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2003 Sun Ray Spring Semester Math Contest
Date:
May 4th, 2003 Sunday (at regular class time and classroom)
Who:
All math class students from Kindergarten through 9th grade
Where:
All Sunray Chinese School Campus
Prize:
Trophies for first three highest scores in each grade
Class
Test Contents
Kindergarten Counting (count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, & 10’s), addition, and subtraction
Time, calendar, money (coins), and measurement
Patterns, numerical order, and fractions
1st Grade
Addition and subtraction up to 2 digit numbers
Time, currency, and measurement
Simple geometry, place value (through 100’s place), and patterns
2nd Grade
Addition and subtraction (2 & 3 digit numbers), multiplication, time,
money, probability, and comparing numbers
Place value (through thousand’s place) and rounding (to the nearest ten,
hundred), Estimating (sums and differences)
Geometry (figures, fractional parts)
Measurement (perimeter, area, volume, symmetry, and temperature)
3rd Grade
Addition, and subtraction, multiplication, and division
Rounding, measurement, time, fractions, money, and place value
4th Grade
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of the whole numbers
Addition, subtraction, and multiplication of decimals or fractions
Place value, comparing, ordering, time, measurement, and geometry
Problem solving and applications of above
5th Grade
Fractions & decimals—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Time, length, capacity, weight, perimeter, and circumference
Geometry---angles, measurement, area, and volume
Ratios, percentages, graphs, statistics, and probability
6th Grade
Fractions & decimals—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Measurement---time, length, capacity, weight, perimeter, and
circumference
Geometry (area & volume)
Ratios, percentages, graphs, probability, and integer
7th Grade
Factoring, (GFC, LCM); decimals & ratios (know conversion)
Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing terms (e.g. 4(2x-6) = ?)
Algebraic Equations; positive and negative numbers; square roots
Statistics (mean, median, & mode); probability; profit and loss
basic geometry (surface area, area, and volume), Pythagorean Theorem
APPLICATIONS, WORD PROBLEMS, AND STRATEGIES of the above!
8th Grade
Simplifying and factoring of algebraic equations
Powers and roots of a number or an algebraic equation
Geometric formulas (area, surface area, volume)
Linear Equations-(y=mx + b), definition of slope; intercepts, and
solutions
Quadratic equations- factoring, quadratic formula, graphs and solutions
Trigonometry- Sine, cosine, tangents
9th Grade
Proofs, Definitions, and Applications of the following:
Triangles (angles, ASA, SAS, SSS…)
Circles (arcs, chords, central angles, radii…)
Polygons (Similar polygons, regular polygons, congruent polygons)
Areas of triangles, circles, polygons, etc.
Trigonometric ratios (sine, cosine, tangent, sec, cse…)
Measure of figures (angle measures, area, length)