After driving for half an hour, the Nangang No. 2 Middle School’s Digital Competition Bus arrived at the Provincial Experimental Middle School.

This is the venue of the Nangang Division of the Provincial High School Mathematics League this year.

There are math leagues in all provinces across the country, which are organized by each province.

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

The competition method is the exam. All participants make a test paper, with a limited time of 90 minutes. This is a try.

First try to set the three-level score line, from high to low to provincial team line, first prize and 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, with the online rate being only 0.8%.

The students who can come to participate in the mathematics competition are all top mathematics students from various schools, and they choose one out of a hundred.

After one out of a hundred, you will get eight out of a thousand, and then continue to eliminate half of the people. The few people left behind will represent the provincial team in the national competition. This is the re-examination.

Shen Qi wanted to stay, this was his goal to come here.

The organizing committee shall check the student ID, entry certificate, mobile phone and all electronic devices of each contestant in accordance with the procedures.

Shen Qi was taken to a classroom on the second floor of the teaching building by staff. Four rows of desks were placed in the classroom, one row was seven rows, and a total of 28 participants were competing in the same competition.

Shen Qi and his eleven teammates were arranged in twelve different classrooms, with his seats in the first row of the second row.

Sit down and place the ballpoint pen, pencil, ruler, compass and eraser on the desktop. Shen Qi waited for the test paper to be issued.

Before issuing the test paper, the invigilator will first distribute draft paper to each contestant.

Except for necessary answering stationery such as pen rulers, participants are not allowed to bring even a piece of paper into the field. The country is quite strict in selecting mathematics professional talents. One person cheats and the whole school blocks it.

Shen Qi closed his eyes and rested, don’t be anxious, don’t panic, I have done several sets of coupons, and this thing is not difficult at all.

At exactly 10 o'clock, try and start on time.

There are two types of questions in this test paper.

8 fill-in-the-blank questions, each with 8 points, and 64 points are counted.

3 answers and proof questions, 56 points were counted.

The total score of the paper is 120 points.

The questioner seems to prefer geometry. This test paper has a total of 11 questions, of which 8 are geometry questions.

This is probably following the trend of IMOs in recent years. Recently, geometric trends have been rippling around the world, and geometric questions have appeared frequently in the IMO arena.

Fill in the blanks is too easy for Shen Qi. This type of question does not require writing out the derivation and proof process, just write an answer and it’s all done.

No matter if I use the theory of non-European geometry or coordinate geometry, I can give you the 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 the proof of three-dimensional geometry. A sphere is drawn on the surface of the paper and a triangular pyramid is embedded. It is necessary to prove that the center of gravity of the pyramid and the center of gravity of the sphere overlap.

The second question is plane analytical geometry, and it is necessary to prove that a curve can never pass through the junction between the x-axis and the y-axis o.

The third question is pure algebra, and you need to find a complex number α to make an expression true.

"It's not difficult, it's really not difficult. Could it be that I did a fake test?"

After a few steps, Shen Qi quickly wrote the proof and solution process of the three questions on the draft paper and the answers.

He was afraid that what he had done was a fake paper. After checking it several times, Shen Qi dared to write the contents on the draft paper on the test paper. 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 the full score, I will definitely be able to enter this 1%. Is this paper too simple and everyone can get the full score?"

Shen Qi looked left, right, and looked back.

The guy on the left was sweating profusely, it wasn't hot, and I felt cold when the air conditioner was turned on in the classroom.

The young lady on the right frowned, as if she was having trouble understanding.

The handsome man behind him must be doubting his life.

All signs indicate that Shen Qi felt that the test paper was simple and everyone else was in trouble.

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

"Teacher, let me ask, who made this paper?" Shen Qi said in a low voice.

"have no idea!"

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

Shen Qi packed up his stationery and put it in his schoolbag, spread the test papers flat on the desktop.

Carrying his schoolbag, Shen Qi stood up and put his hands in his pants pockets, and he left the exam room leisurely.

...

After the morning's number couplet trial, the judges of the Provincial Mathematics Association began to review the test papers in the Nangang competition area in the afternoon.

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

This time, more than 1,200 high school students who love mathematics and like mathematics in the province signed up for the competition. More than half of the registered contestants in Nangang City were, after all, they are an international metropolis with a large population and dominant educational resources.

The marking work in the Nangang competition area lasted from 2 pm to 8 pm. Ten judges started to review more than 600 test papers at the same time.

Two younger girls are statisticians who are responsible for statistics.

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

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

"Meng Tianqiang, No. 2 Middle School, 94 points."

"Li Xinyan, No. 6 Middle School, 82 points."

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

"Huo Jiawen, No. 2 Middle School, 1 point...How did this 1 point come from? Consolation Prize?"

"Look at the paper for this 1-point boy, it's indeed a consolation prize. His fill-in-the-blank questions were all wrong, and the answers and proof questions were all wrong. The judges gave 1 point because they were afraid that he would not be able to accept the blow of 0 points, right?"

"Give 1 point less to be afraid of you being proud, and give only 1 point only to be afraid of you being broken? Once a math teacher becomes humorous, it is really irresistible, so I'll take a little bit."

The job of two statisticians from the Provincial Mathematics Association is to count the approved test paper scores on the computer. They are both interns in the mathematics teacher major, and there is a high possibility of going to primary and secondary schools to be math teachers in the future.

"This year's test paper for the number couplet test is very difficult. Until now, I haven't seen a full score of 120."

"I guess the first prize line this year is 90 points, and last year it was 100 points."

"Continue to work, Shen Qi, No. 2 Middle School... I'm so fucked!"

"What are you doing!"

"Shen Qi, No. 2 Middle School, 120 points! The first full-score test paper actually came from No. 2 Middle School."

"The No. 2 Middle School is also a key high school. What's there to make a fuss about? Show me the masterpiece of this full-score little boy. Hey, what the hell is it that there are three question marks added to the 120s?"

Shen Qi's profile score is 120 and three question marks, which are "120???" together.

"I'll ask the judges the exam paper number 519, what is the situation of this little boy's 120 at No. 2 Middle School?"
Chapter completed!