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Albania


Olimpiada Kombëtare e Matematikës dhe e Formimit të Përgjithshëm (1 - 8 qershor 2007)

National Olympiad on Maths and General Formation
1 - 8 June 2007
Organised by "Udha e shkronjave" school


Argentina


  • OMA (Olimpíada Matemática Argentina, http://www.oma.org.ar )



Australia


  • AMC (http://www.amt.edu.au Australian Mathematics Competition )

  • AMO (http://www.amt.edu.au Australian Mathematical Olympiad )

  • AIMO (Australian Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad)

  • UNSW School Mathematics Competition

  • ICAS-Mathematics (http://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/about_icas/mathematics formerly Australasian Schools Mathematics Assessment)

  • APMOPS (Singapore - Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools:http://www.hwachong.edu.sg/aphelion/apmops)



Austria


  • ÖMO (Österreichische Mathematik-Olympiade) (http://www.oemo.at )



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)



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:
  • 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)


Other competitions hosted by The Canadian Mathematical Society :
  • COMC (Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge)

  • CMO (Canadian Mathematics Olympiad)


MATHChallengers (formerly MathCounts BC) is called MathChallengers 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




Czech Republic


  • MO (Czech National Mathematics Olympiad, http://www.math.muni.cz/~rvmo)

  • Vojtech Jarnik Competition (International Mathematics Competition for University Students held annually in Ostrava, http://prf.osu.cz/kma/dokumenty/vjaimc/vjaimc.html)

  • PraSe (Prague Mathematics Correspondence Seminar for Secondary School Students, http://mks.mff.cuni.cz)



Denmark


  • Georg Mohr (Contest for Danish high school students, see http://www.georgmohr.dk for more details 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)



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)



Hong Kong, China



Hungary


  • Kenguru Verseny (3rd to 12th grade students)

  • 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)



India

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  • Regional Mathematical Olympiads held in every region. Leads to participation in Indian National Mathematical Olympiad, held every year.

  • AMTI Talent Exams conducted by The Assoiation Of Mathematics Teachers Of India , Chennai

  • Mathematical Marathons

  • International Assessments for Indian Schools ( http://www.iais.emacmillan.com/mathematics_assessment.htm)

  • JMO junior mathematics olympiad



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.



Italy

  • Olimpiadi Italiane della Matematica (Italian Mathematical Olympiad, http://olimpiadi.ing.unipi.it)



Macau, China

  • Macao Mathematical Olympiad (Chinese homepage: http://www.sftw.umac.mo/~fstitl/olympiad/index.html )



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://matmak1.100webspace.net/



Malaysia

  • ICAS-Mathematics (in English) (http://www.eats.com.my/about-icas/mathematics)



Mexico

  • MMO (Mexican Mathematical Olympiad, http://www.imo2005.org/omm.htm)

  • Mathcounts - held annually at the American school of Puebla and open to ASOMEX students.



Myanmar


Netherlands


  • NWO (Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade, http://olympiads.win.tue.nl/nwo/)



New Zealand

  • ICAS-Mathematics (http://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/)

  • Otago Problem Challenge (http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/pc/)

  • Singapore - Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools (APMOPS:http://www.hwachong.edu.sg/aphelion/apmops)

  • Australian Primary Schools Olympiad (APSMO) (http://www.apsmo.info/APSMO_Home.php)

  • Auckland Mathematical Olympiad

  • Eton Press Senior Mathematics Competition

  • Australian Mathematics Competition (http://www.amt.canberra.edu.au/)

  • National Bank Junior Mathematics Competition (NBJMC) (http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/nbjmc/JMChome.php)

  • September Problems (IMO Selection)



Norway


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



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



Philippines


  • Philippine Mathematics Olympiad

  • Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines Math Challenge for Grade School and High School Students



Poland

  • Polish Mathematical Olympiad ( Website )



Portugal




Serbia




Singapore


  • Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (SMO) ( Website )

  • Singapore - Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools (APMOPS) ( Website )

  • National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore ( Website )

  • ICAS-Mathematics (http://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/products_services/icas/singapore)



Slovakia


  • MO Matematická olympiáda 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)



Taiwan


  • Regional competition (http://umath.nuk.edu.tw/~senpengeu/HighSchool for some problems)

  • National competition (http://umath.nuk.edu.tw/~senpengeu/HighSchool for some problems)

  • IMO selection and training camp



Thailand


  • National Mathematics Contest http://www.ipst.ac.th/olympic

  • POSN-MO http://www.posn.or.th

  • The Mathematical Association of Thailand Contest http://www.math.or.th/

  • Diamond Crown http://www.obec.go.th/news48/05_may/27b/project_apply.pdf

  • Sermpanya Mathematics Test http://www.sermpanya.com

  • Mathcenter http://www.mathcenter.net/



Turkey

  • Turkey National Mathematical Olympiad (Türkiye Ulusal Matematik Olimpiyatı (in Turkish), organized by TUBITAK) http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/bayg/



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



National high school competitions



National college competitions



Regional competitions


See List Of United States Regional Mathematics Competitions .


Uruguay

  • http://www.reu.edu.uy/jpv/proyectos/cpm/

  • Information about "Com-partida de matemática del Uruguay"



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