1. UIL Number Sense Contest
Practice and Test Taking
Tips For Coaches
Larry White
UIL State Number Sense Contest Director

2. UIL NUMBER SENSE
Contest Rules

3. Rules for Competition + 5 points for each correct answer
80 problems (see sequence chart)
10 minutes
No scratch work – no erasing – no marking over
+ 5 points for each correct answer
- 4 points for incorrect or skipped
(up to the last one attempted)

4. Rules for Competition (continued)
* problems (10,20,30,..., 80) are estimation problems (+ or -5% error)
types of problems --see sequence chart
Grading and scoring rules are found in the UIL Number Sense Handbook.

5. UIL NUMBER SENSE
RESOURCES

6. Texas Math & Science Coaches Association Contact: Julie Majewski-Smith
TMSCA
Contact: Julie Majewski-Smith
Newsletter - Resource Page –Tests - Forms

7. Books and practice materials
No Sense in Mathematics –
Don Skow
RAM Materials –
Leo Ramirez (
Mental Mathematics for Number Sense –
Frances Walzel
AMT Test Writing Service
Andy Zapata
Middle School and High School Packets
Dr. John Hobbs (call )

8. Practice tests University Interscholastic League (UIL)(
Texas Math and Science Coaches Association (TMSCA) (
RAM Materials – Leo Ramirez (
AMT Test Writing Service – Andy Zapata
Hexco – Linda Terrant (

9. Computer Software Number Sense Computerized – by Larry White
UIL Number Sense Mental Math Mentor (

10. Websites UIL - www.uiltexas.org/academics TMSCA - www.tmsca.org
Dr. Numsen -
Math Forum -
Virtual Challenge Meet –
Number Dojo -
Number Sense Tricks

11. Manditory Memorization
UIL NUMBER SENSE
Manditory Memorization

12. Have to Know Immediately
First 35 Squares
First 15 Cubes
First 10 Square Roots to 3-decimals
Onesies from 1/2 to 1/12 and 1/16 – percents, fractions, decimal equivalencies
Roman Numerals
Remainder Rules-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,& 11
Estimation Strategies

13. UIL NUMBER SENSE
Practice Tips

14. Speed and accuracy comes from increased knowledge and practice
Practice Tips
Speed and accuracy comes from increased knowledge and practice
not from taking tests!

15. Note Card Rings Knowledge Speed
Practice Tips
Note Card Rings
Knowledge
Speed

16. UIL NUMBER SENSE
Test Taking Tips

17. Estimations Mark-overs Distractions Pen vs Pencil
Test Taking Tips
Warming Up Timers
Goal Setting Skipping
Estimations Mark-overs Distractions Pen vs Pencil
Speed vs Accuracy

18. Test Taking Tips
Success is not due to some magical formula. The amount of success is determined by the amount of hard work
and practice!

19. HAVE A GREAT DAY! And remember, number sense is just MIND OVER “MATH-ER”