1. X X I X – I -------------- X X X Is there any way in which you can subtract 1 from 29 and have 30 left?

2. UIL Number Sense Contest Larry White Box 25 Millersview, Tx 76862 325-483-5446 texasmath@centex.net UIL State Number Sense Contest Director

3. Be sure to...  sign in;  clean up your area when you leave;  and “HAVE A GREAT DAY”

4. Announcements and Test Corrections/Discussions http://www.uiltexas.org/academics Tests I am writing this year: TMSCA: # 6, #12, & TMSCA State UIL: SAC, A, B, District 1, District 2,Regional & State HEXCO: F13 A-F and S14 A-F

5. UIL NUMBER SENSE Contest Rules

6. Rules for Competition 80 problems (see sequence chart) 10 minutes No scratch work – no erasing – no marking over + 5 points for each correct answer - 4 points for incorrect or skipped (up to the last one attempted)

7. Rules for Competition (continued) * problems (10,20,30,..., 80) are estimation problems (+ or -5% error) types of problems --see sequence chart Grading and scoring rules are found in the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules (C&CR) manual.

8. UIL NUMBER SENSE RESOURCES RESOURCES

9. Texas Math & Science Coaches Association TMSCA Contact: Julie Majewski-Smith 940-563-1005 execsectmsca@gmail.com Newsletter - Resource Page –Tests - Forms

10. Books and practice materials No Sense in Mathematics – Don Skow (dskow@panam.edu)dskow@panam.edu Mental Mathematics for Number Sense – Frances Walzel (walzel@vvm.com) RAM Materials – Leo Ramirez (www.rammaterials.com)www.rammaterials.com AMT Test Writing Service Andy Zapata (adzapata74@gmail.com) (home)(adzapata74@gmail.com) (entermeet@gmail.com) (business)entermeet@gmail.com Middle School and High School Packets Dr. John Hobbs (call 972-442-3168)

11. Practice tests University Interscholastic League (UIL) (http://www.uil.utexas.edu/) Texas Math and Science Coaches Association (TMSCA) (http://www.tmscaonline.net/index.html ) RAM Materials – Leo Ramirez (www.rammaterials.com) AMT Test Writing Service – Andy Zapata adzapata74@gmail.com (home)adzapata74@gmail.com entermeet@gmail.com (business)entermeet@gmail.com Hexco – Linda Terrant (http://www.hexco.com)

12. Computer Software Number Sense Computerized – by Larry White (texasmath@centex.net)texasmath@centex.net (http://centex.net/~texasmath/) UIL Number Sense Mental Math Mentor (http://www.hexco.com)

13. Websites UIL - www.uiltexas.org/academics TMSCA - www.tmscaonline.net/index.html Texas Competitive Mathematics - ??? www.texasmath.org ???www.texasmath.org Math Magic - www.math-magic.com Dr. Numsen - www.academicmeet.comwww.academicmeet.com

14. UIL NUMBER SENSE Questions & Answers

15. If you have some questions, I have some answers. Otherwise, it is Time for the UIL HS SAC 2013 test

16. And it was delicious!

17. HAVE A GREAT DAY!