CT State Association of Mathematics Leagues (CSAML)

     The Connecticut State Association of Mathematics Leagues (CSAML) includes math leagues from Fairfield, New London, New Haven, and Middlesex counties, as well as the capitol area and western Connecticut. Each league may send half their teams.

There are three divisions: small, medium, and large. Medium schools have enrollments in grades 10 through 12 between 450 and 849 students, inclusive.

Large schools have a team of 8: three seniors, three juniors, and two sophomores.

Medium and small schools have a team of 6 students: three seniors, two juniors, and one sophomore.

Substitutions by students in lower grades are always permitted.

The rounds for the CSAML are as follows:

1. Arithmetic: Open, including elementary probability and statistics and elementary number theory
2. Algebra: Open, but restricted to real numbers; no transcendental functions
3. Geometry: Open, synthetic
4. Algebra: Logarithms, exponential functions, algebraic functions
5. Analytic Geometry: Open
6. Trigonometry and Complex Numbers: Includes DeMoivre's Theorem
7. Team: Restricted to topics covered in rounds 1 - 6

There are three questions in each individual round, worth 1, 2, and 3 points, respectively. Each round lasts 10 minutes. Each student competes in three rounds. Large schools send four students to each round. Small and medium schools send three students to each round.

The team round contains six problems. In the large school division, each team question is worth four points. In the small and medium school divisions, each team question is worth three points. The team round lasts 10 minutes.

Prizes are awarded to two teams in each division. Individual prizes are awarded to the top scoring seniors, juniors, and underclassmen. The highest scoring team in each division that has not already qualified for the NEAML contest ail receive an invitation to NEAML.

Calculator rules: A calculator is permitted in the team round only. Calculators not permitted on the SAT are not permitted at the state meet. In addition, no calculator that does symbolic algebra is permitted (e.g., TI-89, TI-92, HP-48, HP-49). The same rules apply to the NEAML contest.

New England Association of Mathematics Leagues (NEAML)

The New England Association of Mathematics Leagues (NEAML) sponsors an invitational mathematics contest held each April or May at Canton High School in Canton, MA.

The rounds, team compositions, and divisions are the same as in the CSAML, with one exception. Postgraduates are not permitted to compete in the NEAML contest.