Euclid Contest & other Waterloo Math Contests

The Waterloo Math Contests include almost all highly recognized and credited Canadian math contests. Amongst them, Euclid is one of the most valued and most difficult contests, and thus it is highlighted in the title. Below are descriptions and information about each of the different contests included. 

Descriptions:

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  • The contests all need to be ordered by your day school (high school), but the sign-up is very easy, so no worries if your day school doesn't already order them. The contest writing needs to be monitored by your day school teacher; for specifics, please refer to the official website.

    • Individual Awards: 

      • Certificate of Distinction for every participant scoring in the top 25%. 

      • School Champion for the first at each school that met the medal cutoff (2 medals are awarded if tied).

      • Each of the top five official participants in Canada receives a plaque and 500$ Canadian dollars. 

      • Each of the next top ten official participants in Canada receives a plaque and 200$ Canadian dollars. 

    • Team Awards: 

      • Schools with the top team score would be posted on the team honour roll (zone, provincial or national level for Canadian teams, or just the International honour roll). 

      • Each school’s team score would be found by calculating the sum of the top 3 scorers at the school. 

    • It is hard to describe the exact difficulty of each contest; please refer to the official website for past exams to see the difficulty.

General information that applies to all:

Official website: click here

Euclid Contest

    • Contest writing dates:

      • North and South America: Tuesday, April 6, 2027

      • Other regions: Wednesday, April 7, 2027

    • Ordering deadline: Thursday, March 11, 2027

  • Euclid Contest is written by over 25,000 students annually. Euclid is primarily designed for grade 12 students, but many talented students below grade 12 also take it.

    • 10 questions with a mix of final answer only and full-solution question. The 10 questions are each made up of 2-5 sub-questions. 

    • 2.5 hours total

    • Score out of 100

  • Most of the questions are based on high school curriculum including the final year, but some problems might require outside knowledge.

Canadian Senior and Intermediate Mathematics Contests(CSMC & CIMC)

    • Contest writing dates:

      • North and South America: Wednesday, November 18, 2026

      • Other regions: Thursday, November 19th, 2026

    • Ordering deadline: Thursday, October 22, 2026

  • CSMC is for grade 11 and 12 students while CIMC is for grade9 and 10 students although students in lower grades are encouraged to write them as well. 

    • 9 questions, 6 questions are answer only and 3 are full-solution

    • 2 hours total

    • Score out of 60

  • Most of the questions are based on high school curriculum including the final year for CSMC, and for CIMC, the questions are up to grade 10 in high school curriculum.

Fryer, Galois, and Hypatia Contests

    • Contest writing dates:

      • North and South America: Wednesday, April 7, 2027

      • Other regions: Thursday, April 8, 2027

    • Ordering deadline: Thursday, March 11, 2027

    • Fryer - grade 9 and below

    • Galois - grade 10 and below

    • Hypatia - grade 11 and below

    • 4 questions with a mix of final answer only and full solution questions

    • 75 minutes total

    • Score out of 40

  • Most questions require critical thinking skills and mathematical problem-solving skills rather than recalling. Fryer test assesses knowledge up to the Grade 9 Canadian high school curriculum, the Galois test assesses knowledge up to the Grade 10 Canadian high school curriculum, and the Hypatia test assesses knowledge up to the Grade 11 Canadian high school curriculum.

Pascal, Cayley and Fermat Contests

    • Contest writing dates:

      • North and South America: Wednesday, February 24, 2027

      • Other regions: Thursday, February 25, 2027

    • Ordering deadline: 

      • In India: Wednesday, January 27, 2027

      • In Canada: Tuesday, February 9, 2027

      • Else where: Tuesday, February 9, 2027

    • Pascal - grade 9 and below

    • Cayley - grade 10 and below

    • Fermat - grade 11 and below

    • 25 multiple choice questions

      • In part A and B, the multiple choice answers are A, B, C, D or E, and in part C, the multiple choice answers are whole numbers from 0-99. 

    • 60 minutes total

    • Score out of 150

  • Most questions require critical thinking skills and mathematical problem-solving skills rather than recalling. Pascal tests knowledge up to the Grade 9 Canadian high school curriculum, Cayley tests knowledge up to the Grade 10 Canadian high school curriculum, and Fermat tests knowledge up to the Grade 11 Canadian high school curriculum.

    • Contest writing dates:

      • Everywhere: Monday, May 10, 2027 to Friday, May 12, 2027

    • Ordering deadline: Thursday, March 11, 2027

  • Grade 7 to 8 (middle school)

    • 25 multiple choice questions 

    • 60 minutes total

    • Score out of 150

  • Mathematical content: Most questions require critical thinking skills, and the material tested is included in the middle school curriculum in Canada.

Gauss Contests