List of mathematics competitions

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Mathematics competitions or mathematical olympiads are competitive events where participants write a mathematics test. These tests may require multiple choice or numeric answers, or a detailed written solution or proof. In the United States, usually only competitions where the participants write a full proof are called Mathematical Olympiads.

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[edit] International mathematics competitions

[edit] Regional mathematics competitions

  • AITMO (Asian Inter-city Teenagers Mathematics Olympiad) — for junior secondary students around the Eastern Asian region (http://www.pemic2005.org/)
  • APMO (Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad) — Pacific rim
  • Balkan Mathematical Olympiad — for students from 15.5 years old from Balkan area
  • Baltic Way — Baltic area.
  • Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad — for students under 15.5 years old from Balkan area
  • MEMO (Middle European Mathematical Olympiad) — Germany, Croatia, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic
  • NMC (Nordic mathematical competition) — the five Nordic countries
  • Nordic university-level mathematics team-competition — For Nordic undergratuates.
  • OIM (Olimpíadas Iberoamericanas de Matemática) — Spain, Portugal and Latin America
  • Olimpiada de mayo (Competitions for selecting the participants of Olimpiada Matematica Rioplatence)
  • Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Matematicas para Estudiantes Universitarios (Similar Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Matematica but it is for collage students)
  • Olimpiada Matematica Rioplatence (It is similar Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Matematica but it is every year in Argentina and participants are organized in levels depending on the age)
  • Olimpiada Matematica de Centroamérica y del Caribe — Central America and the Caribbean
  • Olimpiada Matematica de Paises del Cono Sur — 8 countries from South America
  • Romanian Master in Mathematics [1] — Europe
  • SEAMO (SEAMEO Mathematics Olympiad) — South-East Asia
  • SEAMC(South East Asian Mathematics Competition) — South-East Asia (http://hseagle.sas.edu.sg/seamc/)
  • William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition — USA and Canada (http://www.maa.org/awards/putnam.html )
  • APMOPS (Singapore - Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools) — open to Primary Students under 12 in Australia, Brunei, China (Shanghai, Hainan, Xiamen, Wenchou), Hong Kong, Indonesia (Jakarta), Malaysia: (Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor- Petaling Jaya), Penang, Perak- Ipoh, Kedah), New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, The Philippines & India. (http://www.hci.sg/aphelion/apmops/index.htm)
  • ZIMO (Zhautykov International Mathematical Olympiad) — for teams from specialized schools in post-soviet region (http://izho2008.fiz-mat.kz/)

[edit] National mathematics competitions

[edit] Albania

Olimpiada VIII Kombëtare e Matematikës dhe e Formimit të Përgjithshëm

[edit] Argentina

  • OMA (Olimpíada Matemática Argentina, http://www.oma.org.ar )
  • Olimpiada Matematica Ñandu
  • Certamen "El numero de oro"
  • Torneo Computacion y Matematicas
  • Olimpiadas provinciales y Metropolitanas

[edit] Australia

[edit] Austria

[edit] Belgium

French-speaking students can compete in the OMB (Olympiade Mathématique Belge) consisting of three categories:

  • Mini (grades 7 and 8)
  • Mide (grades 9 and 10)
  • Maxi (grades 11 and 12)

Dutch-speaking students can compete in the VWO (Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade), with two categories:

  • Junior Wiskunde Olympiade (grades 9 and 10)
  • Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade (grades 11 and 12)

[edit] Brazil

There are two national competitions in Brazil: the oldest one, OBM, dates back to 1979 and is open to all students, from fifth grade to university. The other one, OBMEP, was created in 2005 and is open to public school students from fifth grade to high school.

There are also many regional competitions, usually open to all students of a given state.

[edit] Bulgaria

Bulgarian Competition in Mathematics and Informatics http://www.math.bas.bg/bcmi/

[edit] Canada

National competitions hosted by Mathematica : The Mathematics Contest Centre:

Multiple Choice:

  • Newton Contest (9th grade students)
  • Lagrange Contest (8th grade students)
  • Euler Contest (7th grade students)
  • Pythagoras Contest (6th grade students)
  • Fibonacci Contest (5th grade students)
  • Byron-Germain Contest (4th grade students)
  • Thales Contest (3rd grade students)

National competitions hosted by The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing:

Full Solutions:

  • Euclid (12th grade students)
  • Hypatia (11th grade students)
  • Galois (10th grade students)
  • Fryer (9th grade students)

Multiple Choice:

  • Fermat (11th grade students)
  • Cayley (10th grade students)
  • Pascal (9th grade students)
  • Gauss (7th and 8th grade students)

Other competitions hosted by The Canadian Mathematical Society:

MATHChallengers (formerly MathCounts BC) is called MathChallengers since 2005. It is hosted by APEGBC.

[edit] China

  • CMO (China Mathematics Olympiad)
  • CWMO (Western China Mathematics Olympiad)
  • CGMO (China Girl Mathematics Olympiad) — for female secondary students
  • CSMO (South-eastern China Mathematics Olympiad) — for secondary 4 students
  • CNMO (China National Mathematics Olympiad) — for junior secondary students

[edit] Cyprus

[edit] Czech Republic

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Germany

[edit] Greece

  • Θαλής (Thales) - first round
  • Ευκλείδης (Euclides) - second round
  • Αρχιμήδης (Archimedes) - third round
  • Λευκοπούλειος Διαγωνισμός Πιθανοτήτων και Στατιστικής - "Leukopouleios" Contest on Probabilities And Statistics - a competition that is not related to IMO, organised by ESI (National Statistic Institut)
  • Math Kangaroo Competition

Seen also Hellenic Mathematical Society

[edit] Hong Kong, China

[edit] Hungary

  • Nemzetközi Kenguru Matematika Verseny (3rd to 12th grade students)Homepage: http://www.zalamat.hu/
  • Kalmár László Országos Matematika Verseny (3rd to 8th grade students)
  • Zrínyi Ilona Országos Matematika Verseny (3rd to 8th grade students)
  • Varga Tamás Matematika Verseny (7th and 8th grade students)
  • Bátaszéki Matematika Verseny (3rd to 8th grade students)
  • Kömal (a year-long contest, each month you have to submit solutions to some problems, 9th-12th grade, Homepage in English: http://www.komal.hu/info/bemutatkozas.e.shtml )
  • ADMV (Arany Dániel Matematika Verseny, 9th and 10th grade students)
  • Gordiusz Matematika Tesztverseny (9th to 12th grade students)
  • OKTV (Országos Középiskolai Tanulmányi Verseny, 11th and 12th grade)
  • Kürschák József (first year university students or below)

[edit] India

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Iran

  • Preliminary Mathematics Olympiad, which successful applicants compete against one another on Iranian Olympiad Level 2 competitions, then they proceeded to compete for top six places in the country so they could participate in the International Mathematics Olympiad as representatives of Iran.

[edit] Ireland

  • Irish Mathematical Societies Association Intervarsites. An annual event in which teams representing the mathematical societies of their respective colleges compete in an Olympiad styled event.
  • The Irish Mathematical Olympiad, an annual competition held in May each year. Students that perform well in the Junior Certificate are invited to take part in training programmes, leading up to the competition.
  • Problem Solving for Irish Second Level Mathematicians (PRISM), a competition for secondary school students, organised by NUI Galway but held in the students' own schools. There are two competitions - one for junior students, and another for seniors (http://www.maths.nuigalway.ie/PRISM/).
  • Team Math is held annually for secondary school students.

[edit] Italy

[edit] South Korea

[edit] Macau, China

[edit] Macedonia

  • Regional Competition
  • Republic Competition (different problems for each grade)
  • JMMO (Junior Macedonian Maths Olympiad) (all students younger than 15.5 years have same questions)
  • MMO (Macedonian Maths Olympiad) (all students older than 15.5 years have same questions)

Official web-site (in Macedonian): http://smm.org.mk/

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mexico

  • MMO (Mexican Mathematical Olympiad) (http://erdos.fciencias.unam.mx/omm)in spanish
  • Mathcounts - held annually at the American school of Puebla and open to ASOMEX students.
  • ONMAS (Olimpiada nacional de matematicas para alumnos de secundaria)
  • Canguro Matematico (Math Kangaro)
  • Pierre Fermat Contest organized by IPN
  • Olimpiada de Mayo(The selective exam for Olimpiada Rioplatense de Matematias)

[edit] Myanmar

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Norway

  • Niels Henrik Abels matematikk-konkurranse (Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad, website available both in Norwegian and English at http://abelkonkurransen.no/)

[edit] Peru

  • National Mathematic Olympiad - ONEM (Olimpiada Nacional Escolar de Matematica)

It's the official Olympiad, organized by the Ministry of Education and the Peruvian Mathematical Society in 4 phases. The final phase takes place near to Lima usually in November. Website available in Spanish: http://portal.huascaran.edu.pe/olimpiadas/index.htm

  • CONAMAT - Concurso Nacional de Matematica (Organized by The Science and Humanity National Institute). It's a mathematics competition of multiple choice, it has a Selection process in almost Peruvian cities and the final phase is in LIMA usually in October.

Website available in Spanish: http://www.ich.edu.pe/conamat_website/index.htm

[edit] Philippines

  • Philippine Mathematics Olympiad
  • Metrobank-Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines (MTAP)-Department of Education (DepEd) Math Challenge for Grade School and High School Students
  • Annual Search for the Math Wizard - University of the Philippines Mathematics Club
  • Mathematics Trainer's Guild (MTG)

[edit] Poland

  • Polish Mathematical Olympiad (Website)

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Serbia

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Slovakia

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Taiwan

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Turkey

[edit] United Kingdom

  • Most competitions are organised by the UK Mathematics Trust.
  • The Primary Mathematics Challenge (for primary school pupils) is organised by the Mathematical Association.
  • The Junior Mathematical Challenge is a multiple-choice competition for students up to year 8 in England and Wales, year S2 in Scotland, year 9 in Northern Ireland. High scorers in the JMC are invited to compete in the Junior Mathematical Olympiad.
  • The Intermediate Mathematical Challenge is a multiple-choice competition for students up to year 11 in England and Wales, year S4 in Scotland, year 12 in Northern Ireland. High scorers in the IMC are invited to compete in the Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad and Kangaroo (for the highest scorers) and in the European Kangaroo (another multiple-choice competition, for other high scorers).
  • The Senior Mathematical Challenge (formerly National Maths Contest) is a multiple-choice competition for students up to year 13 in England and Wales, year S6 in Scotland, year 14 in Northern Ireland.
  • High scorers in the SMC are invited to compete in the British Mathematical Olympiad (http://www.bmoc.maths.org/).
  • There is a Team Maths Challenge for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland has its own Enterprising Mathematics Competition organised by the Scottish Mathematical Council.

[edit] United States

Generally, registering for these contests is based on the grade level of math at which the student works rather than the age or the enrolled grade of the student.

[edit] National elementary school competitions (grades K-5)

  • ABACUS International Math Challenge[2] (grades 3-8)
  • Continental Mathematics League[3] (grades 2 - 9, Calculus and Computer)
  • Kumon Math Challenge[4] (grades 1-10)
  • Math Kangaroo Competition[5] (grades 2-12)
  • Math League (grades 4-12)
  • Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS) (grades 4-6 and 7-8)
  • MathFax[6] (grades 3-12)
  • MathWizz[7] (grades K-12)
  • Monthly Math Challenge Problems[8] (grades K-2)
  • Online Math League[9] (grades 2-12)
  • SBU Math Contest[10] (grades 3-8)
  • The Math & Logic Contests[11] (grades 2-6)

[edit] National middle school competitions (grades 6-8)

[edit] National high school competitions (grades 9-12)

[edit] National college competitions

[edit] Regional competitions

See List of United States regional mathematics competitions.

[edit] United States external links

[edit] Uruguay

[edit] Vietnam

  • Vietnam Mathematical Olympiad - Official National Contest for mathematics talents.
  • 30/4 Olympiad for Mathematics - Regional Olympiad in the Southern Vietnam (for students in provinces from Quang Tri to Ca Mau).

[edit] See also