Republic of the philippines

Department Of Education
REGION II – CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NUEVA VIZCAYA

Municipal Math Quiz Bee for Grade 1 Pupils

QUIZ BEE GUIDELINES
A. PARTICIPANTS
1. Each public or private elementary school in Bambang needs to choose its best (3) Grade
1 pupils as their entry/participants.
2. The contest is individual in nature.
B. SCOPE AND COVERAGE
1. There shall be two (2) phases of the contest. Elimination Phase and Final Phase.
2. The elimination and final phase shall be a written test involving basic addition, and
subtraction math skills.
3. The coaches shall submit 6 questions categorized into easy, average, and difficult. It shall
be a Multiple-choice type with the inclusion of the answer key.
4. The test questions shall also be in Tagalog language, the Mother Tongue of most learners
in the municipality.
5. The committee shall be the one who will randomly choose questions from the submitted
6 questions to be used for the contest.
C. ELIMINATION PHASE
1. The Elimination Phase is written in nature and shall be participated in by all the registered
pupils.
2. It shall be conducted on December 13, 2023, at the Municipal Gymnasium around 7:30 in
the morning.
3. There shall be twenty (20) basic addition, and subtraction questions to be answered by
the participants within twenty (20) minutes.
4. The Quiz Master shall distribute the test materials to the pupils. They shall wait for the
timekeeper to signal “GO” before answering.
5. After answering the test, they shall submit their answered test papers to the timekeeper.
The timekeeper shall indicate on their paper their time consumed in answering the test
or their rank whatever may be more practical for the timekeeper.
6. The test papers shall then be checked by the committee to identify the highest twenty
(20) participants to advance to the final level.
7. If ever there shall be a tie, the time consumed shall be considered to identify the qualifier.
 Republic of the philippines
Department Of Education
REGION II – CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NUEVA VIZCAYA

D. FINAL PHASE
1. The Final Phase shall be conducted on December 13, 2023 at the Municipal Auditorium.
2. The contestant shall be individually competing regardless of their school.
3. A Quiz Master, a timer, and a scorer shall be assigned to facilitate the contest.
4. The committee shall provide them with a whiteboard and marker for them to use to write
their answers.
5. There shall be three (3) rounds. The easy, average, and difficult rounds. There shall be five
(5) questions for each round. One (1) point shall be given to the easy round; two (2) points
for the average, and three (3) points for the difficult round.
6. The word problems shall be stated in Tagalog. The quiz master shall instruct the
participants to raise their markers as he/she read the word problem two times. The word
problem shall also be flashed on the screen for the contestants to see.
7. After the Quiz Master signal “GO”, the pupils shall write their answers on the
whiteboards. When the allotted time is over, the pupils shall be instructed to raise their
whiteboards. Failure to do so will signal a warning for the first offense and disqualification
for the second.
8. Any question or query about the correctness of the answers should be raised before the
start of the next question. No questions shall be entertained when the next question has
already been read.
9. The score of each participant shall be posted on the scoring board by the designated
scorer after every question before proceeding to the next.
10. After all the questions are given, the scorer shall add up the scores to determine the
highest scorer. In case of a tie for the first place, clincher questions shall be given.
11. Their score shall be ranked accordingly. The highest scorer shall be declared the
champion.
E. DECLARATION OF WINNERS
1. The highest scorer shall be announced the Grand Champion and shall be awarded a gold
medal, and a cash prize.
2. The second, third, fourth, and fifth place shall be announced as runners-up respectively,
and shall be awarded medals and cash prizes.
3. The sixth to tenth place shall be announced as finalists and shall be awarded a certificate
of participation and consolation prizes.