VAMO 2024 will be held on April 15, 2024 from 3:15-6:45pm at Van Antwerp Middle School in Niskayuna, NY.
Competition Schedule and Format
Schedule:
3:15-4:00pm: Introduction and Instructions
4:00-4:30pm: Individual Round
4:45-5:35pm: Team Round
5:45-6:15pm: Pizza
6:15-6:45pm: Closing Ceremony
Individual Round:
- The Individual Round features 3 divisions.
8th Grade Division: Problems geared to 8th graders, but 7th graders and younger can also participate!
7th Grade Division: Problems geared to 7th graders, but 6th graders and younger can also participate!
6th Grade Division: Problems geared to 6th graders and younger!
- Participants have 30 minutes to complete 15 problems.
- Each problem is worth 1 point, for a maximum of 15 points.
Team Round:
- Each team can consist of 2-4 people from any school and any divisions of the Individual Round.
- Teams have 50 minutes to complete 25 problems. The Team Round does not feature divisons.
- The last 5 minutes of the round, teams recieve 3 estimation problems worth 1 point each. The top 3 teams that are closest to
the answer recieves the point.
- Each problem is worth 1 point, for a maximum of 28 points.
Scoring:
1. Team scores are calculated by summing the average score of the team members'
Individual Round with the team's Team Round score.
Prizes:
Available for every VAMO contestant before Apr 15, 2024: $20 off any upcoming classes at LIVE, by Po-Shen Loh, the online math class that actually captivates, with the coupon code VAMO2024. Website:
https://live.poshenloh.com/.
1. Top 6 Individuals of Each Division: 1 Year of
Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition ($87 value)
2. Top 4 Individuals of Each Division: Jane Street T-Shirt
3. Top 3 Place Teams: 4 Free Ice Cream Stewart's Certificates
4. Top Placed Team: 4 Single-Use MiSci Guest Passes
5. All Participants: Geogebra Sticker
6. Raffle: 1 seat for
LIVE, by Po-Shen Loh classes (worth $399-$519/seat), 2x $10 Stewart's Gift Card, 2x Desmos T-Shirt, Global Foundries Swag