BAHS UIL Math Team

UIL Math Team

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) offers a wide variety of academic contests for high school students, encompassing many elements of required high school coursework. These contests build upon the academic skills developed in the classroom and offer students an opportunity to stretch their talents above and beyond those requirements.

Bel Air High School UIL Math Team competes in the three different events that follow:

Calculator Applications Calculate this: Add your math skills to a college application, standardized test or resume, and success might just be the result. Math is power in today’s job market, so multiply your potential by trying out this problem solving contest. The contest includes calculations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, roots, powers, exponentiation, logarithms, trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions. In addition to straightforward calculation problems, the contest includes geometric and stated problems similar to those found in algebra, geometry and trigonometry textbooks, previous contests and League materials related to the contest.

Mathematics Algebra, geometry, pre-calculus, oh my! Come armed for this test with your knowledge and understanding of a variety of mathematical subjects such as geometry and trigonometry as you compete against your peers. This 40-minute, 60-question contest is designed to test knowledge and understanding in the areas of Algebra I and II, geometry, trigonometry, math analysis, analytic geometry, pre-calculus and elementary calculus.

Number Sense Ten minutes is all it takes to find out if you have good number sense. You’ll work with your coach and team to develop and practice shortcuts to solve the mental math test and still beat the clock. Make sense? This 80-question mental math contest covers all high school mathematics curricula. All answers must be derived without using scratch paper or a calculator.

The Bel Air UIL Math Team has competitions throughout the school year. The competitions culminate in the district meet where the winners qualify regionals. So if you are interested, we will train you and we know you will love it. Your classification does not matter and actually freshman and sophomores are encouraged to join because you will learn, practice and grow with the programs.