Individual Test
 The Individual tests will be subject dependent, i.e. there will be a Geometry Individual test, an Algebra II Individual test, a Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry Individual test, a Calculus Individual test, and an Advanced Individual test. Students who take the Individual tests MUST BE currently enrolled in the class for the test they are taking. Thus, a student presently studying Calculus in high school MAY NOT take the Geometry Individual test – he/she must take the Calculus Individual test. The Advanced Math test is for students who have already taken a Calculus course; it will cover the following topics: multivariable calculus, simple linear algebra, simple differential equations, probability & statistics, elementary number theory, and simple discrete math. The results of the Individual tests will determine the top students in each subject area. The Individual test will have 30 questions, multiple choice with choices a-e (there will NOT be a “none of the above choice”) and it will last 50 minutes.

Inter-School Test
 The Inter-School test allows all of the students from a high school to work together in order to solve problems on a single test. Thus, a high school’s Inter-School test team consists of all the students that it brings to the JHU Math Tournament. A greater number of students does not always correlate to more right answers on the test since a balance between communication among team members and mathematical accuracy must be attained. The Inter-School test will consist of mathematical questions from a broad variety of subject areas, including, but not limited to, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry, and Calculus. This is a test that truly requires a sense of team spirit, not just one individual student answering all of the questions. The Inter-School test will have 30 questions that will require integer answers. The test will last 50 minutes and the only graded paper will be the answer sheet of each team.

Math Relay
     The Math Relay will replace last year’s Math Bowl. An executive decision was made to allow ALL students to participate in this fun event rather than a select group as was done last year. The math relay will consist of questions limited to only Algebra II and Geometry.
     Each school will allow its participating students to choose groups of 4 and they will be denoted by their school name and a number. Thus, there would be 8 teams for a school with 32 students. Students will sit in a large auditorium with members of the same group sitting in a column, one behind the other. Therefore, each team will have members denoted as A-D with member A sitting in the first row and member D sitting in the fourth row.
     Members A-D will each be given a slip of paper (face down) with a question. Members A and B will have a Geometry question and members C and D will have an Algebra II question. Member A’s question will be worth 1 point, member B’s 2 points, member C’s 3 points, and member D’s 4 points. Questions A-D are linked in that member B can only begin solving his/her problem once member A has a solution to his/her question. That is, member B’s question will be phrased in the form “The number you have received...” or TNYHR where TNYHR represents the answer to question A.
     Traditionally, if member A incorrectly solves the problem, then the team would receive a score of 0 since members B-D depend on A’s answer. However, during our Math Relay, members will be allowed to pass their question to the next member if they can’t solve it. For example, if member A is rusty with Geometry and can’t solve his/her problem, then instead of passing back a blank answer sheet with no TNYHR for member B, he/she can pass back his question sheet for member B to solve before member B goes on to his/her own question. This takes the pressure off of member A. There will only be unidirectional flow of papers. That is, member C can pass back to member D, but member D can not pass forward to member C.
    The individual questions A-D will be placed face down on each member’s table. Member A will also receive his/her team’s answer sheet. The students will be told to begin at which time they can turn over their papers. At each minute mark, along with the 4:30 mark, the time will be called. The final answer sheet is the only paper that will be picked up at the 5 minute “put your pencils up” mark. The students WILL NOT talk or look back during the test. We ask the coaches to serve as proctors during only this test to watch over the students. Since we’ll be in a large auditorium, it is very important that everyone plays fairly while having fun. The coaches will make sure that all pencils are up at the 5-minute mark and collect all of the teams’ answer keys. They will then turn in the answer keys to the graders at the front of the auditorium, and then pick up the next set of questions. We will play 8-10 rounds during the Math Relay in order to attain a good score distribution.