Online International Math Challenge
International Math Challenge aims to strengthen critical and creative thinking capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers through competition and cooperation in mathematics.
Are you confident in yourself?
Do you think you have enough problem solving skills?
Are you capable of thinking outside the box?
To find out where you stand in the international arena.

Participating countries for now
Background and Aim
In 2020, aiming to encourage students to study and excel in math and critical thinking, IMC team decided to conduct an online version of International Math Challenge to boost the motivation of both teachers and students who have been bored, lost goal oriented character and stimulus for study under this difficult global pandemic times, when most of the Olympiads and competitions are forced to be cancelled or postponed until unknown time.
Each participating school may organize their students in each category i.e. grades 1-2-3, grades 4-5, grades 6-7 and grades 8-9, and grades 10-11. This is an individual competition in which students can receive prizes for their personal achievement. The competition will be conducted in five languages, namely English, Thai, Chinese, Russian and Spanish, where students are expected to solve 40 multiple choice questions in 90 minutes. This event is hoped to motivate students to see math in a different light, have their interest stimulated in the subject and think how they can apply math in their future studies and daily life.
How to Join?
- Register via register.mathchallenge.in.th
- Pay the registration fee of 25 USD for international participants, 600 THB for participants from Thailand, per participant
- Deadline for submission of completed forms is October 30th , 2021
Rules
- The exam will be online in English, Thai, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
- The exam will be held on 12-13 November.
- If your webcam was not open during the exam, the IMC team has the right to cancel your prizes.
- If you give incorrect information about your category, the IMC team has the right to cancel your prizes.
- Top 3 students from each category will be asked to show identification documents about their grades in order to be eligible for prizes.
- The test link will be shared in advance and it will be activated on the exam day on 12 November for 48 hours in Thailand Time (GMT+7).
- Details about how to conduct the online test will be shared with the participants and mentors in the registration panel.
- Students from all types of schools around the globe can join this exam under their relevant categories.
- Registrations will be only online via register.mathchallenge.in.th
- The registration fee is 25 USD for international participants, 600 THB for participants from Thailand, per participant. The registration fee is non-refundable.
- A test of 25 questions for Category kids and 40 questions for categories 1-4 with 4 multiple choices will last 90 minutes.
- 3 wrong answers will void 1 correct answer.
- No calculator is allowed. Participants will be monitored through a webcam.
- Students will be receiving individual awards according to their personal achievements.
- For the top 3 winners of each category, in case if the scores are equal, the used time will be decisive.
Who can participate?
The competition will be conducted in five languages: English, Thai, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. Full online and is open to all students from any type of school all around the world. In this Online IMC, students will compete individually under five categories i.e grades 1-2-3, grades 4-5, grades 6-7, grades 8-9, and grades 10-11.
Category | Thai system | US/Canada system | British system | Russian system | Age |
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Category kids | Prathom 1 | Grade 1 | Year 2 | Grade 1 | 6 years |
Prathom 2 | Grade 2 | Year 3 | Grade 2 | 7 years | |
Prathom 3 | Grade 3 | Year 4 | Grade 3 | 8 years | |
Category 1 | Prathom 4 | Grade 4 | Year 5 | Grade 4 | 9 years |
Prathom 5 | Grade 5 | Year 6 | Grade 5 | 10 years | |
Category 2 | Prathom 6 | Grade 6 | Year 7 | Grade 6 | 11 years |
Matthayom 1 | Grade 7 | Year 8 | Grade 7 | 12 years | |
Category 3 | Matthayom 2 | Grade 8 | Year 9 | Grade 8 | 13 years |
Matthayom 3 | Grade 9 | Year 10 | Grade 9 | 14 years | |
Category 4 | Matthayom 4 | Grade 10 | Year 11 | Grade 10 | 15 years |
Matthayom 5 | Grade 11 | Year 12 | Grade 11 | 16 years |
Prizes
(for each catagory)

Special Prizes for Category 4 students
North American University from USA offers:
- 88 000 USD for all gold winners, for four years!!!
- 80 000 USD for all silver winners, for four years!!!
- 60 000 USD for all bronze winners, for four years!!!
Rangsit University from Thailand offers:
- Top 1-4 winners will get 100 000 THB scholarships.
- Top 5-8 winners will get 75 000 THB scholarship.
- Top 9-12 winners will get 50 000 THB scholarship
Suleyman Demirel University from Kazakhstan offers:
- Top 3 winners will get 30% discount on tuition fees for 4 years.
- Top 4-13 winners will get 20% discount on tuition fees for 4 years.
- Top 14-33 winners will get 10% discount on tuition fees for 4 years.
- Student should maintain a GPA of 3.0 and above.
- The winners will be given a voucher by the University
Vistula University from Poland offers:
- Top 1: %100 full scholarship discount on tuition fee of first year.
- Top 2-4: %50 scholarship discount on tuition fee of first year.
- Top 5-14: . %20 scholarship discount on tuition fee of first year.
- Top 15-34. %10 scholarship discount on tuition fee of first year
Paragon International University from Cambodia offers:
- Top 2: %100 full scholarship discount on tuition fee for four years.
- Top 3-5: %75 scholarship discount on tuition fee for four years.
- Top 5-14: %50 scholarship discount on tuition fee for four years.
- Top 15-35: %25 scholarship discount on tuition fee for four years.
- Participants will be awarded certificates according to their individual achievement:
Top 10%: Gold
Top 11%-25%: Silver
Top 26%-45%: Bronze - All participants whose total net is higher than 5 points will get an Honorable Mention.
- Apart from the main prizes, the top 3 finalists of each category will receive 100% discount in the next International Math Challenge.
- Participants will be awarded certificates according to their individual achievements.
- All participants will be provided with a participation certificate.
- All schools and mentors will be provided with certificates.
- There will be a lucky draw for all participants except the top 3 from each category and that scores a minimum 5 points. (Except Category Kids)
- The prizes cannot be exchangeable for cash or transferable to other person in any circumstances.
- The winners will be given a voucher by the Universities.
Live English Now from the Philippines offers:
Free 4 weeks English language courses to lucky 125 participants!
Timeline

Downloads
Brochure
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High Quality PDF
How to register as participant
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How to register as mentor
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Topics
Sample Questions
Languages
This year all questions will be available in 5 languages: English, Thai, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. A participant will be able to see the questions in his/her preferred language as well as switch between languages whenever he/she wants.