Integral Bee Spring 2012

Math Awareness Month
Sixth Annual Integral Bee

Thursday, April 26, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Blocker 166

A contest to determine who can compute integrals fastest.
All integrals are at the level of Math 152/172 or BC Calculus.

This will be a great review for 152/172 final exams and BC Calculus AP exams.

Prizes

There are separate prizes for those in Calculus 2 or BC Calculus and those who are more advanced. We have a line-up of great prizes such as several Maple and Matlab packages (student editions, both $99 value) as well as t-shirts.

All participants must register by April 25 at 5:00pm CDT

Registration is now closed. Please join us next year!

Rules

The rules may be modified as we go.
• Eligibility
  1. Everyone is eligible.
  2. Undergraduates in Calc 2 and high school students will compete in division U. Undergraduates who have completed Calc 2, graduate students and general public will compete in division G. If there is time and interest, there will be division F competition for faculty.
• Qualifying Rounds
  1. Bring paper and pencil.
  2. There will be 5 or 6 rounds. Everyone in the audience will be eligible.
  3. In each round, an integral will be displayed on the overhead screen. You will have a specified amount of time to solve it (e.g. 2 or 4 minutes). At the end of this time, you must select your answer choice on your assigned clicker. Each participant with a correct answer and solution will receive a point.
  4. At the end of 5 or 6 rounds, the participants who score above a to-be-determined cutoff will become finalists. They will move to the front of the room.
• Elimination Rounds
  1. In each round, between 2 and 12 finalists will be at the white board. An integral will be displayed on the overhead screen. The half of the finalists who correctly compute the integral will continue to subsequent rounds. The half who are slowest will be eliminated.
  2. A 5 minute time limit will be imposed.
• Wild Card
  1. During the Elimination Rounds, any participants in the audience who correctly compute the integral before the finalists will receive a point.
  2. At the end of the Elimination Rounds, the participant with the most points (in Qualifying and Elimination Rounds combined) will be the Wild Card winner.

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