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Calculator Applications is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) in Texas, US. It is also a competition held by the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association, using the same rules as the UIL. Calculator Applications is designed to test students' abilities to use general calculator functions.
Music Memory (two divisions for grades 3–4 and 5–6) Number Sense (two divisions for grades 4–6 and 7–8) One-Act Play (one division for grades 6–8) Oral Reading (two divisions for grades 4–6 and 7–9) Ready Writing (three divisions for grades 3–4, 5–6, and 7–8) Science I and II (grades 7 and 8, respectively)
The perfect score for both Number Sense and Calculator is 400. The Calculator Applications test multiplies 5 times the last question answered and deducts 9 points for incorrect or skipped questions, similar to Number Sense, but scratch work, markovers/erasures, and the use of a calculator are allowed.
For Grades 9-12 each school may send up to four students; however, in districts with more than eight schools the district executive committee can limit participation to three students per school. In order for a school to participate in team competition, the school must send at least three students.
The University Interscholastic League, the main governing body for academic, athletic, and music competition among public schools in the U.S. state of Texas, sanctions many events for students in grades 2 to 12. Competition in grades 2–8 is limited to district only.
The test for Grades 7-8 covers the subjects under Grades 4-6 plus algebra, geometry and number theory. The test for Grades 9-12 covers the subjects under both Grades 4-6 and Grades 7-8 plus analysis, trigonometry and calculus. For Grades 4-6 and Grades 7-8 each school may send up to three students per division.
Activities for most Texas private schools are governed by separate bodies, the largest of which is TAPPS. However, private schools are allowed to join the UIL only if 1) they meet UIL's definition of a high school, 2) they are accredited by the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission, and 3) they are ineligible for membership in any league similar to UIL (such as TAPPS or the Southwest ...
The test for Grades 9-12 covers biology, chemistry, and physics, with 20 questions in each general field (though physics and chemistry often overlap). Each school may send up to three students for each junior high division.