3. Coaches
• Mrs. Stidham
• Rong Liu
• Albert Chang
• Vaishali Patil
• Robin Li
• Tracy Pan
4. Class Format
• Three levels: beginner, intermediate and
advanced
• Beginner class:
Tuesday: TMSCA Math/Math League
Thursday: Mathcounts School
• Intermediate class:
Tuesday: AMC 8
Thursday: Mathcounts Chapter
• Advanced class:
Tuesday: AMC 10
Thursday: Mathcounts State
5. Requirements
• Commitment to the club
• Treat club time as learning time
• Participation in competitions throughout
the year
6. Objectives
• To offer an outlet for those students
who enjoy mathematics
• To improve student math skills and
prepare them for a competitive
environment
• To participate in a variety of
mathematics competitions
7. Meetings
• Twice a week
• Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Tuesdays: 2:45-4:30 p.m.
• Thursdays: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
8. 2011-2012 Results
• Mathcounts – 10th at Chapter, Silver Level
School
• TMSCA – 3 individual 1st places in 6th
grade, General Math 5th team at State
• Texas Math League – 8th grade 3rd place
team, Algebra 8th place team in Texas
League
• Purple Comet – honorable mention, top 40
out of more than 800 teams
• One person invited to AIME test.
9. WEBSITE
BECKMATHCLUB.PBWORKS.COM
• Announcements
• Calendar
• Test papers and answers
• Competition results
• Photos
11. Classroom Competitions
• AMC 8 & 10
• Mathcounts School
• AIME (American Invitational
Mathematics Exam)
• Texas Math League
• Purple Comet
12. Outside of School Competitions
• Mathcounts
– 3 Minis; Chapter; State
• Quail Valley Math Tournament
• TMSCA
– 4 practice; 3 qualifiers; State
13. Mathcounts
• Four levels: School, Chapter, State and
Nationals
• School: Each school selects 10 students to
the chapter contest. Four of them will be
on the official team.
• Chapter: Beck in greater Houston chapter.
The most competitive chapter in the
nation. top 6 teams and 6 individuals
advance to the state.
• State: Top 4 individual represent Texas to
the nationals. Beck ranked 23rd in 2011.
17. Mathcounts (Continue)
• Competition Format:
Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown
• Sprint: 30 questions in 40 minutes
• Target: 4 pairs of questions, every pair
in 6 minutes
• Team: team of 4 person. 10 questions in
20 minutes.
• Countdown: One on one competition.
First to win 2 out 3 advance.
18. AMC
• American Mathematics Contest
• Three levels of AMC contest: AMC8,
AMC10, AMC12
• The number stands for the grade level.
• AMC tests are all multiple choice exams.
• AMC8: 25 questions in 40 minutes.
• AMC10 and AMC12: 25 questions in 75
minutes. Both contests hold on the same
date.
19. AIME
• American Invitational Mathematics
Examination
• AMC12 - Score of 100 or more out of
150 or in the top 5% are invited to take
the AIME.
• AMC10 - score of 120 or more out of
possible 150, or in the top 2.5% also
qualify for the AIME
• 15 questions in 3 hours
20. USAMO & USAJMO
• United States of America Mathematics
Olympiad
• USAMO - USAMO index = AMC 12
Score + 10 * AIME Score.
• USAJMO - USAJMO index = AMC 10
Score + 10 * AIME Score.
• Around top 250 in each section are
invited to USAMO & USAJMO
21. IMO
• International Mathematical Olympiad
• The twelve top scoring USAMO students
are invited to a two day Olympiad Awards
Ceremony in Washington, DC.
• Six of these twelve students will comprise
the United States team that competes
each summer in the International
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
23. TMSCA
• Texas Math and Science Coaches
Association
• TMSCA Contest has 4 tests: number
sense, calculator, general math and
science.
• 12 practice tests, 3 qualifiers and
one final state.
24. Number Sense
• Eighty questions in 10 minutes
• Calculate by heart. No scratch paper
allowed. No change allowed.
• Five points awarded to correct answers
and 4 points deducted for those of
incorrect.
• Answer questions in sequence. Skipped
questions are counted as incorrect.
25. Calculator
• Calculator is used for contest
• 80 multiple choice questions in 30
minutes
• 5 points for correct and 4 point
deducted for incorrect
• Change is allowed but skipped counts as
incorrect.
26. General Math
• 50 multiple choice questions in 30
minutes.
• 5 points for correct and 2 point
deducted for incorrect
• Changed and skipped are allowed
without penalty.
27. Science
• 50 multiple choice questions in 30
minutes.
• 5 points for correct and 2 point
deducted for incorrect
• Changed and skipped are allowed
without penalty.
28. Other Contests
• Math League
Grade 6-8: 40 questions in 30 minutes
Algebra: 30 questions in 30 minutes
All questions are multiple choices.
Contest will be held in school.
• Purple Comets
20 questions in 60 minutes. Compete in
team up to 6 students.
• Let us know if there is any other good
contest.
29. Contest Qualification (Mathcounts)
• Selection will be based on scores from 3
Mathcounts mini-competition and Quail Valley Math
tournament.
• You are required to take at least 3 of the 4
contests in order to qualify.
• Beck students will be ranked with our school. 1st
gets 1 point, 2nd gets 2 points etc. If tie, points
are giving on their average. Ex. 2nd and 3rd tie, each
gets 1.5.
• The best of 3 ranks will be count if you take all 4
contests.
• Top 10 students with few points will be selected.
Top 4 students will be on Beck team.
30. Contest Qualification (TMSCA)
• There are 3 qualifier contests for
TMSCA. Score better than any of the
following qualification score in any one
of the qualifier will advance to state.
6th 7th 8th
Number Sense 70 120 160
Calculator 155 185 215
Mathematics 55 95 135
Science 80 105 130
31. Discipline
• Discipline policy - Sign and Return form
• 1st Offense: Warning, Email parent.
• 2nd Offense: Email parent, request parent
attend next meeting with the student to
observe behavior.
• 3rd Offense: Email Parent, student will not
be allowed to participate in the next
competition.
• 4th Offense: Discussion with parent and
student requesting the student leave the
club membership.
32. Fee Structure
• Two options for club fee:
A) Math club fees - $30 (required)
B) Math club + T-shirt fees - $45
Club fees will be used for parties at the
end of each semester.
• Math contest fees – some contests fee
paid by BJH, some pay as we register
33. Contest Fee
• Mathcounts: $90/team + $25x6individual =
$240 – paid by BJH
• AMC8: $35 + $14/per bundle of 10 – paid
by BJH
• AMC10: $42 + $18/per bundle of 10 – paid
by BJH
• Math League: $40 per set of 30 – paid by
BJH
• Purple Comet: Free
• 2 Mathcounts Mini Competitions: Free
34. Contest Fee (Cont.)
• One Mathcounts Mini hold in Toyota
center - $25 with free lunch and drink.
Redeem one Rockets ticket.
• Quail Valley Math Tournament: $5
• All TMSCA contests: each test is $5.
$5-$20 depends on the number of tests
you take
35. Snack and Party
• To encourage students to come to the
Math club and keep their interest, we
have a snack program for Tuesday club
meet.
• Each club member sign up a date to
bring snacks to the school.
• Parties at the end of each semester.
36. Parent Involvement
• Encourage kids to come to club
activities and participate Math
contests.
• Review test papers with your kid after
each contests.
37. Volunteer needed!
• We need more coaches, more volunteers
to help organizing events.
• New blood to keep the club going and
getting better.
• Coach
• Treasurer
• Volunteer to events
