About BMT
Berkeley Math Tournament or BMT is a non-profit organization run by a team of UC Berkeley undergraduate students with a mission to create a “mini” math tournament for elementary and middle school students in the spring, as well as a high school tournament in the fall.
SIMCC is the world’s leading social enterprise that runs the largest suite of over 28 Academic Competitions and Assessments (ACAs) in various academic domains like English, Mathematics, Science,
and Informatics. Scholastic Trust Singapore Ltd (STS) is a global non-profit foundation to promote Academic Competitions and
Assessments to help students and teachers Acquire Skills and Recognition for SUCCESS
Overview
The Berkeley Math Tournament Asia (BMT) is a UC Berkeley student-led organization that aims to spread mathematics and the spirit of mathematical competition globally by presenting students with interesting, original, hand-crafted problems. As of 2021, we are one of the largest student-run math competitions on the West Coast with over 2000 contestants.
BMT Asia will be live and students outside of China who would prefer to compete in BMT Asia due to a time zone preference are welcome to do so. Students will receive official awards and be ranked on our global leaderboard.
BMT is open to high school students in grades 12 or below. In particular, there is no lower age limit to compete in BMT; middle schoolers and advanced elementary students are welcome to compete. Coaches can register up to 6 students per team. There are no restrictions on how many teams/students a single coach can register. You do not have to be local to the Bay Area or California to register for BMT.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Graph paper and calculators are prohibited, but protractors, rulers, and compasses are permitted. Blank white scratch paper will be provided for all participants. All answers must be exact, reduced, and simplified. Illegible answers will not be graded. Cheating in any form will not be tolerated, and failure to comply with all rules may result in immediate and irreversible disqualification.
The General Round is highly encouraged for students who are new to the math competition atmosphere with little to no contest experience. As a result, the Focus combinations count for double the number of points a General Round does. The Focus combinations require more specialized knowledge of the following domains:
- Calculus: Differentiation, optimization, related rates, integration, sequences / series
- Geometry: Areas and volumes, two and three dimensional Euclidean geometry
- Algebra: Equations and summations, functions and inverses, theory of roots and polynomials
- Discrete: Discrete probability, counting and combinations, modular arithmetic, divisibility and primes, base arithmetic, linear Diophantine equations, geometric probability
Individuals seeking to maximize their scores should take the Focus combination that they are most comfortable with. Students can choose the General Round or Focus combination on the student portal the day of the test.