AMC
AMC (Australian Mathematics Competition)
First run in 1978, the Australian Mathematics Competition is Australia’s longest running, largest and most well-known maths competition for school students.
Like all our competitions, the AMC contains unique problems designed each year by leading educators and academics to challenge and extend your students’ problem-solving skills.
DATE
Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 August 2025
TIME
Primary divisions: 60 minutes
Secondary divisions: 75 minutes
QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT
30 questions – 25 multiple-choice, 5 integer
KEY DATES
⦁ Printed paper entries close:
Friday 4 July 2025 – Australia and New Zealand
Friday 27 June 2025 – International
⦁ Online entries close:
Friday 1 August 2025
⦁ Submission of student answer sheets for printed paper entries closes:
Friday 8 August 2025
⦁ Late submission of student answer sheets close:
Friday 22 August 2025
DIVISIONS
⦁ Middle Primary – Australian Years 3 and 4
⦁ Upper Primary – Australian Years 5 and 6
⦁ Junior – Australian Years 7 and 8
⦁ Intermediate – Australian Years 9 and 10
⦁ Senior – Australian Years 11 and 12
TOPICS
May include:
⦁ Basic arithmetic
⦁ Fractions and ratios
⦁ Algebra and pre-algebra
⦁ Geometry
⦁ Measurement
⦁ Statistics and probability
⦁ Problem-solving (including enumeration)