MCTM Math Contest

Introduction

The registration fee is $4.00 per participant.

All schools must register online. Schools should watch for further information about registering from their local site director. Schools are not allowed to have students register for two different regions. If a school has students participate in two different regions, all students from that school may be disqualified for scholarship awards. 

The deadline for contest fees will not be a postmark deadline but a "received by" deadline. Please get your check to the site director early to ensure your participants are registered for the contest. 

Please register your students by grade level and grade band. All students must register at their current grade band or higher (E.g., a 9th-grade student cannot register as a 7-8-grade band). If Suzie Q is a 7th-grade student and wants to take the 9-10 grade band tests, register her as a 7th-grade student but the 9-10 grade band tests. All 11th and 12th-grade students must register at their current grade level and grade band! 

Calculators are allowed on all tests. Symbolic manipulator calculators are permitted on all tests.

Test Guidelines

• Participants will be testing within their grade band

• There will be three grade bands (7-8, 9-10 and 11-12)

• Students may test up a grade band but not down.

• Because we value content knowledge, application, and collaboration in mathematics, each site will hold three tests for each grade band.

• Questions will be written using Montana Common Core State Standards with plus sign standards for each grade band.

• Each participant will take three tests - Numerical Response, Multiple Choice, and a Team Test.

• The Team Test will be administered at all locations, and all participants are assumed to take it.

Regional Awards

• Individual participants will be ranked by high to low percentiles by grade band.

  • Gold: Top 10% at Region

  • Silver: Next 10% (11 - 20) at Region

  • Bronze: Next 10% (21 - 30) at Region

• Team Awards will be awarded at each Region

State Awards

• Platinum: Top 1-2% of all state participants at each grade band

• Gold: Top 8-10% of all state participants at each grade band

• Silver: Next 11-20% of all state participants at each grade band

Scholarships

MCTM Math Excellence Student Scholarships: For each region, MCTM will award $500 and $300 to the top two senior scorers. If a region has more than 50 senior participants, $200 will be awarded to the third-highest score. In addition, MCTM will award $1000 and $750 to the top two seniors at the state level.  

All coaches must realize that students are only eligible for a scholarship if they participate in the official school contest region (where their school is registered). If a school has students participating at more than one site, all of their students from that school may be disqualified for the senior scholarships.