Prime Factor Math Circle

Thursday, March 17th, is the 2011 Math Kangaroo Day.

Prime Factor Math Circle and Northwest Academy of Sciences are proud to be the organizers of a local chapter of the 14th Math Kangaroo Competition, USA. (If you want to know more about the contest, click here)

Time and place: Thursday March 17th, 2011, 6:30-8:00 PM, at Ben Franklin Elementary (12434 N.E. 60th St., Kirkland, WA 98033 ).

• Please plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to the start time. The competition starts at 6:30 sharp.
• School parking is limited , therefore park at the neighborhood streets
• Sign in your child at the registration table in the hallway and escort your child to the assigned classrooms ( Parents, please do not enter the testing classrooms )
• Make sure that your student has the Math Kangaroo registration code (provided at time of enrollment);
• Make sure that your student has a book to read (for those students who finish the test early)
• Calculators are not allowed; phones need to be off.
• Pencils will be provided for all participants. However, children may bring their own pencils.
• Scratch paper will be provided.
• The competition ends at 8:00 pm. At that time, please sign out your child from the room proctor. To ensure the safety of the children please follow the sign out procedure: provide proctor with your student’s name at the classroom entrance; the proctor will call out your child.
• If you child need any kind of medical assistance, please let the stuff at front know.

Below are the answers to the most popular questions about the contest:

• The test will take 75 minutes.
• Calculators are not allowed; phones need to be off.
• Pencils will be provided for all participants. However, children may bring their own pencils.
• Scratch paper will be provided.
• The answers are to be entered at the score card (fill-in the bubble style). A sample score card can be found at this link
• A wrong answer is worth 0 points.
• Your student has to know his/her registration number