MATHCOUNTS is one of the most popular middle school Math competitions in the USA. It has Chapter, State, and National competitions run from February through May, annually. Each competition has individual (sprint, target, and countdown) and team rounds. Click here to learn more about these rounds.
Only schools can participate in MATHCOUNTS (*). You can find the registered schools for the upcoming competition here. You can check with your school to find out if they are planning to participate.
(*) Students whose school are not participating may also participate as Non-School Competitors (NSC).
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All of the courses have live and self-study formats. Live course students participate in interactive online live sessions. Both formats give access to the video recordings from the live sessions.
Many of the questions and answers below are from the official MathCounts website.
There are Chapter, State, and National competitions in a year. The top-scoring students and teams from each Chapter qualify for the State competition. The top four students from each state represent their state in the National competition.
Each competition has the following rounds:
Only U.S. full-time students in grades 6-8 are eligible to participate in MATHCOUNTS competitions.
Any type of school, of any size, can register—public, private, religious, charter, virtual or home schools. School-based competitors must participate through their official school of record.
The schedule for the Competition series is as follows:
Chapter: February
State: March
National: May
School-based competitors: Only school representatives can register their school through the MATHCOUNTS website or office. A school representative can be a teacher, administrator, or parent volunteer.
Non-School Competitors (NSC): MATHCOUNTS allows some non-school competitors to participate. For details on eligibility and registration of NSC’s, please check here.
You can prepare by solving problems from past competitions or similar problems. Taking timed practice tests, going over the solutions, and analyzing your mistakes is also a great way to improve your exam performance. When analyzing your mistakes, you should create strategies to avoid them in the future. You can read this article to learn about how making mistakes while practicing can actually help you avoid them in official contests.
You can find a variety of MATHCOUNTS preparation books here.
AlphaStar offers courses for MATHCOUNTS preparation. Click here to see all of our offerings.
