Mathcounts

Welcome to the Mathcounts site.

MATHCOUNTS is an elective course designed for students in Grade 7 or 8 with a desire to improve their problem solving and mathematical abilities. The highlight and goal is participating in MATHCOUNTS competitions.

Here is a photo gallery of this year's competition, including a video.

Last year's competition photo gallery and video.

Important MATHCOUNTS dates:

Below are some helpful links. Remember to take the problems you get wrong personally, and find a way to never let it happen again.

Problems of the week and all sorts of valuable Mathcounts information can be found at the official Mathcounts' web site

More than 500 problems and solutions to prepare for the MATHCOUNTS competition can be found at Mathcounts.Saab.org. All incorrect answers come complete with explanations.

Advanced students: see if you are ready to take Calculus or College Algebra by going to Mathline. It also has many Trigonometry problems and Geometry Problems.

For tests in mathematics and vocabulary, go to Saab.org. It has also many drills to prepare for the SAT (Math, English, Vocabulary).

Download the excel file y=mx+b to learn how graphs and algebraic equations interrelate.

Download and play the following countdown rounds for more practice:

Download the 2003 Chapter countdown round

Download the 2004 Chapter countdown round

Download the 2003 State countdown round

Download the 2002 school countdown round

Download the 2002 chapter countdown round

Download the 2002 national countdown round

Download the 2003 school countdown round 

Download the 2004 school countdown round 

Download the 2005 school countdown round 

Practice for the Relay Competition with this PowerPoint of Practice Problems

Like reading about math? Here is a list of fiction and non-fiction books and videos with mathematics as either subject matter or motif. Great for your reading enjoyment!