Rhode Island Math League

The Rhode Island Mathematics League (RIML) competition consists of four meets spanning the entire year. It culminates at the state championship held at Cranston High School West. Top schools from the state championship are invited to the New England Association of Math Leagues (NEAML) championship.

Format

Each meet consists of five rounds and a team round. Each team consists of five students, and each school may have as many as six teams. However, each team may have a maximum of two seniors and four sophomores/juniors. At least one sophomore or freshman must be on each team (or the team may compete with an empty slot). Three students from each team participate in a round. Therefore, each student participates in three rounds and the team round. The first five rounds consist of three questions each. Beginning in 2007, one of the five rounds is designated as "calculator-free." The first question in each round is worth one point, the second two points, and the third three points. Each student works on the questions independently in the ten minutes allotted. All answers must be presented in simplified and rationalized form. After the completion of the first five rounds, there is a team round. All five players from each team collaborate on five questions worth two points each. The maximum score for one team is 100 points, and the maximum score for one student is 18 points.

Rounds

At the first meet the rounds are as follows:

Round 1: Arithmetic

Round 2: Algebra I

Round 3: Geometry (non-calculator)

Round 4: Algebra II

Round 5: Statistics and Probability

At the second meet the rounds are as follows:

Round 1: Arithmetic

Round 2: Algebra I

Round 3: Geometry

Round 4: Algebra II (non-calculator)

Round 5: Trigonometry

At the third meet the rounds are as follows:

Round 1: Statistics and Probability

Round 2: Algebra I

Round 3: Geometry

Round 4: Algebra II

Round 5: Trigonometry (non-calculator)

At the fourth meet the rounds are as follows:

Round 1: Matrices

Round 2: Algebra I (non-calculator)

Round 3: Geometry

Round 4: Algebra II

Round 5: Conic Sections

Current events

The 2007-08 league champion was Wheeler School. Wheeler School ranked third among small schools at the 2006 [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/2006/2006n_team.html] and 2007 [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/2007/2007n_team.html] New England championships. Barrington High School ranked first among medium schools at the 2006 New England championships [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/2006/2006n_team.html] .