The 44th Annual ARML Competition will be held on

May 31st and June 1st, 2019.


Registration for ARML 2018 is now closed. Please contact your site coordinator.

General Information For All Sites    Penn State    UNLV   
University of Iowa    University of Georgia (Contact Site Coordinator - Don Slater)

Login (Start Here!)    President's Letter    Registration Information and Instructions     Background Checks    
SAT Alternate Date Info. From The College Board     Invoices     Score Sheet    Proctor and Alternates Form   
"Some Mathematical Ideas Used in the Competition"    ARML Competition Rules    Scoring Procedure   
Instructions for Relay Round    Teams That Must Compete In Division A   
Coach Certificate    Participant Certificate    Sample Medical Information and Waiver Form (Penn State)

Relay Round Instructions

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 RECEIVE 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. During the Relay round, only the answer to the question in the student's possession can be passed on to the next person on the team. This answer may be underlined to show orientation but that is the only mark that can be on the paper.


  6. The method of passing of answer(s) should, in no way, indicate anything besides the answer to the question. No comments or any other information may be communicated at any time during the relay round. In the past, we have found that ARML participants have devised methods to communicate with members of their team. These practices are violations of the rules of the competition. Such practices include, but are not limited to: passing back multiple pieces of paper with the same answer at the same time in an effort to communicate that the participant is very certain of their computation, or a participant audibly crumpling and/or throwing a piece of paper on the floor to communicate to another participant that their submitted answer cannot be used in subsequent problems. Participants may underline answers so that they will be read correctly, to distinguish between a 6 and a 9, for example. In the spirit of fair and honest competition, and so that all individual teams are competing on the same playing field, we hope that all participants will abide by the rules as they were originally intended. Relay teams that are found to be communicating more than the answer to the problem will possibly face disqualification. Specific penalties will be decided by the ARML officials.


  7. 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 more than one answer sheet is turned in, please send both answer sheets. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?


  8. 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. 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?