| | Grades | Team Size | Prizes | Fee | Deadline | Description |
| Online Math League | levels from 2nd grade through Algebra | 4 or more | Medals and plaques to the top 10%
30-min. Medals to top 2 scorers of each team. | $99/team or $39/individual | First contest to be taken anytime in November, so register before that | Can be done individually as well
Online practice tests available with feedback and suggestions. 3 contests per year (Nov., Jan., March). Test of 15 challenging multiple-choice questions. |
| Continental Mathematics League | Grades 2 through Calculus. Students may participate at their current grade (age) level or a higher grade level. | Unlimited | 5 certificates and 2 medals per team. Also national and regional awards for individuals and teams.
| $85/team | Registration deadline 10/12/10 | 3-5 meets per year. Meets are 30-40 min. long and have 6-8 questions. Students work individually. Top 6 scores are sent in as the team score. |
| Educontest | 3rd grade through high school (10 levels available) | 3 or more students in the same grade level of math | Certificates (top 3 students per school) and trophies (top students in 10-school divisions). | $80-$90 per subject level (eg., algebra 1, geometry), plus $6 S&H | Test dates 11/3, 12/1, 2/2, and 3/2 | 4 tests per year taken at school. Homeschool groups may participate; register together under a group or homeschool name. |
| American Math Challenge | Ages 9-14 | one school class or homeschool group
| Trophies, medals, certificates, visit by Scott Flansburg, Guiness World Record Holder, to your school. | Free | online challenge 10/26 to 10/27/2010 | Online math game you play against others in real time. |
| Math Olympiads | 4th-6th, 6th-8th | 1-35 | Certificates (all participants), trophy (team high scorer), patches, pins, bronze medallion for perfect scores | $89 ($125 outside of USA) | September 30th registration deadline
| 5 monthly contests with detailed solutions. 8 newsletters help sponsor organize the team. Receive free problems and solutions from previous years. |
MATHCOUNTS | 6th/7th/8th | 4 | Non-homeschooled teams can move on to state/national finals
| Materials are FREE. Annual competition is $25/individual or $90/team. | Club participation- no deadline. Competition- registration must be postmarked by 12/10/10 | Homeschooled students may participate at regional meets as an unofficial team which may not progress to nationals. |
| Reel Math Challenge | 6th-8th grades
| 4
| $1,000 college scholarship for each team member; free trip to the 2012 MATHCOUNTS National Competition | Free
| Post video anytime between 9/1/11 and 2/1/12. Public voting is from 11/15/11 through 2/1/12.
| Create a video teaching a problem from the 2011-12 MATHCOUNTS School Handbook, using a real- world application of the math concept on which the selected problem is based |
| Cybermission | 6th-9th grade | 3-4, all in same grade | $2,000 - $5,000 savings bonds | Free | Mission folder due 2/25/11
National Event June 2011. | Conduct a web-based, team science project, using science, math and technology to solve a problem in your community. |
MathNotations Online Contests
| Any
| Team of 1-6 people | Recognition
| Free
| 11/17/10 (other contests periodically available as well)
| Need special approval to participate alone, without a team. Topics include 2nd year algebra, geometry, number theory and middle school math. Some questions are open-ended and require careful justification.
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International Mathematics Tournament of Towns | 7th-12th grades | As many as you want from one city. | Recognition | $65 or more per city (depends on city's population) | ? | Contest has 2 stages (autumn and spring) and 2 levels (easier and harder). Score is based on best score of the 4 papers per year. Scores are based on points for best three questions on each paper. USA Contact names: Harold Reiter HBREITER@uncc.edu or Stephen Davis stdavis@davidson.edu in Charlotte, NC area. |
| Purple Comet Math Meet | Middle school, high school | 1-6 (Do not need to go to same school or be in same town) | Certificates | Free | Event 4/4/11 - 4/10/11 | Teams work together at own facility to solve 15-25 problems in 60-90 min. Contest categories for large schools, small schools, and students from multiple schools (or homeschools). Adult supervisor required. |
| The Harvard/MIT Mathematics Tournament | High School (middle school students may also participate) | 1-8 | Prizes given to top 10 individuals and top 5 teams. | $10/student (late registration $15/student) | Event in February. | Held at MIT and at Harvard in alternate years. Challenging and entertaining. One of the largest math competitions in the USA. Individual and team rounds. |
| Siemens Competition | High school students | Up to 3 | $1,000-$100,000 scholarships per team member for regional and national winners. | Free | Deadline 10/1/09 5PM | The leading science and mathematics research-based competition for high school students in the United States. Enter as individuals or teams. See also the Siemens Foundation website. |
| Moody's Mega Math Challenge |
11th and 12th grades | 3-5 students | Teams share prizes of $1,000 - $20,000 in scholarship money; opportunity for summer internship with Moody's Corporation | Free | Registration deadline March 2, 2009
Challenge date is either Saturday or Sunday, March 7 & 8, 2009 | Only for students in the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington D.C. Team has 14 hours to work together to complete an assigned problem at the place of their choice |
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM) | High School | 1-4 | Recognition and certificates | $75/team | Registration deadline 11/6/09 @ 2PM | Work at own facility on real-world problem, during one consecutive thirty-six hour period. Solutions are submitted for centralized judging. |
| Mandelbrot Team Play | under age 20 | 4 | Award ribbons, other prizes (eg. t-shirts). This is a highly respected contest so the recognition for a high score is valuable. | $32 for 4 students; $8 for each additional 4 | Registration 11/17/09-12/31/09 2009-2010 Event dates: 1/4-1/17, 2/1-2/14, 3/1-3/14 | Team works for one hour on proof-style questions.
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