RULES

• Only pencils and erasers are allowed in the testing area.  Participants must bring ready-to-use pencils and erasers.  No sharpeners will be provided.  Scratch paper will be provided. 

• No calculators, electronic devices, or watches (including analog) are permitted.  There will be a large digital display that shows the remaining time.  Two verbal reminders (5-minute and 1-minute warnings) will be announced. 

• Food and drinks (including water bottles) must remain with the Coaches during Main Rounds.  Participants will have short breaks in between the rounds.

• Coaches and parents are not allowed in the testing area or the hallways.  Non-participants are asked to remain in the auditorium.

• There is no medical staff on duty.  In case of an emergency, our team will contact the Coach on the team roster.  It is imperative that the Coach and/or an adult representative is always present at the tournament premises.  Coaches are responsible for their participants at all times.

• In case of any rule incompliances or irregularities observed, MAMTS team reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to take necessary measures including disqualification of the suspected participants.

• Participants will have both hands on their heads before testing begins and after testing ends.  Test papers should remain face down with pencils down until Head Proctor officially instructs everyone to begin.  Pencils must be down immediately when Head Proctor announces the end of the testing time.

• Participants must remain seated and quiet before, during, and after each round.  Participants are not allowed to may not leave early and will be dismissed in an orderly fashion.

• All test papers, answer sheets, and scratch papers will be collected before dismissal.

• Any questions about the tournament problems (e.g., asking what a term means or requesting to clarify a question) will not be answered.  Participants will simply be advised to re-read the problem and try their best.

• The required unit/label is included in the answer sheet.  The unit/label provided in the answer blank is the only form of the answer that will be accepted.

• All answers must be clear and legible.

• Team members are free to talk and cooperate during the Team Round.  Please be mindful about shouting out answers loudly.  Four test papers and one answer sheet for the Team Round will be provided.

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• In case of tied scores, correctly solving more difficult problem is more advantageous in determining rankings.

• The order of problem difficulty is calculated by comparing the total number of correct answers across all participants for each problem.  For example, if the 50 participants answered #5 correctly, and 70 participants answered #8 correctly, 

== TO BE UPDATED ==

• Individual scoresheet and tournament statistics will be temporarily available for secure lookup on Results page.

• Trophy winners of past tournaments are honored in Results page.