I just want to be a quiet scholar

Chapter 17 The hand holding the ballpoint pen trembled slightly

After driving for half an hour, the bus of Nangang No. [-] Middle School arrived at the Provincial Experimental Middle School.

Here is the competition field of the Nangang Division of the Provincial High School Mathematics League this year.

There are mathematics leagues in all provinces across the country, which are organized by the provinces themselves.

The Nanyue High School Mathematics League is jointly organized by the Provincial Department of Education and the Provincial Mathematical Society, and is held once a year.

The competition method is an exam. All the contestants make a paper, and the time limit is 90 minutes. This is a test.

In the first test, three grades of score lines are set, from high to low, the provincial team line, the first prize, and the second prize.

According to previous data, 40% of the contestants can win the second prize, and 10% of the contestants can win the first prize.

The provincial team line is very difficult to get on, and the online rate is only 0.8%.

The students who can come to participate in the Mathematical Union Competition are all top students in mathematics from each school, one out of a hundred.

After one out of [-], eight out of [-] will be selected, and then half of the players will be eliminated. The few remaining will represent the provincial team in the national competition.This is a retest.

Shen Qi wants to stay, this is his goal here.

The Organizing Committee will check the student ID card and competition card of each contestant according to the procedures. Mobile phones and all electronic devices are not allowed to be brought into the competition venue.

Shen Qi was taken to a classroom on the second floor of the teaching building by the staff. There were four rows of desks in one row and seven rows in one row. A total of 28 contestants competed in the same field.

Shen Qi and his eleven teammates were arranged in twelve different classrooms, and his seat was in the second row, first row.

Sit down, put ballpoint pens, pencils, rulers, compasses, and erasers on the table, while Shen Qi waits for the exam paper to be issued.

Before handing out the test papers, the invigilator will distribute scratch paper to each contestant.

Except for the necessary answering stationery such as pen and ruler, the contestants are not allowed to bring even a piece of paper into the competition. The state is very strict in the selection of mathematics professionals.

Shen Qi closed his eyes and rested his mind, don't be impatient, don't panic, I've done several sets of test papers, and it's not difficult at all.

At 10 o'clock, the trial started on time.

There are two types of questions in this exam.

There are 8 fill-in-the-blank questions, each with 8 points, totaling 64 points.

3 answers and proof questions, totaling 56 points.

The total score for the roll is 120 points.

The test maker appears to have a preference for geometry, and the paper contains 11 questions, 8 of which are geometry questions.

This is probably a follow-up to the recent IMO. Recently, there has been a geometric trend in the world, and geometric puzzles have repeatedly appeared in the IMO arena.

Fill-in-the-blank questions are too easy for Shen Qi. This type of question does not need to write out the derivation and proof process, just write an answer and you are done.

You don't care whether I use the theory of non-Euclidean geometry or coordinate geometry, just give you a correct answer.

Shen Qi quickly completed 8 fill-in-the-blank questions, and began to do the next three answer questions and proof questions.

The first question is a solid geometry proof question. A sphere is drawn on the scroll with a triangular pyramid embedded in it. It is necessary to prove that the center of gravity of the triangular pyramid coincides with the center of gravity of the sphere.

The second problem is plane analytic geometry. It is necessary to prove that a curve can never pass through the junction point o of the x-axis and the y-axis.

The third problem is pure algebra, and you need to find a complex number α that makes a formula hold.

"It's not difficult, it's really not difficult, could it be that I made a fake paper?"

Shen Qi quickly wrote out the proofs of the three questions, the solution process, and the answers on the scratch paper.

For fear that what he was doing was a fake paper, after checking it several times, Shen Qi dared to write the content on the scratch paper on the test paper, and his hand holding the ballpoint pen trembled slightly.

"It is said that the proportion of the provincial team line is less than 1%. If I get full marks in the test, I will definitely be able to enter the 1%. Is this paper too easy for everyone to get full marks?"

Shen Qi looked left, looked right, and looked back.

The guy on the left is sweating profusely. It's not hot. The air conditioner is on in the classroom, and I feel cold.

The young lady on the right frowned, as if she had encountered a problem she couldn't understand.

The Zhengtai in the back looked unlovable, he must be doubting life.

There are various indications that Shen Qi felt that the test paper was simple in the whole examination room, and everyone else encountered difficulties.

"Hey, don't look around!" The invigilator walked to Shen Qi's desk and tapped on the desk with a serious expression.

"Teacher, let me ask, who produced this paper?" Shen Qi whispered.

"do not know!"

"Okay, okay, I'll hand in the papers."

Shen Qi packed up his stationery and put it in his schoolbag, and laid the test paper flat on the table.

Putting his schoolbag on his back, Shen Qi stood up and put his hands in his trouser pockets, and he left the examination room leisurely.

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After the first math test in the morning, the judges of the Provincial Mathematical Society began to review the examination papers in the Nangang competition area in the afternoon.

Nangang City is the provincial capital, and the headquarters of the Provincial Mathematical Society is located in this southern coastal metropolis.

This time, more than 1200 high school students who love mathematics and like mathematics signed up for the competition. More than half of the applicants from Guangnangang City, after all, are an international metropolis with a large population and superior educational resources.

The grading work in the Nangang competition area lasted from 600:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, and ten judges started to review more than [-] first-examination papers at the same time.

The two younger girls were statisticians and were in charge of statistics.

"Yu Huabo, Provincial Experimental Middle School, 101 points."

"Zhou Jian, High School Affiliated to Southern Normal University, 98 points."

"Meng Tianqiang, City No. 94 Middle School, [-] points."

"Li Xinyan, City No. 82 Middle School, [-] points."

"Zhao Liang, Shi No. 8 Middle School, 8 points... I feel sorry for this little boy, only [-] points, so I got a fill-in-the-blank question right."

"Huo Jiawen, City No. 1 Middle School, 1 point... How did you get this [-] point? Consolation prize?"

"I took a look at the 1-point boy's paper, and it really is a consolation prize. His fill-in-the-blank questions are all wrong, and the answer questions and proof questions are all wrong. The judge teacher gave 1 point because he was afraid that he would not be able to accept the blow of 0 points?"

"Give 1 point less because you are afraid of your pride, and only give 1 point because you are afraid of breaking down? Once a math teacher becomes humorous, it's really irresistible, a little bit."

The job of the two statistician girls of the Provincial Mathematical Association is to count the scores of the completed examination papers into the computer and sort them. Both of them are intern in mathematics teacher training, and they are more likely to become mathematics teachers in primary and secondary schools in the future.

"The paper for this year's number one test is very difficult. Up to now, I haven't seen a full-mark test paper with a score of 120."

"It is estimated that the first prize line this year is 90 points, and last year it was 100 points."

"Continue to work, Shen Qi, City No. [-] Middle School... Meow!"

"What are you doing!"

"Shen Qi, City No. 120 Middle School, [-] points! The first full-mark test paper came from City No. [-] Middle School."

"Shi No. 120 Middle School is also a key high school. What's the fuss about? Show me the masterpiece of this little boy with full marks. Hey, what the hell are three question marks after [-]?"

Shen Qi's score is 120, and three question marks are connected together to form "120???".

"For the test paper numbered 519, I'll ask the judges, what is the situation of this little boy's 120 in No. [-] Middle School?"

(End of this chapter)