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Team Maths 2019

Date: Friday 25th January 2019.
Time: 7-9 pm
Venue Colaiste Bride, Enniscorthy

IMTA - TEAM MATHS RULES, 2019
  1. This competition is for teams of up to four students from second level schools, as defined by the Department of Education and Skills. Questions will be based on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level syllabus. Use of the new logbook, published (& revised) by the State Exams Commission in 2009, is assumed. (4 logbooks per team will be supplied at the Final byIMTA).
  2. Any team that takes part in the National Final must have all of its members registered in the same school and its members must be exactly identical, in person and number, to the team that competed in the competition of Fri. Jan. 25th, 2019. Substitution / replacement of team members is NOT allowed, under any circumstances, but a team can take part in the Final with less than four members. All teams contesting the final are subject to validation checks by the IMTA.
  3. At least 3 schools must have been represented at the Regional / Branch competition of Fri. Jan. 25th, 2019, in order for the winners to qualify for the National Final.
  4. Six minutes will be allowed for each round. [Countdown Clock] The contest will have 8 rounds (6 rounds of two questions each, followed by 2 rounds of four questions each).
    There may also be a tiebreak round, (see Rule 10 below).
  5. Question papers will be distributed by the organisers, face downwards, on the tables and must not be looked at until the instruction is given to “START”.
  6. Answer papers must be surrendered immediately and placed face-downwards for collection by the organisers at the signal for the end of the round, (i.e. answers must be written before the final signal.) A warning will be given one minute before the final signal.
  7. Each correctly answered question will be awarded one mark, (HIT OR MISS). No marks for incorrect, incomplete, ambiguous, or answers not in the specified format or location.
  8. With the exception of Rule 9 below, students may only use paper provided by the organisersand appropriate pages of the “Mathematics Tables”. Dictionaries of any kind are not permitted.
  9. Calculators, as specified by the State Exams Commission for the Leaving Certificate programme, may be used. It is forbidden to use any other electronic item, including devices capable of scanning, transmitting or receiving data, voice, text, etc.
  10. If two or more teams are tied for first place after the eight rounds, there will be a further 6- minute tiebreak round for the teams involved. In this round, teams may submit their answer papers before the final signal. If two or more teams are still tied on their scores after this round, then the tying team which submitted its answer paper first will be deemed to have won, and so on. (Note however that the score is the primary criterion.) Should the tie still remain after this procedure, then the adjudicator, at his or her discretion, will determine how the matter is to be resolved. Only team rank order, and not tiebreak round scores, will be announced after the tiebreak.
  11. A teacher MUST accompany all teams that compete in the National Final. Every team and accompanying teacher will be required to register on arrival at NUIM on Sat. March 2nd, 2019. Competitors are expected to wear school uniform if it is the normal dress code of the school.
  12. By taking part in this competition, teams will be deemed to have accepted the rules. A breach of any of these rules may merit disqualification from the competition.
  13. The decision of the appointed adjudicator will be final.
    The IMTA has ultimate responsibility for the conduct     of Team Maths.

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