The phrase "a math contest" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a competitive event focused on mathematics, typically involving problem-solving and calculations.
Example: "She spent weeks preparing for a math contest that would take place at her school."
Alternatives: "a mathematics competition" or "a math competition".
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is lopsidedly male (37 percent of all students are women), dispatches female students to schools to share their enthusiasm for STEM and hosts a math contest for young girls that awards $25,000 to the winner.
At the age of 15, he won a Math Contest representing his public school, Hector Pineda Uguarte while playing soccer for CD Olympia Youth Soccer Reserves "Fuerzas Basicas Olimpistas" (FBO).
The hard version is also beautifully constructed, but was something Mr. Mebane shared with puzzle geeks only, because it is "way too hard to use in any math contest".
I was considered a math whiz and won a national math contest in middle school, but I don't think I ever had a final report card grade above a C in math.
Dr. O'Neil's complete essay is included below, along with a balancing perspective from Dr. Paul Zeitz, a longtime math contest participant and coach.
Outside of the lab, she works with the DUU VisArts Committee, volunteers with FEMMES, compiles tests for a local math contest in Nashville, and is a DTech Scholar Associate.
Joshua Zucker, who had won a Saint Mary's Math Contest book, responded and informed me that the contest no longer existed.
"This gives me the opportunity to provide my students with concrete examples of applications of math". Besides the courses he teaches, Savin prepares students for the Putnam Competition, an annual undergraduate math contest.
Moody's won in the small company category for its "Mega Math Challenge," an Internet-based, applied math contest aimed at encouraging high school school students to pursue math-related studies and careers.
The festival is designed for sixth- through 12th-graders who are interested in math, games and puzzles; participants include students who enjoy exploring problems collaboratively as well as math contest competitors looking for a more relaxed setting.
I remember that I didn't enjoy the Saint Mary's Math Contest in which I sat at a desk alone and spent several hours working on problems.
