Major Math Competition Events
for Lovers of Math Competition
- Canadian Open Math Challenge (COMC), Hosted by Canadian Math Society, and Sponsored by SUNLIFE.
- Canadian Senior and Intermediate Math Competition (CSMC/CIMC), Hosted by University of WATERLOO.
- Alberta High School Math Competition(AHSMC), hosted by University of ALBERTA.
| Competition Name | Grade Level | Host Institute |
Date |
Note |
| Fryer / Galois / Hypatia Contest |
Grade 9/10/11 | University of Waterloo | April 12, 2017 | some Full Solutions; some Short Answers |
| Purple Comet | Junior Middle & High School 2 Set of questions; Choose One |
American Awesome Math | any day during April 12 - 21, 2017 (tentative) |
Answers Only; Team Competition |
| Gauss Contest | Grade 7 / Grade 8 | University of Waterloo | May 10, 2017 | Multiple-Choice |
| 57th International Math Olympiad (IMO 2016) | high school students (permit exceptional junior) | International Math Olympiad Committee | July 12 - 23, 2017 | Highest level challenge for students prior-to college; Invited students will come to Rio - Brazil |
| Canadian Open Math Challenge (COMC) | High school (also permitted: exceptional junior) students | Canadian Math Society | To Announce (usually 1st week of November) |
Full solutions; some Short answers Qualifying for CMO - Canadian Math Olympiad |
| Canadian Intermediate Math (CIMC) | G9, G10 | University of Waterloo | To Announce (usually 4th week of November) |
Full solutions; some Short answers |
| Canadian Senior Math (CSMC) | G11, G12 | University of Waterloo | To Announce (usually 4th week of November) |
Full solutions; some Short answers |
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56th IMO (International Math Olympiad) has come to conclusion:
USA won first place China second
56th IMO (International Math Olympiad) has come to a conclusion. USA team has won No. 1, China be No. 2.
IMO 2015 took place at Chiangmai, Thailand from 4 to 16 July 2015. The 581 Contestants from 114 countries and areas has competed in IMO 2015.
Here are the results for standings of winning teams:
The teams that stand in the position of number 1 to number 5 are:
USA (1), China (2), Korea (3), PRK (Korea, PR: 4), Vietnam (5);
The teams that stand in the position of number 6 to number 10 are:
Austrilia (6), Iran (7), Russia (8), Canada (9), Singapore (10).
The teams that stand in the position of number 11 to number 15 are:
Ukraine, Thailand, Romania, France, and Crotia.
The teams that stand in the position of number 16 to number 20 are:
Peru, Poland, Taiwan, Mexico, Hungary and Turkey (they tied for 20th).
The teams that stand in the position of number 22 to number 25 are:
United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan, Kazakhstan.
If you'd like to know the complete results and team standings, please visit Official IMO Results to check them out.
In the results, we find two trends. The first trend continues from past years, that the IMO results for the emerging economies (developing countries) are advancing rapidly: among them are Thailand, Peru, Mexico. The second trend is the returning to outstanding results for some European countries that are traditionally strong in mathematics and math education (e.g. Ukraine, Romania, France, followed by Poland and Hungary).
