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In order to ensure the excitement of the game, the morning competition grouping situation is from last year's first place to eighth place, second place to seventh place, and so on.

Therefore, the two teams, the No. 1 seed Marymount College and the No. 2 team Melford Middle School, will not face off in the morning preliminary round.

After everyone was seated, the competition between Marymount College and last year's eighth-place Little Garden High School officially began.

The preliminary round of the Mathematical Olympiad competition was also divided into two rounds. In the first round, players from both sides took turns answering questions, with a total of thirty questions.

If both parties answer both questions correctly, they will enter the second round of Q\u0026A, with a total of ten questions. The team that answers six questions correctly first will win.

Marymount College, as last year's championship team, naturally received more attention.

Among them, Captain Kevin, who set winning the championship and defeating Carter as his goal this time, began to observe the situation of Marymount College and others when they were preparing to take the stage.

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Sum and difference multiple problems, arithmetic sequence problems, sequence summation, average value...

An old professor wearing thick glasses on the stage was in charge of the progress of the competition.

But as the competition started, the questions in the first round of taking turns seemed not to be very difficult.

"These questions are too simple~" Little Sheldon, who was a special audience in the audience, had doubts about these Mathematical Olympiad questions that only required basic calculations.

"It's really not that difficult..." Mike responded casually, leaning back on the chair and quilt.

As an eleventh grader, strictly speaking, he was the one who was roped in to make up the numbers this time.

It's just that he didn't expect that in the first round of the Mathematical Olympiad competition that Teacher Sharon valued so much, the difficulty of the questions would be so low.

In addition to the necessary calculation questions, these questions even include some interesting brain teasers.

For example, for interesting questions like a chicken and a rabbit in the same cage, before the host has finished reading the question, Mike can look at the question on the rear projection screen and get the answer instantly.

It can be said that with an IQ reaching the level of Mike and Little Sheldon, mental arithmetic and speed arithmetic are both basic operations, so there is no difficulty at all.

However, Kevin and the others who were waiting to play on the side looked a little serious at the moment.

Those questions that only require calculations are not very difficult for them. However, the answer must be obtained within the stipulated thirty seconds, coupled with on-field factors such as nervousness, it is possible to answer the question incorrectly if you are not careful.

Because of this empathy, Captain Kevin, while maintaining a serious expression, stared at the people at Marymount College who were answering questions on the stage with "ferocious" eyes.

It is estimated that he wanted to use this method to put more pressure on everyone at Marymount College so that the other party would make mistakes due to nervousness.

But in the face of absolute strength, Captain Kevin's little idea did not succeed.

After that, as the turn-based question answering session progressed, the computational complexity of the following questions obviously rose to a higher level.

The fifth member of the Little Garden High School Mathematical Olympiad team appears to be an eleventh grade student. Having attended high school for one year less, he is obviously lagging behind others in Mathematical Olympiad knowledge.

Facts have proved that not all the eleventh graders selected for the Mathematical Olympiad team are super geniuses like Mike and Little Sheldon.

Later, in the final round of answering questions, this eleventh grade student from Xiaoyuan High School lost the chance to enter the second round of answering questions because the calculation timed out.

"Congratulations to Marymount College for being the first to qualify for the semifinals~"

After the results came out, the old professor who presided over the competition announced the results of the first competition.

Because there are only eight participating teams, you only need to defeat one opponent to advance to the semi-finals in the afternoon.

"Little Garden High School is so useless!"

In the audience, Captain Kevin, who had always regarded Marymount College as his opponent and thus substituted himself into Little Garden High School, waved his tight fist in annoyance after seeing Little Garden High School lose the game dramatically because he answered the last question incorrectly. He clenched his fists, and at the same time, there was a look of hatred on his face.

It can be imagined that while he was putting pressure on Marymount College with his eyes just now, he was probably also cheering for Little Garden High School in his heart.

It's just that Xiaohuayuan High School, which was at the bottom last year, does not have the strength to become a "dark horse" this year.

"Next, please invite Melford High School and Peterborough High School to compete on stage~"

The formal Mathematical Olympiad competition is not that interesting. After the results of the first game came out, the old professor on the stage presided over the process and continued the second game.

"Come on, Mike~" As a special audience, Little Sheldon was a little disappointed with the difficulty of the Mathematical Olympiad competition, but when he saw that Mike was about to take the stage, he still sent his blessings.

After all, Mike was recognized by him in terms of intelligence.

Little Sheldon now is likely to be in the same situation as Kevin before, substituting himself into Mike.

"Don't worry, I don't have any problem if you don't refuel~" Mike smiled easily and stood up together with the team members.

Then, with teacher Sharon’s encouragement, Captain Kevin lined up and led the Math Olympiad team members from Melford High School to the stage.

When the team passed by the Marymount College Mathematical Olympiad team that was about to leave, Captain Kevin, who had always regarded the opponent as an imaginary enemy, seized this good opportunity to provoke.

He glanced sideways at Carter, who was at the head of the opposing team, and whispered, "Don't think it's any big deal to win the last place. This year's champion will only be us~"

"Really, I hope you can enter the finals." Carter, who looked like a nerd, counterattacked with a smile on his face.

The captain of Marymount College is not as stupid as he looks. On the contrary, he is very "scheming".

With the perfect timing, he successfully angered the already excited Kevin with just a light irony.

When Kevin wanted to fight back with words, Carter had already led Marymount's team members to the auditorium below.

With his nonchalant look, he didn't seem to notice last year's second-place Melford team.

"Wait for me~" Kevin punched the cotton and said bitterly to Carter's back.

"Calm down Kevin, the other party is probably deliberately irritating you..." Mike, who was second in line, reminded the captain in a low voice.

Kevin may not have noticed that Carter from Marymount College did not value Melford as much as he showed.

His action of irritating Kevin just now was obviously much smarter than Kevin's previous action of staring.

In precise mathematical calculations, any mood swings may distract people and lead to errors in calculations.

Obviously, Carter's behavior of deliberately irritating Kevin had no good intentions.

"I know, I won't let him succeed..." After being reminded, Kevin calmed down a little.

As the captain, he knew very well that now was not the time to act on impulse.

Then, Kevin, who was holding back his anger, led the team members to their own question and answer area at the urging of the host.

He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, and his eyes became "ferocious" again.

After first glaring at the people in Marymount in the audience with this dangerous look, Kevin then turned to look at the Petersburg High School players opposite with the same look.

The members of the Petersburg team who still didn't know what was going on could be considered a disaster. After a while, they felt guilty after being stared at by Kevin, and they all avoided each other's eyes.

It can be seen that as the second-to-last team last year, the players of Peterborough High School are not so high-spirited this year.

"Okay, let's move on to the question-answering session between the two teams~" The old professor in charge of the task also saw Kevin's expression in the question-answering area, but he mistakenly thought it was a sign of the other party's enthusiasm.

With this understanding, the old professor, who had always been unsmiling before, even nodded slightly to Melford High School when advancing the competition process.