If there are any questions, please contact either Michael Curry or Marty Badoian

HOSTING ASSIGNMENTS AND MEET RESULTS FOR 2007-2008

Meet Results Database

Division 1.  (TO BE HOSTED BY CANTON)

Division #2.  (TO BE HOSTED BY WELLESLEY)

**Note Carver High School will be joining us in anticipation of full participation in our league next year. Welcome Jessee and Carver HS!

Division #3. (To be Hosted by Needham)

Michael Curry (yyoda@concentric.net or 617 635 8895x150 or 917 495 4961) or
Marty Badoian badoianm@hotmail.com or 781-821-5050x502 or 781-784-6526

Dear Advisor,

Here is a copy of all materials needed for the current 2007-2008 season.  The opening
contest is scheduled for Wednesday, October 10, 2007.  Would each host school advisor
please send the necessary directions to each school in your division.

REMINDER:  The size of school is determined by number of students in grades 10 – 12.
  Classification is according to the following:
  LARGE SCHOOLS  Enrollment of 850 or more students
  MEDIUM SCHOOLS  Enrollment from 450 to 849 student
  SMALL SCHOOLS  Enrollment less than 450 students

GREATER BOSTON MATHEMATICS LEAGUE
CATEGORIES FOR MEETS

It was voted to allow calculators for all TEAM rounds throughout.  No calculators will be
allowed during individual rounds.  The calculators allowed will be those acceptable for SAT
exams except those that do symbolic algebra (for example, the TI89 and certain HP models).
The Team round will be twelve minutes.

Meet 1
1.  Arithmetic   Open
2.  Algebra 1   Problem Solving (Word Problems)
3.  Algebra 1   Exponents and Radicals; Equations involving them
4.  Algebra 2   Factoring; Equations involving Factoring
5.  Trigonometry  Angular and Linear Velocity; Right Triangle Trigonometry
6.  Team Round   Open

 Notes:   Statistical concepts could appear in any round.
    Matrix format could appear in any round.
    SAT approved calculators allowed on team round only.

Please have the correct address of school, including zip code, telephone number of school,
and the official enrollment (exact numbers, not an estimate, please) of the total number of students
in grades 10, 11, and 12.  We need these figures to determine the breakdown for Large, Medium,
and Small Divisions.  All of these should be known for the October 11th meet .

*** Please do not fail us.***

There will be post season team competition as in the past (State and New England participation)
as well as the American Region Mathematics League Meet. Date for New England meet at Canton
High School will be announced at a later date.

Reminder:

Please bring a complete list of students (typed or printed) who will compete for your school this year.
Additions can be made as the year progresses.  This is most helpful in trying to decipher
your listing of students on your roster at each meet.  Please bring this with you to the first meet.

GUIDELINES FOR HOSTING A MEET:

1. Send out directions to your school to each school advisor competing in your division.
You can do this by e-mail.

2. Make up a proctoring schedule including who corrects, scores, room assignments, etc.

3. Have some refreshments for all participants and advisors prior to the start of the meet.

4. Proctoring should be done in the following way:
All exam sheets should be placed face down on desks with practice paper on top of it.
After this has been done, ask students to enter room.  After they have been given time to write
Name, School, and Grade on each side, tell them to begin.  Give them a two minute warning
and a fifteen second warning.  When asked to stop, all students should leave the room and the
proctor then picks up the exam sheets.  The next round is conducted in the same manner.  Students
who are alternates should be handled in an entirely different area than those who are actually competing.

5. Correcting should be done in the following way:
Work in pairs, the first corrector views the answers and puts the total score for the student on the
back of the sheet. The second corrector checks the answers, and if in agreement with the
score on the back of the sheet, then circles it.  If there is any disagreement on scoring by the two
correctors, they should confer and come to some agreement.

6. The scoring of the student papers onto the composite sheets should be done by two people, one
the recorder and the other the reader.

7. The Executive Committee member should be in charge of the actual running of the meet, once the
host advisor has done all the duties required of him/her.

RULES OF THE GREATER BOSTON MATHEMATICS LEAGUE FOR 2007 – 2008

A. Teams:

Each school sends a team of five members subject to the following restrictions:

1. There is a maximum of two seniors allowed.
2. The sum total of juniors and seniors is not to exceed four.

B. Category Participation:

1. Each team member participates in three of five categories.
If a student participates in more than three rounds then his three lowest scores are used in determining his individual score.
2. Three team members compete in each category.  If more than three
compete then the three lowest scores are used for the team score.

C. Contest Procedures:

1. The host school advisor assigns the tasks (proctoring, correcting, checking, and scoring)
to specific schools.  The host school advisor should designate someone to check the team lineups to
avoid having a team with too many seniors etc.
2. The scorer should be given a score sheet by each team’s coach on which the correctly spelled
COMPLETE NAMES as well as grades are included.  The coaches may keep the second score for their own use.
3. Each coach is responsible for making sure his students know the following rules:
a. There is ten minutes allowed per category.  A two minute warning and a fifteen second warning
will be given by the proctor.  Drop everything when the proctor calls time.
b. Complete names, grades, and schools must be on every paper.  They may be put on the back of
the paper before starting time.  No other writing (such as formulas) may be put on the paper before the
starting time before a particular category is announced.
c. Answers must be placed on designated lines for credit.
d. When necessary, units will be specified in the answer column and the student must use the units there
to receive credit.
e. Answers must be legible.

4. If any questions arise as to the acceptability of an answer, poll the advisors present, act
accordingly in scoring and send comments to the board along with all the papers.

5. When marking papers, put no marks on top of student’s answers.  The board has to be able
to read the student’s answers when they are checking the papers.

6. Keep running totals available as the contest progresses.

7. The committee should receive all contest papers, scorer’s score sheets and list of the top scorers
no later than the day after the contest is given.  Extra copies of the contest need not be returned to the committee.

D. Scoring
1. The first question receives one point, the second question two points, and the third question
three points, unless otherwise specified.
2. The individual’s yearly score is the sum of his best four out of five meet scores.
3. The team scores consist of the sum of the scores of the five meets.

Member schools during the year 1971 to 1972 are charter members of the GBML.  Any school wishing
membership must submit a formal application to the executive board by June 1 of the preceding year.
Any member who withdraws is subject to a re-entrance fee.

All schools will be responsible for submitting meaningful questions with complete solutions in designated
categories which will be determined by the executive board.

All contests will absolutely begin no later than 3:30 p.m., but should be started prior to that time (preferably 3:00 p.m.).

Schools must notify the hosting school if they expect to be late.

SNOW POLICY: If several schools have no school in a division, then the meet will be postponed
until the following Wednesday.  If a team is uncertain about a postponement, then he should call the host school.

The hosting will be done on a rotating basis.

DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS

1. Use 3 x 5 file cards
2. Month, category, and year on each card
3. Name of school on each card
4. Question on one side of card
5. Complete solution on other side – i.e. SHOW WORK
6. For each category assigned, please submit TWO QUESTIONS – label cards: EASY, MEDIUM, HARD.
7. Word questions so units are not required in the answers
8. Please send these questions to:
Martin J. Badoian
Canton High School
900 Washington St.
Canton, Massachusetts 02021

GREATER BOSTON MATHEMATICS LEAGUE

Dear Math Team Advisor,

Mathematics League dues for the year 2007-2008 are $175.00.  Please detach the bill at the bottom of
this note and send it to the proper office in your school system.  Upon receipt of your school’s dues, I will
send you a note of acknowledgement.  Best of luck to you and your team during the coming years.

Please note:
If you pay on or before December 31, 2007, the dues will be reduced to $150.

Sincerely,
 

Al Galante
7 Skyview Rd.
Randolph, MA 02368-3524

GREATER BOSTON MATHEMATICS LEAGUE
2007 – 2008
 

Annual League dues for GBML:

Please make checks payable to: Greater Boston Mathematics League

$150.00 (on or before December 31) $175.00 (after December 31)

and send to:
   Al Galante
   7 Skyview Rd.
Randolph, MA 02368-3524
 
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