Challenge and Motivation: Math Competitions motivate students via interesting and challenging problems and topics. Many of them make learning math more fun among peers with similar interests.
Problem-Solving Skills: Math Competitions help students develop and improve problem-solving skills which helps in high school, college and careers as a lifelong skill.
College Applications: Participation and success in Math competitions is a great bonus in the application for top colleges. For example, Caltech and MIT applications specifically ask students AMC 10/12 and AIME scores.

Pi Math Contest (PiMC) is a math competition for elementary, middle, and high school students. Euler division is for elementary school students (3rd-5th grades). Fermat division is for middle school students (6th – 8th grades). Gauss division is for high school students (9th – 12th grades).

Yes, it is possible. For example, fifth-grade students can participate in all three contests. Students in middle school can take Fermat and Gauss, but we recommend taking the Fermat contest. We also recommend you review the sample problems before registering.

No, students can only register and participate in either in-person or online format in the same division.

You don’t have to register through your school/test center. PiMC is offered to individuals. Parents/guardians of students may/should register to the contest from the registration page. You may fill in your child’s school’s name when registering (Please note: We do not communicate this information to the school).

Switching from online to in-person is unavailable after registration has closed.

However, students may switch from in-person to online until the regular registration deadline. Please note that changes cannot be made during the late registration period. If you’d like to switch from in-person to online before the regular deadline, feel free to reach out to us for assistance.

Upon registration, the PiMC system automatically generates student login information.
When your student is prepared to take the online test, they can click the “LMS” link
on the PiMathContest.com menu bar to begin within the testing window. The test can be
administered at any time before the specified end date and time. It is important to note
that all students are not required to take the test simultaneously.

Each Pi Math Contest registration includes both a parent account and a student account. The test is only accessible through the student account.

If you log in and see your child’s name under the “My Students” section, you are using the parent account, which does not have access to the test. Please ensure your child logs in using their student account to take the test.

The student account credentials are sent to the student’s email address (not included in the confirmation email). If you cannot find the credentials, please check the student’s email inbox or use the Forgot Password option on the login page to reset them.

Close the browser window no answers will be lost because the system records the answer of each question when they click Next.
Re-open the browser and log back in.
When the student re-opens the test, the questions that are already answered will be marked.

Yes, please check out the resources section.

Calculators are NOT allowed. See Format & Rules for more details.