Math Competitions&

Math Resources

2021-2022 School Year

Why Study Extracurricular Math ?Why Participate in Math Competitions?

● Encourages an interest in mathematics

● Buds mathematics in bright young minds

● Better logical thinking and reasoning

● Math competitions bring together students of similar interests and

abilities, allowing them to form their own community in which they

will find friendship, inspiration and encouragement

● Math competitions help students develop problem-solving skills and

learn to think outside the box, handle pressure, and be a team player

Different Math Competitions● Math Kangaroo

● Mathleague.org

● Mathcounts

● Math Olympiads (Elementary, Middle School)

● AMC

● Santa Clara Math Tournament

● Bay Area Math Olympiad

● Noetic Learning Math Contest

● Berkeley Math Tournament (BmMT, BMT)

● Stanford Math Tournament (SMT)

● Caltech-Harvey Mudd Math Tournament (CHMMT)

● Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT)

● Others, like BAMO, NIMO, math madness, Princeton Math Competition, Purple Comet, ARML…

Math Competitions

Math Kangaroo (1st-12th grade)

Math Olympiads (4th-8th grade)

Mathcounts(6th-8th grade)

AMC 8 (6th-8th grade)

BmMT (6th-8th grade)

Math League (3rd-12th grade)

AMC 10 (9-10th grade)

AMC 12 (11-12 grade)

BMT (9th-12th grade)

Math Kangaroo

● National competition, Run by local volunteers

● Test at grade levels 1-12

● Targets more at concepts

● 75 mins, 24 multiple choice questions for 1st-4th grade, 30 questions for 5th grade and up

● Once a year on the 3rd Thursday in March

● Registrate on Math Kangaroo Official Website ○ 35000+ students attend the competition in 2020 ○ 12000+ attendants from CA○ 24% of students awarded

● Location: Thomas Hart Middle School, Pleasanton (2020 & 2021 Online )

● Link: http://www.mathkangaroo.us/mk/default.html

● Sample Questions & Practice Material: http://www.mathkangaroo.us/mk/practice.html

● More Practice Questions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ROwf_37DbIb2YtcWVjZEpqMW8?usp=sharing

Sample Questions:

American Math Competition (AMC)

● AMC 8 (8th grade & below): 25 multiple choice Qs/ 40 minutes

Every November @ Thomas Hart Middle School MPR, 3:30-5:00 pm --- $5 (2020 online)

AMC 8 Practice Link: AMC 8 Problems & Solutions

● AMC 10 (10th grade & below): 25 Qs/75 minutes

○ AMC 10 A & AMC 10 B @ February

○ Both the A and the B versions of AMC 10 and AMC 12 have the same number of questions and rules of scoring, equal in difficulty and distribution of topics. The only differences are the competition dates and that each version has a different set of questions.

○ Top 2.5% 🡪 AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Exam)🡪 USAJMO (USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad) 🡪 Awards

● AMC 12 (12th grade & below): 25 Qs/75 minutes) :

○ AMC 12A & AMC 12 B @ February

○ top 5% 🡪AIME 🡪 USAMO (USA Mathematical Olympiad) 🡪 MOSP (Math Olympiad Summer Program) 🡪

IMO (International Math Olympiad)

● Elementary, Middle & High School Levels, [4 students/team, from same school]

● Website: mathleague.org

● Usually once a month

● Mathcounts format (Middle School Only)

● Additional Number Sense (Elementary School Only)

● Registration Link: http://mathleague.org/msevents.php

Berkeley Mini Math Tournament

● Middle School Students + Advanced 5th graders

● 5 students per team (CACC can form teams)

○ Puzzle Round/Individual Round/Pacer Round/Team Round

● Date: November, usually on Sunday / Online Tournament in Spring of 2021

● Location: UC Berkeley Campus

● Registration in CACC: $10

Berkeley Math Tournament

● High School students + Advanced 7th & 8th graders

● Date: Usually in March / Online Tournament in Oct of 2020

● 2 Divisions – in class contest only

http://www.moems.org/ ○ Elementary (MOEMS, E division) – grades 4-5

○ Middle (MOEMS, M division) – grades 6-8

● 5 monthly contests starting from Nov, 5

questions at each contest, specific time limit for each question

● CACC math program offers such contests

in class only

● Middle School Only– home school students can participate (CACC cannot form a team)

● 4 levels of competition - school, chapter, state and national

○ School Round: Early February■ Sprint Round: focuses on speed and accuracy. Students have 40 minutes to complete 30 math problems

without a calculator.■ Target Round: focuses on problem-solving and mathematical reasoning. Students receive 4 pairs of problems

and have 6 minutes to complete each pair, assuming the use of a calculator.■ Team Round: focuses on problem-solving and collaboration. Students have 20 minutes to complete 10 math

problems,■ Countdown Round: focuses on speed and accuracy. Students have a maximum of 45 seconds per problem

without a calculator. *The top scoring student from each school and the top 20% of individuals from each chapter advance to Chapter Invitational Competition,

○ Chapter Invitational Competition in Late February: The top 5 students from each chapter and the 10 next highest scoring students in the state advance to the State Compe tition

○ State Competition in March

○ National Competition in May

● Join your school’s math club, then register.

Sprint Round

● BAMO 8, BAMO 12

● 4 hour, 5 problem proof-based competition

● Individuals, no teams

● Every February

● Location: Harvest Park, Mr. Lomas

● http://www.bamo.org/

Summer Camp

● Math League

● AwesomeMath

● Math Path

● IDEA Math

● Math Zoom

● CTY camps

Math Activities/Classes● Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) 🡪 Resources 🡪 Alcumus (a self paced, computerized, free program for many

middle school students)

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/

● Math league-- math classes (Santa Clara)

● Awesomemath – all year round math

● Pleasanton Math Circle (PMC)

● Berkeley Math Circle (BMC)

● Stanford Math Circle (SMC)

● San Jose Math Circle

http://www.pleasantonmathcircle.com/home.html

● Omega Learn: https://www.omegalearn.org/

Additional Math Competitions(High School)

● Santa Clara Math Tournament

● Mandelbrot (at school site only)

● A Star Math Tournament (ASMT) – replace for Stanford Math Tournament (SMT)

● Caltech-Harvey Mudd Math Tournament (CHMMT)

● Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT)

● Other --NIMO (national internet math olympiad, http://internetolympiad.org/), math

madness, Princeton Math Competition, Purple Comet, …

Math Classes We Offer

● Competitive Math

○ Level 1: Grades 2-3

○ Level 2: Grades 3-4

○ Level 3: Grades 5-6

○ Level 4: Grades 7-8

● Math Olympiads

○ Level 1: Grades 4-5

○ Level 2: Grades 5-6

○ Level 3: Grades 6-7

○ Level 4: Grades 7-8

● AMC 8 & Mathcounts - Preparation for AMC 8 and Mathcounts Competition

● AMC 10 - Preparation for AMC 10

● AMC Pre-AIME - Preparation for AMC 12

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