WMC State Math Contest


The WMC State Mathematics Contest is for middle and high school students. The 2024 math contest will be held during the week of March 4-8, 2024. Schools participate at their home sites, and each school chooses the day the team will participate in the contest.

The registration fee is $25 per school team. You will receive access to the Math Contest material via a shared Google Drive on or before March 1. 

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WMC Math Content General Information

  • Schools participate at their home sites, and each school chooses the day the team will participate in the contest.
  • All math contest materials will be sent via a shared Google Drive.
  • The meet consists of five sets of problems. For each of the first four problem sets, each individual student will attempt to solve problems worth 1, 3, and 5 points, respectively. For the team problem set, all team members will work cooperatively to solve six problems, each worth 10 points. Check out past Math Contests for more details on these events.
  • The time requirements are 15 minutes for each of the four individual events and 25 minutes for the team event.
  • The school team advisor scores the individual events and all of the items on the team event. These results are returned to WMC via a shared Google Drive.
  • Each school may enter one team. A team consists of eight students (all from the same school) consisting of no more than four seniors for high school teams and four 8th grade students for middle school teams.
  • School enrollment is used to determine the appropriate class for each school as shown below. A school may compete in a higher classification upon request.

 

Contest Awards

Medals are given to individuals from top-scoring high school teams and ribbons to top-scoring middle school teams. Students with perfect scores will receive a medal. Top team and individual scores are announced at the WMC Annual Meeting in May.

 

Sample Items

Middle School (2017)

High School (2020)

Past Math Contents

2023 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2022 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2021 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2020 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2019 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2018 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2017 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2016 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2015 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions

2014 High School Math Contest and Solutions or Middle School Math Contest and Solutions