Varsity Round Information 2015 - 2016

Meet #1 -- Shrewsbury High School (A) and Assabet Valley HS (B, C, & D)
October 7, 2015

**Round 1Arithmetic -- Order of operations and evaluation of algebraic expressions, including topics such as a*b=ab+b type
**Round 2Algebra 1 -- OPEN -- Suitable for sophomores who may not have had Algebra II
**Round 3Set Theory including Venn diagrams, set relationships, intersection, union, complement of a set, disjoint sets, and subsets
**Round 4Measurement including perimeter, area of plane figures, and volume of solids
**Round 5Polynomial Equations including theory of equations
Team RoundAll of the above (five questions) plus four OPEN questions

Meet #2 -- Shrewsbury High School (A) and Wachusett (B, C, & D)
December 2, 2015

**Round 1Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
**Round 2Algebra 1 -- OPEN -- Suitable for sophomores who may not have had Algebra II
**Round 3Parallel Lines and Polygons
**Round 4Sequences and Series and summation (signum) of series
**Round 5Matrices (applications) and Systems of Equations (including non-linear systems in no more than three variables)
Team RoundAll of the above (five questions) plus four OPEN questions

Meet #3 -- Shrewsbury High School (A) and Assabet Valley HS (B, C, & D)
January 27, 2016

**Round 1Similarity and Pythagorean Theorem
**Round 2Algebra 1 -- OPEN -- Suitable for sophomores who may not have had Algebra II
**Round 3Functions including inverses, operations, composition and transformations
**Round 4Combinatorics (combinations, permutations, and counting problems)
**Round 5Analytic Geometry of straight lines and conic sections
Team RoundAll of the above (five questions) plus four OPEN questions

Meet #4 -- Shrewsbury High School (A) and Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School (B, C, & D)
March 2, 2016

**Round 1Elementary Number Theory -- LCM, GCF, primes, and bases
**Round 2Algebra 1 -- OPEN -- Suitable for sophomores who may not have had Algebra II
**Round 3Geometry -- OPEN
**Round 4Logs, Exponents, and Radicals
**Round 5Trigonometry -- OPEN
Team RoundAll of the above (five questions) plus four OPEN questions

 

** Rounds where calculator use is prohibited