TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR MATH BOWL XXX

SATURDAY ‑ May 03, 2008

08:30 ‑ 09:00 

• Arrival at Site
• Registration
• Seating Assignment for Official Teams
• Refreshments and Social

09:00 ‑ 09:29 

• Opening Remarks
• Invocation
• Introduction of Teams, Guests, and VIP's
• Final Instructions

09:30 ‑ 09:40 

• 1st Round         10 minutes/15 points
• There shall be three problems, ranging from easy to moderate
• The point values for each problem will be 4, 5, and 6
• Students may work together on all three exercises

09:45 ‑ 09:50 

• 2nd Round:       5 minutes/5 points

09:55 ‑ 10:01 

• 3rd Round:       6 minutes/6 points

10:06 ‑ 10:13 

• 4th Round:        7 minutes/7 points

10:18 ‑ 10:26 

• 5th Round:        8 minutes/18 points
• There shall be three problems
• Each problem shall be worth 6 points each
• The exercises shall be of moderate difficulty
• The exercises shall be done individually, where each member of the three‑member team shall do one problem
• The three categories of problems shall be specified by the problems committee, and might be algebra/ geometry, trigonometry and probability
• The coaches shall be informed before the contest begins
• Before receiving the problems, the students and the coach, if necessary, shall decide who will do which category of problem
• The chair which the student occupies at each team's table (for example, left, middle, or right) will determine which category of problem the student will do

10:26 ‑ 10:41 

• Half‑Time
• Talk
• Report of Half‑Time Scores
• Announcements
• Refreshments

10:41 ‑ 10:50 

• 6th Round:        9 minutes/9 points

10:55 ‑ 11:10 

• 7th Round:        15 minutes/20 points
• There shall be three problems, ranging from easy to very difficult
• The point values for the problems will be 4, 6, and 10
• Students may work together on all three exercises

11:15 ‑ 11:25 

• 8th Round:        10 minutes/10 points

11:25 ‑ 11:45 

• Break
• Totalling of Team Scores

11:45 ‑ 12:00

• Tie‑Breaker, if necessary

12:05 ‑ 01:45

• Entertainment
• Lunch
• Talks
• Report of Final Results
• Presentation of Awards and Accolades

"Hawaii State Mathematics Championships for 2009" or Math Bowl XXXI shall be held at Brigham Young University Hawaii in Laie, Oahu, Hawaii on May 02, 2009 ‑ 1st Saturday in May.