Competitions for students
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Mathematics competitions
Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) for the Westpac Awards 
The objective of the AMC is to create, encourage and sustain interest in the study of mathematics. There is also some emphasis on problem solving.
The competition is accessible to all students from Year 3 to Year 12 with five separate papers.
Middle primary
Upper primary
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
Further information available on the Australian Mathematics Trust website
National Literacy and Numeracy Week activities 2007 
Reach for the Stars and Let's Be Fair are Australia-wide activities for schools conducted by AAMT with the support of the Australian Government as part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week (3-9 September 2007).
Let's Be Fair (for secondary school students)
Let's Be Fair is a free national activity designed for secondary school students. Join classes across the country to focus on the importance of mathematics for making decisions. Teachers can choose from a collection of web-based resources with a “fairness” theme. They include ready-to-use classroom activities, teacher support notes and suggestions, starting points for student investigations and opportunities for links to values education, essential learnings and cross-curricular perspectives.
For more information about Let's Be Fair
Reach for the Stars (for pre-school, primary and middle school students)
“Reach for the Stars” is a national numeracy activity associated with National Literacy and Numeracy Week (3-9 September 2007). It has been conducted by the AAMT since 2003. It is designed for students from pre-school to junior secondary, with an emphasis on flexibility for teachers to adopt those aspects of the event which suit their own classrooms.
This year, students will be "Stepping Up with Maths" to explore whether there is a relationship between our heights and the sizes of our feet.
Further information is available on the AAMT website.
Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians including AIMO
The Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians targets the top 20 per cent of primary students in Years 5 and 6, and secondary students in Years 7 to 10. Whereas it is directed at all students in this category it may be particularly useful in schools where teachers may be working in isolation and have a handful of talented students spread out over a number of classes.
There are three independent stages in the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians - the Mathematics Challenge Stage, the Mathematics Enrichment Stage and the AMOC Intermediate Contest.Further information available on the Australian Mathematics Trust website
The Australian Mathematical Olympiad Program
The Australian Mathematical Olympiad Program is a program from which about the top 100 students from the Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians and the Australian Mathematics Competition for the Westpac Awards take extra preparation which can lead to selection in the Australian team to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The IMO is the pinnacle of competition between students of pre-University level from different countries.
Further information available on the Australian Mathematics Trust website
Australian Informatics Competition
The Australian Mathematics Trust has announced the introduction from 2005 of a new Australian Informatics Competition. There are three papers, Senior (Years 11 and 12), Intermediate (Years 9 and 10) and Junior (Years 7 and 8). The competition has a time limit of one hour. No experience in computer programming is necessary. The questions involve semi-mathematical ideas related to computing. The questions determine whether a student might have a talent for designing and writing programs, something which students might not normally have an opportunity to demonstrate.
Further information available on the Australian Mathematics Trust website
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