Math Jeopardy

Rules

• The teams take turns selecting the next question. The first selection is given to the first person to volunteer or is decided by flipping a coin. Selection of the question is by the team member that comes to the board to work the problem.

• Once a question has been selected the other team chooses a representative to send to the board to work the problem.

• The master of ceremonies writes the question and any relevant pictures or diagrams on the board and says "Go!"

• The team members at the board work the problem on the board. The first person to get a correct answer earns the points the problem is worth for his team. People at the board are encouraged to copy or take ideas from the other person at the board (you cannot copy fast enough to pass someone).

• Team members not at the board may give advice as long as both people at the board can hear that advice and that advice is not the exact next step or the exact answer. If the advice given is the exact next step or answer the master of ceremonies says "foul" and the other team gets the points for the question. Pointing out errors is a good form of advice. Giving advice that is supposed to make the other team make an error is called sabotage and is a foul.

• When a correct answer appears (or if a foul ends a question) the master of ceremonies declares "victory left" or "victory right" as appropriate. The master of ceremonies may also wish to have the teams choose names and use those names when declaring a victor. The master of ceremonies keeps a running total of the team's scores on the board.

• Every team member must come to the board before any team member comes up again. Teams are usually three member and should not be less than three member.

• The questions may be selected in any order. There should be several questions of each point value for each topic. Example questions are given below.

Example Questions