I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

After driving for half an hour, the bus of the Nangang No. 2 High School Mathematics Competition Team arrived at the Provincial Experimental Middle School.

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

There are mathematics leagues in every province in the country, which are organized by the provinces themselves.

The Nanyue Provincial 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 method of the competition is the exam. All the contestants do a paper, and the time limit is 90 minutes. This is a test.

There are three grades of scores in the first trial, from high to low for the provincial team line, the first prize, and the 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, and the online rate is only 0.8%.

The students who can participate in the number competition are all top mathematics students from various schools, one in a hundred.

After selecting one out of a hundred, eight out of a thousand will be selected, and then half of the people will be eliminated, and the few remaining will represent the provincial team to participate in the national competition. This is a retest.

Shen Qi wants to stay, this is his goal of coming here.

The organizing committee checks the student ID card and participation card of each participant according to the procedure, and mobile phones and all electronic devices are not allowed to be brought into the arena.

Shen Qi was taken by the staff to a classroom on the second floor of the teaching building. In the classroom, there were four rows of desks, one row of seven rows, and a total of 28 contestants competed in the same field.

Shen Qi and his eleven teammates were arranged in twelve different classrooms, and his seat was in the second row and the first row.

Sit down, put ballpoint pens, pencils, rulers, compasses, and erasers on the table, and Shen Qi waited for the exam papers to be distributed.

Before distributing the test papers, the proctors will distribute draft papers to the contestants.

In addition to the necessary stationery for answering questions such as pens and rulers, contestants are not allowed to bring even a piece of paper into the arena. The country's selection of mathematics professionals is very strict. If one person cheats, the whole school will be banned.

Shen Qi closed his eyes and rested his mind, don't be impatient, don't panic, I've done a few sets of number papers, it's not difficult at all.

At 10 o'clock sharp, the trial began on time.

There are two types of questions in this exam.

8 fill-in-the-blank questions, each with 8 points, totaling 64 points.

3 answers and proof questions, totaling 56 points.

The total score is 120 points.

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

This is probably following the trend of the recent IMO. Recently, the geometry trend has blown up internationally, and geometric problems have frequently appeared in the IMO arena.

Filling in the blanks is too easy for Shen Qi, this type of question does not need to write out the derivation and proof process, just write an answer and you are done.

You don't care whether I use the theory of non-Euclidean geometry or coordinate geometry, just give you the correct answer.

Shen Qi quickly completed the 8 fill-in-the-blank questions, and started to do the next three answer questions and proof questions.

The first question is a three-dimensional geometry proof question. A sphere is drawn on the paper, and a triangular pyramid is embedded in it. It is necessary to prove that the center of gravity of the triangular pyramid coincides with the center of gravity of the sphere.

The second problem is plane analytic geometry. It is necessary to prove that a curve can never pass through the intersection point o of the x-axis and the y-axis.

The third problem is pure algebra. It is necessary to find a complex number α so that a formula holds.

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

Shen Qi quickly wrote down the proof, solution process and answers of the three questions on the draft paper.

Fearing that what he made was a fake paper, Shen Qi checked it several times before he dared to write the content on the draft paper on the exam 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 a full score in the test, I will definitely be able to enter this 1%. Is this paper too simple, and everyone can get a full score?"

Shen Qi looked left, right, and turned around.

The buddy on the left is sweating profusely. It's not hot. The air conditioner is turned on in the classroom, and I feel cold.

The young lady on the right frowned, as if she had encountered a problem she couldn't understand.

The Zhengtai in the back looked so unlovable, he must be doubting life.

There were various signs that Shen Qi felt that the exam papers were easy for Shen Qi in the whole exam room, while everyone else was in trouble.

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

"Teacher, let me ask, who published this paper?" Shen Qi whispered.

"have no idea!"

"All right, all right, I'll hand in the paper."

Shen Qi packed up his stationery, put it in his schoolbag, and laid the examination paper flat on the table.

Putting his schoolbag on his back, Shen Qi stood up with his hands in his trouser pockets, and left the examination room leisurely.

...

After the first test of the Mathematics Association in the morning, the judges of the Provincial Mathematics Association began to review the examination papers of the Nangang competition area in the afternoon.

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

This time, a total of more than 1,200 high school students who love mathematics and love mathematics signed up for the competition. Nangang City alone has more than half of the applicants. After all, it is an international metropolis with a large population and superior educational resources.

The marking work in the Nangang competition area lasted from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and ten judges started to review more than 600 first-examination papers at the same time.

The two younger girls are statisticians, responsible for statistics.

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

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

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

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

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

"Huo Jiawen, City No. 2 Middle School, 1 point...how did you get this 1 point? Consolation prize?"

"I looked at the test paper of this little boy with a score of 1. It really is a consolation prize. He got all the fill-in-the-blank questions wrong, and his answer questions and proof questions were all wrong. The judges gave him a score of 1 because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to accept the blow of 0?"

"Giving 1 less point is because you are afraid of your pride, and only 1 point is because you are afraid that you will collapse? Once a math teacher becomes humorous, it is really irresistible, just a little bit."

The job of the two statisticians from the Provincial Mathematics Association is to count the scores of the completed examination papers into the computer and sort them. Both of them are interns majoring in mathematics teachers, and they are more likely to become mathematics teachers in primary and secondary schools in the future.

"The papers for the first test of this year's Mathematical Federation are very difficult. So far, I haven't seen a single test paper with a perfect score of 120."

"It is estimated that the first prize line this year is 90 points, and last year it was 100 points."

"Continue to work, Shen Qi, City No. 2 Middle School... It's a meow!"

"What are you doing!"

"Shen Qi, City No. 2 Middle School, 120 points! The first full-score exam paper comes from No. 2 City Middle School."

"City No. 2 Middle School is also a key high school, so what's all the fuss about. Show me the masterpiece of this little boy with perfect marks. Hey, what the hell is the three question marks after 120?"

Shen Qi's roll score is 120, and the three question marks are connected together to be "120???".

"For the test paper numbered 519, I'll ask the judges, what's the situation with this little boy's 120 in City No. 2 Middle School?"