Log1 (multi-stage)

The Log 1 Contest provides an excellent opportunity for a school to participate in a competition similar to our National Convention contests and compete against schools from across the country and the world, while staying right at their home school.

Hoover will provide awards for high-scoring individuals and schools, including: The top ten individuals in each division in each region (based upon the sum of their scaled scores on the three tests) will receive a plaque and the next fifteen will receive a certificate. If two or more students have the same overall score, ties will be broken in favor of the student with the higher minimum score on the three tests, then in favor of the student with the higher score on the Individual test. If this process can't break a tie, all tied students will receive the highest of the awards in question.

The top ten schools in each region will receive plaques. School awards will be given in each region based upon their overall scores, which will be the sum of the school's two top student overall scaled scores in each division (a total of six students). If two or more schools have the same overall score, ties will be broken in favor of the school with the highest minimum scores among the six student scores totaled, then in favor of the school with the highest scores for students not among the six used to determine the school's overall score.

Taking the test:

There are 3 rounds of tests administered throughout the year, and testing dates depend on your Mu Alpha Theta chapter

Topics are varied depending on the year, check with the Mu Alpha Theta sponsor for the topics of the nearest Log1 competition.

All tests will be 15 open answer questions to be completed in 30 minutes without the use of a calculator.

Divisions: Students compete only against other students with similar math course background.

• Mu division is for students who are taking a Calculus course. Mu students are responsible for knowing topics in all divisions.

• Alpha division is for students who are in math courses above Algebra 2 but who have not taken calculus. No calculus is to be included at this level.

• Theta division is for students who are in Algebra 2. There will be no trigonometry questions other than right triangle trigonometry or law of sines and law of cosines. These students will have completed Algebra 1 and Geometry.

For more information see: http://log1.wamath.net/