List of mathematics competitions
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International mathematics competitions
- IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad) -- worldwide
- IMC (International Mathematics Competition for University Students) [1]
- PMWC (Primary Mathematics World Contest) -- worldwide
Regional mathematics competitions
- SEAMO (SEAMEO Mathematics Olympiad) -- South-East Asia
- APMO (Asian-Pacific Mathematics Olympiad) -- Pacific rim
- OIM (Olimpíadas Iberoamericanas de Matemática) -- Spain, Portugal and Latin America
- Olimpiada Matematica de Centroamérica y del Caribe -- Central America and the Caribbean
- Olimpiada Matematica de Paises del Cono Sur -- 8 countries from South America
- Balkan Mathematical Olympiad -- for students from 15.5 years old from Balkan area
- Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad -- for students under 15.5 years old from Balkan area
- William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition -- USA and Canada (http://www.maa.org/awards/putnam.html )
- Baltic Way -- Baltic area.
- IWYMIC (Invitational World Youth Mathematics Inter-city Competition) -- for junior secondary students around the Eastern Asian region (http://www.nknu.edu.tw/%7Emath/kiwymic/index.htm )
- AITMO (Asian Inter-city Teenagers Mathematics Olympiad) -- for junior secondary students around the Eastern Asian region (http://www.pemic2005.org/)
National mathematics competitions
Argentina
- OMA (Olimpíada Matemática Argentina)
Australia
- AMC (Australian Mathematics Competition)
- Australasian Schools Mathematics Assessment
Austria
- ÖMO (Österreichische Mathematik-Olympiade) (http://www.oemo.at )
Belgium
- OMB (Olympiade Mathématique Belge)
- VWO (Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade)
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.
- OBM (Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática, http://www.obm.org.br/)
- OBMEP (Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática das Escolas Públicas, http://www.obmep.org.br/)
There are also many regional competitions, usually open to all students of a given state.
- OPM (Olimpíada Paulista de Matemática, http://www.opm.mat.br/)
- OMERJ (Olimpíada de Matemática do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, http://www.omerj.com.br/)
Canada
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)
National competitions hosted by The Mathematics Contest Centre:
Multiple Choice:
- Pythagoras Contest (6th grade students)
- Fibonacci Contest (5th grade students)
- Byron-Germain Contest (4th grade students)
Other competitions hosted by The Canadian Mathematical Society:
- COMC (Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge)
- CMO (Canadian Mathematics Olympiad)
MATHChallengers (formerly MathCounts BC) is called MATHChallegers since 2005. It is hosted by APEGBC.
China
- CMO (China Mathematics Olympiad)
- CWMO (Western China Mathematics Olympiad)
- CSMO (South-eastern China Mathematics Olympiad) -- for secondary 4 students
- CNMO (China National Mathematics Olympiad) -- for junior secondary students
Cyprus
- Cyprus Mathematical Olympiad - Mathematics competitions for students in every grade.
- Επαρχιακοί Διαγωνισμοί Β΄ και Γ΄ τάξεων Λυκείων (Provincial Competitions for 2nd and 3rd grades of Lycea)
- Παγκύπριος Διαγωνισμος Λυκείου "Ζήνων" ("Zeno" Competition of Lyceum)
- Παγκύπριος Διαγωνισμος Α΄ Λυκείου "Πετράκης Γιάλλουρος" ("Petrakis Yallouros" Competition for 1st grade of Lyceum) - For students under 15.5 years old
- Παγκύπριος Διαγωνισμος Γ΄ Λυκείου "Ευαγόρας Παλληκαρίδης" ("Evagoras Pallikarides" Competition for 3rd grade of high school) - For students under 15.5 years old
Denmark
- Georg Mohr (Contest for Danish high school students, see http://www.georgmohr.dk for more details [note: in Danish])
Germany
- DeMO (Deutsche Mathematik-Olympiade, http://www.mathematik-olympiaden.de)
- BWM (Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, http://www.bundeswettbewerb-mathematik.de), AIMO (Auswahlwettbewerb zur Internationalen Mathematik-Olympiade / Team selection tests for the IMO, http://www.bundeswettbewerb-mathematik.de/imo/main.htm)
- LWMB (Landeswettbewerb Mathematik Bayern, http://lwmb.de), LWM (Landeswettbewerb Mathematik Baden-Württemberg, http://landeswettbewerb-mathematik.de)
Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Mathematics Olympiad
- The Hong Kong Mathematical High Achievers Selection Contest. Only Form 1 to form 3 students may participate in this contest.
- International Mathematical Olympiad Preliminary Selection Contest - Hong Kong (IMO HK Prelim, Official Website)
- Pui Ching Invitational Mathematics Competition (Official Website)
- Inter-school Mathematics Contest, an yearly contest organized by the Hong Kong Joint School Mathematics Society.
Hungary
- Kalmár László Országos 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)
- OKTV (Országos Középiskolai Tanulmányi Verseny, 11th and 12th grade)
- Kürschák József (first year university students or below)
Greece
- Θαλής (Thalis) - first round
- Ευκλείδης (Efklidis) - second round
- Αρχιμήδης (Archimidis) - third round
India
- Regional Mathematical Olympiads held in every region. Leads to participation in Indian National Mathematical Olympiad, held every year.
- AMTI Talent Exams conducted by All India Mathematics Teachers association, Chennai
- Mathematical Marathons
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.
Macau, China
- Macao Mathematical Olympiad (Chinese homepage: http://www.sftw.umac.mo/~fstitl/olympiad/index.html )
Mexico
- MMO (Mexican Mathematical Olympiad, http://www.imo2005.org/omm.htm )
Netherlands
- NWO (Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade)
Norway
- Niels Henrik Abels matematikk-konkurranse (Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad, website available both in Norwegian and English at http://www.math.uio.no/abelkonkurransen/ )
Philippines
- Philippine Mathematics Olympiad
Portugal
- Portuguese Mathematics Olympiad - Olimpíadas Portuguesas da Matemática (in Portuguese)
- Olimpíada Paulistas (with Brazil)
Singapore
- SMO (Singapore Mathematical Olympiad)
- SAPMOPS (Singapore - Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools)
Slovakia
- MO Matematická olymipáda http://matematika.webpark.sk
- List of Slovak competitions http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~michal/projects/seminar/
- KMS Korešpondenčný matematický seminár http://kms.sk/
- STROM Korešpondenčný matematický seminár http://www.strom.sk
Sweden
- Skolornas matematiktävling (see http://www.math.uu.se/~dag/skolornas.html or http://www.math.chalmers.se/~sam/problemet/bok.html for older problems)
- Högstadiets matematiktävling (http://www.matematiktavling.org/hmt/, open for students in grades 7 through 9)
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.
United States
National elementary school competitions
National middle school competitions
- American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC->8), formerly the American Junior High School Mathematics Examination (AJHSME)
- MathCounts
- Math League
- Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS)
- Online Math League
- SIGMA
- United States of America Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)
National high school competitions
- American Mathematics Contest 12 (AMC->12), formerly the American High School Mathematics Examination (AHSME)
- American Mathematics Contest 10 (AMC->10)
- American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME)
- American Regions Mathematics League (ARML)
- Mandelbrot Competition
- Math League
- Mu Alpha Theta
- National Assessment & Testing
- Online Math League
- United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO)
- United States of America Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)
- Masters Invitational Math Contest
National college competitions
Regional competitions
See List of United States regional mathematics competitions.