VAMO 2025 will be held on April 23, 2025 from 3:15-6:45pm at Van Antwerp Middle School in Niskayuna, NY.
Competition Schedule and Format
Schedule:
3:15-4:00pm: Introduction and Instructions
4:00-4:30pm: Individual Round
4:45-5:35pm: Team Round
5:45-6:15pm: Pizza
6:15-6:45pm: Closing Ceremony
Individual Round:
- The Individual Round features 3 divisions.
8th Grade Division: Problems geared to 8th graders, but 7th graders and younger can also participate!
7th Grade Division: Problems geared to 7th graders, but 6th graders and younger can also participate!
6th Grade Division: Problems geared to 6th graders and younger!
- Participants have 30 minutes to complete 15 problems.
- Each problem is worth 1 point, for a maximum of 15 points.
Team Round:
- Each team can consist of 2-4 people from any school and any divisions of the Individual Round.
- Teams have 50 minutes to complete 25 problems. The Team Round does not feature divisons.
- The last 5 minutes of the round, teams recieve 3 estimation problems worth 1 point each. The top 3 teams that are closest to
the answer recieves the point.
- Each problem is worth 1 point, for a maximum of 28 points.
Scoring:
1. Team scores are calculated by summing the average score of the team members'
Individual Round with the team's Team Round score.
Prizes:
1. Top Individual of Each Individual Round: $15 Gift Card to
The Open Door Bookstore
2. Top Placed Team: $25
AoPS Gift Card (one for each team member), 4 Single-Use
miSci Guest Passes
3. Raffle: One seat for
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4. All Participants: Math Sticker; $25 discount code to any
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