Information for Schools

The competition is open to students of secondary schools in Queensland. Students enter through their schools. The entry fee is only $1 per entry (to fund the fabulous prizes!) and should be submitted at the same time as the competition papers are sent to the QAMT for marking and judging.

The usual school contact is the Mathematics head and they should register on the web. Schools are asked to register by Monday, July 21st.

Each school must nominate a competition supervisor when registering. Duties for the supervisor include the downloading, photocopying and safe-keeping of the question papers in the week preceding the competition. The school should collect the entry fees from competitors, undertake supervision of the candidates for two hours, and mail the worked scripts and entry fees to

QAMT Office
c/o School of Education
University of Queensland
QLD 4072

In the Brisbane area, the competition should be restricted to Thursday or Friday (July 24th and 25th). Teachers may wish to run the competition in class time.

There are three competition papers, for Year 8, Years 9/10 and Years 11/12, and all are two hours long. The papers will consist of questions which require an answer, but working should also be shown. The problems do not usually require any greater knowledge than that possessed by good students but will need a certain amount of ingenuity and thought for their solution. Candidates should bring their own paper; approximately 10 sheets should be sufficient. Non-CAS calculators may be used.

The list of results will be lodged on the QAMT competition website in late August. Prizes and certificates will be awarded by the judges.

Year 11 results will be taken into consideration in the choice of students to be offered places in the National Mathematics Summer School in Canberra in January 2007. This is an important channel of selection for the Queensland students to be invited to attend the Summer School. All Year 11 competition entrants are automatically considered for selection.

Correspondence should be addressed to the QAMT Office: qamt@uq.net.au, Phone/Fax 3365 6505.

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