The Halton Math Contest was run from 2007 to 2019, when COVID combined with teacher stopped it.  I was also tired of creating the contest.  It started in 2006 at my school, White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville, as a thank you to a fantastic group of senior students.  The next year, I was able to convince other schools to participate.  Each year the schools participating grew and we had a great variety of winners.

Honestly, this is one of the best things I ever created in my teaching career.  The students had so much fun.  Was a blast!

Note: This competition was inspired by ECOO just adapted for mathematics instead of computer programming.

If you are a teacher and want a contest to run for your class, math club, practice math contest, etc..., then these are ready to go and suitable for you.  You can modify the timing, questions.  Feel free to use these.  They are challenging questions.

This was a team competition, 3 students per team, in which one copy of five questions were given to each team.  They had an hour and a half to solve them.  Points were earned based on correct solutions and time remaining.

All teams were given one copy of the problem set (consisting of 5 questions) to solve during the 1 ½  hour period and a score sheet.  When a team felt that it had a correct solution, the team had the judge score the solution.

The judge marked the time of completion on the score sheet and then indicated a correct answer.  If the solution was correct the first time, a score of 100 points was awarded.  Teams were allowed to submit a solution three times, to score points on each question.  If it was correct on the second attempt, a score of 75 points was awarded.  If it was correct on the third attempt, a score of 50 points was awarded.  If it was still incorrect after three attempts, a score of 0 was awarded.

Time points for each question was awarded as well but only for correct solutions.  Points were awarded at a rate of 1 point per minute remaining in the competition.  For example, if a team scores a correct solution with 75 minutes remaining, they would gain 75 points.

Here is a link to an example of a sample scoresheet.