[This is the document which is read to all participants at the start
of the relay round. It is taken from the ARML relay round instructions,
with minor modifications]
American Regions Math League
Instructions for Relay Questions
INSTRUCTIONS TO BE READ [VERBATIM!] TO THE STUDENTS WHEN READY FOR THE
FIRST RELAY (right after giving each "third person" their special
answer slips)
1.
Each team has been broken down into groups of 3. Each of the 3 people
will receive a different problem. When the first person solves his (or
her) problem, he writes the answer on a small piece of paper and passes
it back/to the right. The second person needs that number to solve his
problem (the number is referred to as "the number you will receive,"
or TNYWR). When the second person gets an answer, he passes that number
back/to the right. When the third person gets his answer, he writes it
on an official answer slip, and that slip will get handed in.
2.
AT THIS TIME, THE THIRD PERSON OF EACH GROUP SHOULD TAKE ALL THE OFFICIAL
SLIPS AND FILL IN THE COMPLETE TEAM INFORMATION ON EACH. [Allow time for
this]
3.
Now some more information for everyone. The second and third people
can usually do most Of their work before getting a number from the person
ahead of them. Nothing may be passed except a number--NO COMMENTS, NO OTHER
INFORMATION. You should double underline the answer you pass in case it
accidentally gets turned upside down and looks like a different number.
You may continue to pass answers, even if they are the same as before.
NOTHING MAY BE PASSED FORWARD/TO THE LEFT. IF YOU RE- CEIVE AN ANSWER THAT
IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO USE, JUST WAIT AND HOPE THAT A DIFFERENT ANSWER
WILL GET PASSED TO YOU!
4.
The third person may hand in an answer only at the 3 minute mark and
at the 6 minute mark. If the answer handed in at 3 minutes is correct,
and no answer is handed in later, it gets maximum points. If any answer
is handed in at 6 minutes, the previous answer is discarded by the proctor
(even if the number is the same as before!), and you can only get the lower
number of points, provided the answer is correct. OBVIOUSLY, THE THIRD
PERSON SHOULD NOT HAND IN THE SAME ANSWER A SECOND TIME! I will announce
a 15 second warning before the 3 minute and 6 minute time limits. If you
are handing in an answer then, put it on the appropriate answer slip, hold
that slip up, and the proctor will collect it.
5.
Now for the PROCTORS: Proctors should verify the proper time on each
official answer slip that gets handed in (either 3 minutes or 6 minutes).
If a second slip is handed in, discard the first slip for that group.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
6. We will now give out the first set of questions. Proctors should
look at each slip to check that it has the proper number, then put it on
the student's desk face down.
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AFTER EACH RELAY:
I will now read the answers to each question. The answer to the first
question is __. If you got that answer please raise your hand. The answer
to the second question is __. If you got that answer, please raise your
hand. The final answer, and the only one that gets any credit, is __. How
many got that answer?