalDirectorortheAmtoffice.
4. Iftheentrantsareseatedinanumberofdifferent locations,organisethecompetitionpapersandanswersheetsintoappropriatebundlesizesforthevariousroomsupervisors.
5. Distributetheinstructionsforthecompetitiontoallsupervisors.
aFteR the CompetitionChecking and returning answer sheets 1. Collectallquestionpapersandanswersheets.
• Checkthattheanswersheetshavebeencorrectlycodedwithstudentsnameandschoolyeare.g.‘7'forYear7,‘8'forYear8etc.
• Checkthatbothsidesoftheanswersheetshavebeenfilledinbythestudents(somestudentsfailtocodetheiranswersontheanswersheet).
• Checkthatstudentshavenotlefttheiranswersheetinsidetheirquestionpaper.
2. Checkthatthepinkcertificationformhasbeencorrectlycompleted.
• Pleasespendafewextraminutestocompletethesurveyonthereverseofthecertificationform.
3. Allanswersheetsandthecompletedpinkcertificationformshouldbeplacedintotheplasticenvelopewiththecardboardprotector(nopaperclipsorrubberbands)withtheschoolnameonthetopleft-handsideofthebundle.thisensuresthattheanswersheetsarriveundamaged.
4. theplasticenvelopeofanswersheetsandcardboardprotectorshouldbedispatchedtoCanberraimmediatelyafterthecompetition.YoumayliketouseexpressPostoranothercourier.overseasschoolsshoulduseairmailorcourier.
• Ifyourschoolisreturningseveralenvelopesofanswersheets,pleasesendthemasoneconsignment—thisreducestheriskofanenvelopebeinglostinthemail.
• theAmtcannotacceptresponsibilityforthemarkingofanswersheetsthatarenotdispatchedpromptly.PleasenotifytheAmtofficeiftherewillbeasignificantdelay.
• responsibilitywillnotbetakenforthemarkingofanswersheetsdamagedbecausetheplasticenvelope(s)providedwerenotused.
5. thequestionpapersmaybereturnedtoyourstudentsoneweekafterthecompetitiondate.spacehasbeenallocatedforstudentstofillintheirnameiftheywanttheirpaperreturnedtothem.
REMEMBER TO INCLUDE THE COMPLETED PINK CERTIFICATION FORM WITH YOUR ANSWER SHEETS
The following three pages are for you to photocopy and distribute before the competition.
The INSTRUCTIONS fOR STUDENTS can be made available to students, teachers and supervisors.
fill in the relevant details on the INSTRUCTIONS fOR SUPERVISORS form and distribute to your classroom supervisors.
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australian mathematics competition
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instRuCtions FoR stuDentsSitting the paper• thecompetitionwilltakeplaceunderexaminationconditions.
– silenceistobemaintainedatalltimes. – Youmustnotleaveyourseat.Ifyouhaveanyotherquestionsorproblemspleaseraiseyourhandandwait
forasupervisor.
• Workingtimeallowedis: – middlePrimaryandupperPrimarypapers:1hour(60minutes) – Junior,Intermediateandseniorpapers:1¼hours(75minutes) – brailleandlargePrintpapers:1hour40minutes(100minutes)
• thereisnoextrareadingtime.
• thereare25multiple-choicequestions,eachwith5possibleanswersgiven,followedby5questionsrequiringwholenumberanswers.thequestionsgetharderasyouworkthroughthepaper;youdonothavetoattempteveryquestion.
• thequestionshavebeenthoroughlycheckedandeachquestionstandsaswritten.nofurtherexplanationofquestionscanbeprovided.teachersmayexplainthemeaningofwordsbutnotprovidecoaching.
• thisisacompetitionnotatest;donotexpecttoanswerallquestions.YouareonlycompetingagainstyourownyearinyourowncountryorAustralianstatesodifferentyearsdoingthesamepaperarenotcompared.
• spacehasbeenallocatedonthefrontcoverofthecompetitionpaperforyoutowriteyournamesoyourpapercanbereturnedtoyouoneweekaftersittingthecompetion.
• Ifyouwishtoleavetheroom,asupervisormustaccompanyyou.
Scoring system
• Questions1to10areworth3points.
• Questions11to20areworth4points.
• Questions21to25areworth5points.
• Questions26to30areworth6,7,8,9and10pointsrespectively.
• nopenaltiesapplyforwronganswers.
• maximumscoreequals135points.
Equipment• middlePrimaryandupperPrimarypapers:Youmayuseanyteachingaidsnormallyavailableintheclassroom,suchasmAbblocks,counters,currency,calculators,playmoneyetc.studentsareallowedtoworkonscrappaperandteachersmayexplainthemeaningofwordsinthepaper.
• Junior,Intermediateandseniorpapers:nocalculators,sliderules,logtables,mathsstencils,mobilephonesorothercalculatingaidsarepermitted.
• Aprintedlanguagedictionarymaybeused,butitmustfirstbethoroughlycheckedbyasupervisor.Graphpaper,rulerandcompassesareallowedbutarenotneeded.electronictranslatorsarenotallowed.
• Youmaynotborrowequipmentwithoutasupervisor’spermission.
note:bor2bleadpencilmustbeused.ballpointandinkpenorfaintpencilmarkingsmaybemissed bytheopticalscanner.
PleasedonotmakeAnYothermarksonyouranswersheetasthesewillmakethesheetunreadable.
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australian mathematics competition
thursday 2August2012
instRuCtions FoR supeRVisoRsAMC Supervisor (name)
Pleasesupervise inroom (class)
thecompetitioncommencesat
Before the competition
Pleasecollectthequestionpapersandanswersheetsfrom at
Pleasearrangeasupplyofspare2bpencils,erasersandworkingpaper.
Before students enter the room
• Arrangethedeskssothatnostudentcanseetheanswersofanotherstudentsittingthesamepaper.
• Placethequestionpapersandanswersheetsonthedesks.
When students have entered the room
Pleaseaskthemnottoopenthepapers.ensurethatstudentsunderstandtheneedtoworkunderexamconditions.
• CheckthatnostudentsittingtheJunior,Intermediateorseniorpaperhasbroughtcalculatingaids(e.g.calculator,logtables,slideruleormobilephone).Printedlanguagedictionariesareallowed,butcheckthemforloosepagesorinsertions.note:CalculatorsareallowedforstudentssittingthemiddlePrimaryandupperPrimarypapers.
• Checkthatallstudentshaveapencil,eraser andworkingpaper.
• Youmayexplainthemeaningofunfamiliarwordsbutnotprovideanycoachingwithyourexplanation.
• studentsmayfillintheirnameonthefrontoftheircompetitionpaper.
Completing the answer sheet details
As agroup, help students to complete their school and studentdetails on the answer sheet.We suggest that allstudentsdothissimultaneouslystepbystep.
1. Printtoday’sdateandthenameoftheschool.
2. findthedivisionofAmCpaperthestudentisattempting,e.g.upperPrimary,andfillintheirAustralianschoolYearnexttoit.(ensurethatstudentsdonotcode‘12'for2012bymistake).Iftheschoolyearisnotcompletedcorrectly,thepapercannotbemarked.
3. Codeinthecolumnsheaded‘sex’and‘Dateofbirth’.Allthecolumnsshouldhavetheinformationwritteninthespaceatthetopoftheboxandthentheappropriateovalsfilledinaswell.forbirthdatesonthefirstninedaysofamonth,thezeroovalintheleft-handcolumnshouldbefilledin,thenthebirthdateputintheright-handcolumn.Anystudentagedover21shouldfillinthematureageentryoval,otherwiseitshouldbeleftblank.
4. Completetheschooluseonlyfieldsifused.
5. Askstudentstowriteandcodetheirname.remindthemthattheanswersheetsarescannedandthatcertificateswillshoweachstudent’snameandschoolyearastheyarecodedontheanswersheet.
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Starting the competition
Askstudentstocheckthattheyhavethecorrectpaperfortheiryear:middlePrimary(Years3and4),upperPrimary(Years5,6and7*),Junior(Years7and8),Intermediate(Years9and10),senior(Years11and12).notetheseareAustralianschoolyears.*WA,sA,QlD&ntonly.
Pleasereadouttheinstructionsonthefrontofthecompetitionpaperandensurethatstudentsunderstandthem.
ensurethatstudentsarefamiliarwiththeinstructionsforcompletingtheiranswersheets.stresstheimportanceofmarking justoneanswerperquestion,andoffullyerasinganyerrors.Alsostressthe importanceofcheckingthatthenumberoftheanswertheyarefillinginisthesameasthenumberofthequestiontheyareanswering.thisisparticularlyimportantiftheydecidetoleaveaquestionblank.
remindthemtorecordtheiranswersontheanswersheet.sometimesstudentsmarkthequestionpaperbutforgettocodetheirresponseontheanswersheet.
startthecompetition,andinformstudentsofthefinishingtime.
During the competition
Pleaseensurethatexaminationconditionsaremaintained. Completethefollowingdetails:
AustralianYearlevel: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
numberofstudents:
finishing the competition
Askstudentstostopwritingandsitquietlyuntilallquestionpapersarecollected.
Collecttheanswersheets,checkingthatthestudentdetailsarefilledincorrectly,especiallytheschoolyear(e.g.‘7'forYear7,‘8'forYear8etc.),schoolname,student’snameandcheckingthatleadpencilhasbeenused.Checkthatbothsideshavebeencompleted.Checkthatnoanswersheetsareleftinsidethequestionpapers.
Returning the answer sheets
Pleasereturnthisformandthestudents’answersheetsto
immediatelyafterthecompetition.Pleasecheckthatyouhavefilled inthenumberofentriesfromthegroupyousupervisedandthatallanswersheetshavetheschoolnameinthetopleft-handcorner.thecut-offcornersonthebottomrightofthepagewillthenlineupcorrectly.
thankyouverymuchforyourassistance.
(signed)
schoolAmCmanager
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CERTIFICATION FORMto be returned with answer sheets
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE IS THE AMC TO BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS BEFORE
THURSDAY 2 AUGUST 2012SCHOOL DETAILS - School Code: (on handbook label)
School Name:
Competition Manager:
School Address:
Suburb: Postcode:
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Email: Phone:
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING - A. Number of answer sheets returned in each Division:
AustrAl iAn MAtheMAt ics coMpet it ion
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B. Number of return envelopes sent to AMt in Canberra:
C. the guidelines for running the AMC were followed with the following exceptions:
D. Date students sat the AMC was: day / month / year
E. Signed:
School AMC Manager: Date: day / month / year
Principal/Assistant Principal: Date: day / month / year
NotE: to ensure the integrity of the competition and to identify outstanding students, the AMt reserves the right to re-examine students before deciding whether to grant official status to their scores.
IMPORTANT: The total number is a KEY CHECK STEP in the AMC processing. Please ensure the correctness of the total.
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pRIMARY DIVISIONS(Australian School Years)
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