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Australian Mathematics Competition
Students from Grade 3 to 6 who have a 'love of Mathematics' have the opportunity to participate in the Australian Mathematics Competition. As the Thursday 27th July is a designated pupil free day at MPW (reporting to parents day) we will be seeking an exemption to hold the competition at MPW on either the Wednesday 26th July or Friday 28th July. If we are unable to gain the exemption, students who wish to participate in the competition will be supervised at school on the Thursday 27th July to facilitate this. We will inform families regarding the arrangements as soon as possible.
There is a cost of $6 per child to enter the competition and entry forms will be available at the front office. Closing date is the 5th June.
If you have any questions you can gain information from the website 'Australian Mathematics Competition' http://www.amt.edu.au/mathematics/amc/ or speak to Vicki McCormack in Room 4.
Australian Mathematics Competition | AMT Australian Mathematics CompetitionOne of the world’s largest school-based mathematics competitions with more than 14 million entries since 1978.
About the Australian Mathematics Competition
The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) was introduced in Australia in 1978 as the first Australia-wide mathematics competition for students. It has become the largest single event on the Australian education calendar, allowing students to attempt the same tasks on the same day in over 30 countries around the globe.
Running since 1978, the AMC is for students of all standards. Students are asked to solve 30 problems in 60 minutes (Years 3–6) or 75 minutes (Years 7–12). The problems are designed to test mathematical thinking rather than focus on calculations themselves, thus such questions are designed so that they can be answered just as quickly without a calculator as with one. The problems get more difficult through the competition, so that at the end they are challenging to the most gifted students. Students of all standards will make progress through the problems, and also be challenged along the way.
The AMC is available both in hard copy and online format, with no difference in the questions or time requirements.
For additional entry information and special circumstances » Go to Entering the AMC
>> AMC Results
Visually impaired and distance students
We would like the AMC to be available to all students who wish to participate. We have special arrangements for visually impaired students and distance education organisations. Home schooled students or students whose school chooses not to participate are free to make arrangements to sit under the supervision of another school.
The AMC may be held on a different date by special arrangement in some countries.
