Math Competitions Schedule 2024-25
– David L. Carlson, Ph.D., Co-founder and Co-chair, Colorado Math Awards
AMC: American Mathematical Competitions
$ denotes registration fee required of contest’s local organizer
$AMC 8: 40-minute, 25-question, multiple choice nat’l. exam for students in grade 8 or below
$AMC 10: 75-minute, 25-question, multiple choice nat’l. exam for students in grade 10 or below
$AMC 12: 75-minute, 25-question, multiple choice nat’l. exam for students in grade 12 or below
$CML: Colorado Math League (grades 4-12); six monthly 30-minute, 6 question national exams (Oct-March) for high school students; annual national exams for each grade 4 through 8
Soifer: Soifer (formerly Colorado) Mathematical Olympiad; a 4-hour, 5-question, essay/proof exam format (grades 7-12); hosted by the Univ. of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS)
UNC: Univ. of Northern Colorado State Math Contest (grades 7-12, younger students welcome); two 9-12 question exams—a 90-minute remote exam in fall, and a 3-hour in-person exam in Greeley by invitation in February or March.
($?) MATHCOUNTS: an afterschool national program for MS students with competitions at school, chapter, state, and national levels. Sponsored in-state by the Colorado Chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers. Below we list only the state and national competition dates.
September
23 rd (Mon)
30 th (Mon)
AMC 10 and 12 EARLY BIRD registration deadline ($33 plus $25 per 10 exams)
CML registration deadline for six monthly high school contests, October-March($100 registration includes a set of 30 exams for each month with free shipping)
October
3rd (Fri)
4th (Sat)
11th (Sat)
15th (Tue)
22nd (Tue)
23rd -30th
28th (Mon)
Soifer pre-registration deadline
Soifer 4-hour essay-type exam at UCCS; same day registration OK
Soifer awards program at UCCS
CML 1 st monthly national contest for high school students
AMC 10 and 12 REGULAR registration deadline ($76 plus $25 per 10 exams)
UNC 90-minute 1st round contest (remote)
AMC 8 EARLY BIRD registration deadline ($53 plus $25 per 10 exams)
November
6th (Wed)
12th (Tue)
12th (Tue)
14th (Thu)
AMC 10A and 12A national contest
AMC 10B and 12B national contest
CML 2 nd monthly national contest for high school students
CSU Math Day: college-bowl-style competition which features a full, double-elimination tournament with 3-member teams from 64 schools.
December
10th (Tue)
23rd (Mon)
15th (Sun)
CML 3 rd monthly national contest for high school students
AMC 8 REGULAR registration deadline ($73 plus $25 per 10 exams)
CML registration deadline for annual national contests for 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th grades
January
14th (Tue)
15th (Wed)
15th & 22nd –28th
CML 4 th monthly national contest for high school students
AMC 8 LATE registration deadline ($113 plus $25 per 10 exams)
AMC 8 national contest
February
11th (Tue)
18th or 25th
5 th CML monthly national contest for high school students
CML annual national contests for 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th grades
March
1st (Sat)
11th (Tue)
UNC 3-hour, 2nd round contest, held on-campus at UNC in Greeley
CML 6 th and final monthly national contest for high school students
April
15th or later
CML annual national contests for Grades 4 and 5
May
TBD
Colorado Math Awards program