Math Team

Math Team is a two-term elective class. This elective provides students with a chance to participate in math competitions and develop problem solving skills. There are no grades for this class, but good performance in math contests can be excellent to mention in college applications.

Class
All math team classes occur first period.

Grading
Math Team is graded with a pass or fail. At the end of a term, you will receive CR, meaning "credit" for the class.

Continental Math League
Only freshmen take this contest.

This contest is considered the easiest of the contests we have in Stuyvesant. There are six meets with six problems each. Each set of six problems is to be done in thirty minutes. An award is given to the top twelve students in this contest and special awards are given to those who get a perfect score in all of the meets. This competition is taken in class.

Abbreviation: CML

New York Mathematics League
All grades take this contest.

This contest has a total of six meets with six problems each. Thirty minutes is given to solve each set of six problems. An award is given to a perfect scorer. This competition is taken in class.

Abbreviation: NYML

New York City Interscholastic Mathematics League
A group of students are selected to take this contest. There are three divisions: Soph-frosh, Junior, and Senior. Freshman take the Soph-frosh. Sophomores and juniors take the Junior. Juniors and seniors take the Senior contest. Some exceptions are made.

Students are split into teams, but this contest is to be done individually. The total score of the students in a team is the score of the team.

There are a total of six meets for Soph-frosh and Junior division, three of which are in the fall and three in spring. For Senior division, there are ten meets total with five meets for fall and five meets for spring. Each meet has a total of six problems. Ten minutes is given to solve three sets of two problems for each meet.

The highest scoring individual(s) of each division is given an award and top three teams also get awards.

This is an after-school competition.

Abbreviation: NYCIML

Mandelbrot Competition
All grades take this contest. Freshmen and sophomores take the regional contest. Juniors and seniors take the national contest.

This contest is considered one of the hardest in the school year and certainly the hardest contest for students who are not selected for additional competitions.

Both the regional and national competition has five rounds total. Each round consists of seven problems to be solved in forty minutes. The value of the problems are weighed; the first two problems are worth one point each, the next three are worth two-points each, and the last two are worth three points each. Higher point values indicate harder problems.

This contest is taken in class.

No abbreviations for this contest.

As of 2014, this competition has ended.

New York State Mathematics League
Selected students take this contest. These students are put into teams and each team will consist of fifteen students.

There are several components to this contest: a power question, a team test, an individual round, and a relay. The total scores for all of these components becomes the team score. Obviously, the individual scores of students will only include the individual round.

Power Question

This part of the competition is worth a total of 50 points. There is usually some background information before a set of problems. The goal of this component is to aid students in discovering new concepts. Problems do not necessarily have the same point values and a number of these problems will require proofs or work shown. The time limit is 60 minutes.

Team Test

This part of the competition is worth a total of 50 points. A team of students are given twenty minutes to solve ten problems. Each problem is worth five points. All answers are submitted on the answer sheet. No work is required for this component.

Individual Round

This part of the competition will be the only part that counts into the individual score. Each problem is worth one point. There are five sets of two problems each. 10 minutes is given to solve each set of problems. The sum of the individual scores will make the team score.

Relay

This part of the competition is done in sub-teams of three students each. Students will simultaneously work on the problems they are each given. These problems will generally require the answer from the previous student to do. The first student may pass their answer and only their answer to the second student. The second student may pass their answer and only their answer to the third student. Only these passes are allowed. The first and second student may pass back an answer as often as they wish. The third student can hand in their answers after three minutes or six minutes (although the third minute answer will not count if a six minute answer is handed in). A correct answer in three minutes is worth 5 points. A correct answer in six minutes is worth 3 points. An incorrect answer is worth no points.

Tiebreakers

Students with a high enough individual score take the tiebreaker. This will determine the ranks of students with the same score.

Abbreviation: NYSML

American Regions Mathematics League
''Same as New York State Mathematics League (NYSML). However, New York State Mathematics League took the format from American Regions Mathematics League.''

Abbreviation: ARML