Don Slater and Debbie Poss
LassiterHigh School
2601 Shallowford Road
Marietta, Georgia 30066
October 1, 2013
Dear Math Team Sponsor,
Our Math Team students cordially invite you to participate in theirfourteenth annual Lassiter Invitational Math Tournament to be held this year onSaturday, December 7th,2013 at Lassiter High School. We hope that your school will be able to join in this event.
At this Math Tournament there will be two levels of competition: JuniorVarsity (primarily ninth or tenth grade students currently enrolled inCoordinate Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Advanced Algebra, Math III, Accelerated Math I, or Accelerated Math II), and Varsity (for students in Accelerated Math III, Math IV, PreCalculus, Calculus, or any course above MathIII). You may bring up to a maximum of 8 high school students to participate in each of the two levels of competition (for a total of 16 students).
The schedule for this competition is as follows:
8:30 - 9:15 AM Registration
Varsity Junior Varsity
9:20 - 11:05 Written Test 9:20 - 10:45 Ciphering
11:05 - 11:20 Refreshments 10:45 - 11:00 Refreshments
11:25 - 12:50 Ciphering 11:05 - 12:50 Written Test
2:30 Awards Presentation
Everyone will take the 80 minute writtentest, which will consist of 25 multiple choice questions worth 5 points each, and 5 open ended questions worth 7 points each. There will be no penalty for guessing. NO calculators may be used on any part of this written test.
Ciphering will be divided into two parts: an individual ciphering round, and a power round.
All students will participate in the individualcipheringround which consists of 10 questions. Correct answers submitted in the first minute earn 10 points while correct answers submitted in the second minute earn 5 points. Calculators will NOT be allowed for theindividual ciphering questions.
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Schools may have two teams of up to four students to work on the powerround. During the power round, each ciphering team will work on one more complex or multi-part question that will be worth a maximum of 100 points possible for having all the correct answers completed in optimal time. (Only one set of answers can be submitted from each four member team.) In addition, there may be relay sets as part of the power round, in which four students work individually on a sequence of problems where each question is dependent on the answer to the preceding problem. A correct final answer in the first three minutes earns the group 50 points, and a correct final answer in minutes four or five earns the group 30 points. Calculators will NOT be allowed for the power round.
Individual scores will be based on the sum of the written test and individual ciphering score. Ties will be broken by the highest written score. The school's score will be the sum of the top four individual scores, plus the highest power round score.
Awards will be given to the top 10 individuals, and at least five team trophies will be given in each level of competition. For both Varsity and Junior Varsity, trophies will also be awarded to the most improved school (who competed at last year’s tournament), and to the best novice school (who did not attend last year’s competition).
The cost for participation is $40 per level, or $70 for both Varsity and Junior Varsity. Please email () to reserve a place for your school. The deadline to receive registration is November 20, 2013. Please send your registration form to:
Don Slater or Debbie Poss
Lassiter High School
2601 Shallowford Road
Marietta, Georgia 30066
If you have any questions about the tournament, feel free to email or call:
Don Slater or Debbie Poss Lassiter High School 770-658-8343
e-mails:
We look forward to seeing you there!!
P.S. If some emergency should arise on Saturday, December 7th,and you will not be
arriving until after 9:20 a.m., please try to call 770-658-8343 to let us know
that your school will be late.