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Listed below are free local NYC math competitions/archives you may want to consider participating in or using as practice materials. We encourage you to look around at different math programs in the city as well. MSEI is inspired by those who came before us, namely, SBIMC and DMI.
Downtown Mathematics Invitational
Downtown Mathematics Invitational
Starting in 2017 inspired by SBIMC (listed below), it is held each December at Stuyvesant High School. The contest is written and administered by the Stuyvesant High School Math Team.
They update their archive often, and have high quality problems and rounds to practice with. We highly recommend you check them out!
South Brooklyn Invitational Math Competition
South Brooklyn Invitational Math Competition
SBIMC was created by the late Fred Galli and is held each year at FDR High School in Brooklyn. What began as a competition between four local schools in 2010, funded out of Mr. Galli’s own pocket, has grown to include over 30 teams and benefit from professional sponsorships. SBIMC resembles the format of the best math competitions hosted nationwide. Math teams from all five boroughs attend this now all-day event. These teams get to learn from each other, spurred by a healthy sense of competition, to achieve the honor of being crowned the winners of SBIMC.
Currently, SBIMC does not have their own archive. We have included a few competition papers from previous years below that we could find. If you have other SBIMC contests that you would like to share so we may add it to the archive, please feel free to contact us in the spirit of keeping a part of math competition history accessible.
New York City Interscholastic Math League
New York City Interscholastic Math League
Their archive consists of many fantastic problems. For newcomers, we would recommend you look at their Soph-Frosh, Junior B, and Senior B Divisions. For more experienced mathletes, consider looking at Junior A and Senior A Divisions for practice. They are a great resource and we recommend you participate in their Fall and Spring seasons!
Girls Empowered in Mathematics at Stuyvesant
Girls Empowered in Mathematics at Stuyvesant
GEMS is a contest run by the girls of the Stuyvesant Math Team. They encourage girls and non-binary students to enter the world of competition mathematics by creating a friendly environment!
Trinity School Math Competition
Trinity School Math Competition
Their mission is to provide all enthusiastic mathematicians from across the world with the opportunity to explore the field to its fullest extent. It is run by the Trinity Math Team. Recently, they have moved to a virtual competition, but their archives provide great problems to practice with.
New York City Math Team and
New York City Team Contest
New York City Math Team and
New York City Team Contest
For over seventy-five years, New York City has held a leading position in the world of Mathematics competitions at all levels. The New York City Math Team (NYCMT) provides the means by which interested, outstanding students may prepare in order to collectively represent NYC in State, Regional, and National Mathematics Competitions.
These practices tend to be much harder than the level intended for MSEI, but for more advanced students, this may be fantastic practice material!
NYCTC Website & Archive
NYCTC started as the Stuyvesant Team Contest in the Fall of 2017. Created by Milan Haiman and Matthew Kendall, it was inspired by the HMMT Guts format. In 2021, it was renamed the NYC Team Contest with invitations extended to students from other schools. The format was adopted for use in the DMI competition starting from 2018 under the name “Marathon”.
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)
AoPS is an extremely helpful resource. While it is not an NYC local competition, their resources are too good to not put on a practice material page. They have a free archive of all the previous AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME problems created by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). We encourage students to practice and take the AMC 10/12 in Fall in hopes of qualifying for AIME and higher.
Math League
Math League
While not NYC specific, their problems involve topics of interest to a wide array of students. Their goal is to encourage students to enjoy a challenge and to learn from it to find problem-solving discussions stimulating.
Their contest tends to be on the easier end, but they have plenty of free sample problems that are welcoming to beginners in competition mathematics.
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