YEAR LEVEL SECONDARY (ANY GRADE LEVEL) NO.OF PARTICIPANTS 1 PER CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TIME ALLOTMENT 1 HOUR DESCRIPTION CONTEST MECHANICS The contest is open to Secondary school students (Any grade level) (One contestant per district)
RULES OF THE GAME
a. Put a number from 1 through 9 in a cell (No zeros). b. A number in a cell separated by diagonal line tells the sum of numbers in consecutive cells at its right or downward. c. No number may appear more than once in consecutive cells. d. After finishing the puzzles, contestant must submit the answer sheet at committee center by yourself. The official will record your time and no further editing is allowed. e. Only pencil is permitted. f. Please make sure that you write clear answer (number). Use eraser or correction pen before writing new answer. g. Complete solution, Contestant will get score for each puzzle which is completely solved before the time is up. h. Time bonus, In case a contestant can completely solve the puzzles given before the time is up, he/she will get time bonus score. Contestant will get 1 point for each minute that has left. Ex. If there is 30 minutes allowed to solve Sudoku puzzles, and you can successfully solve in 20 minutes. In this case, you will have 10 minutes left. Then, time bonus will be 10 x 1 = 10 points.