University of South Carolina
High School Math Contests
Problems and Solutions (1986 - 2010)

• 24th USC High School Math Contest (January 30, 2010)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF]
  • Answer key for written exam [PDF]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF]
  • Problems from Ciphering [QuickTime Movie]
• 23rd USC High School Math Contest (December 6, 2008)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF]
• 22nd USC High School Math Contest (December 8, 2007)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF]
• 21st USC High School Math Contest (December 9, 2006)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF]
• 20th USC High School Math Contest (January 21, 2006)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF]
• 19th USC High School Math Contest (April 9, 2005)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
• 18th USC High School Math Contest (February 7, 2004)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF]
  • Presentation of solutions for written exam [Clickable Quicktime Movie] [Continuous Quicktime Movie] (size: > 8 MB!)
  • Problems from Ciphering
• 17th USC High School Math Contest (February 1, 2003)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
• 16th USC High School Math Contest (January 19, 2002)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Step-by-step presentation of solutions to teachers for the written exam [PDF - 200 pages!]
• 15th USC High School Math Contest (January 20, 2001)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Interactive problems and solutions for the ciphering contest [animated with JavaScript]
• 14th USC High School Math Contest (January 15, 2000)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Interactive problems and solutions for the written exam [animated with JavaScript]
  • Interactive problems and solutions for the ciphering contest [animated with JavaScript]
• 13th USC High School Math Contest (December 5, 1998)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Interactive problems and solutions for the written exam [animated with JavaScript]
  • Interactive problems and solutions for the ciphering contest [animated with JavaScript]
• 12th USC High School Math Contest (December 6, 1997)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript] [IDVI] [GIF]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript] [IDVI] [GIF]
• 11th USC High School Math Contest (December 7, 1996)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript] [IDVI] [GIF]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Solutions to written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
• 10th USC High School Math Contest (December 2, 1995)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript] [IDVI] [GIF]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
• 9th USC High School Math Contest (December 3, 1994)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Interactive problems and solutions for the ciphering contest [animated with JavaScript]
• 8th USC High School Math Contest (December 4, 1993)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
  • Interactive problems and solutions for the ciphering contest [animated with JavaScript]
• 7th USC High School Math Contest (December 5, 1992)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
• 6th USC High School Math Contest (December 7, 1991)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
• 5th USC High School Math Contest (December 1, 1990)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
• 4th USC High School Math Contest (December 2, 1989)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
• 3rd USC High School Math Contest (November 12, 1988)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
• 2nd USC High School Math Contest (December 5, 1987)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]
• 1st USC High School Math Contest (November 8, 1986)
  • Problems from written exam [PDF] [PostScript]
  • Answer key for written exam [HTML]

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