2026 Contest Information

The 2026 Math Contest will be held ONLINE on Saturday, January 31, 2026. The contest is FREE and is open to all high school and middle school students. Students are permitted to take the contest exams at home on their own computers.

• Registration is open! Visit our Registration Info page for detailed instructions.
• Be sure to read the detailed Exam Instructions; much of this information will not be presented on the day of the exam.
• Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will regrettably not be offering the Number Sense contest this year. We still plan to administer the other eight individual exams as well as the SmackDown elimination competition.
• 1/19/26 update: Screenshots of the autopresenter (the platform used for all exams except for SmackDown) have been added to the Exam Instructions page. We plan to post a detailed contest demonstration video as well as a practice contest later this week (hopefully by January 21 or 22) so that students can experience the format prior to the contest.
• 1/21/26 update: The Calculator & Technology Policy has been updated with further clarification about the types of tools that are and are not permitted to be used during contest exams.

Click on the links below and at the left to learn more about our FREE annual contest.
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Contest Schedule
Contest Prizes
Contest Enrollment Rules
Calculator & Technology Policy
Rounding Instructions
Exam Content Information
The Contest Point System

The Smackdown (Exciting Elimination Round). Also check out a recording of our 2024 SmackDown, courtesy of first-place winner Eric Li of Elkins High School!



We are working on a contest demonstration video and plan to post it soon along with a practice contest