Get ready for our 10th annual HCMMC!!! The elementary school divisions will take place from 1 PM to 3 PM, and the middle school and adult divisions will take place from 4 PM to 6 PM. Doors open 30 minutes before the contest starts!
For our 10th annual contest only, the top ten contestants in each division will get Target gift cards! There's also a bonus prize: anybody who scores 10 or higher on the Genius or Software Engineer Division gets a whopping $100 cash!!!
Register now at tinyurl.com/hcmmc25!
The Harrison Chen Memorial Math Competition is the perfect gateway for elementary and middle school students to discover the amazing world of math competitions! Get ready to put your thinking caps on: our problems may be tough, but they are just as fun to solve!
There's also prizes!!! The top three participants in each division get Target gift cards! All participants will receive certificates.
Did we mention free snacks for everyone?
This section is for students just starting their journey in competitive math and looking to hone their fundamentals.
Looking for an even more challenging set of problems? This section is perfect for elementary students who want to stretch their mathematical abilities!
Most middle schoolers will find this division the most appealing. There will be a wide variety of problems ranging from straightforward to very challenging!
When we say "genius," we mean it! There are no straightforward problems and only a few medium level problems. This section is for students who aren't afraid to tackle hard questions under time constraints.
Parents get to play too! The questions will be hard, but it will be a great brain exercise for 60 minutes. Any adult can enroll in this division (you do not have to be a software engineer!).
From 2021 to 2024, the average of the top three scores in the student divisions was just over 6. Over these four years, nobody in the Genius Division has even scored higher than 6!
Attempting to solve 12 problems in only an hour is crazy, but it's also really fun because there's no pressure and the problems are hilarious.
Students get to choose the division that best suits their math experience level.
Mr. G. baking brownies for a math event? 'Nuff said.
All divisions have at least three really hard problems, so students will learn to budget their time according to what they can reasonably finish in 60 minutes. If they make it through the first nine problems, the last three will offer a substantial challenge!
Mr. G. and the executive team organize the event and write most of the problems. The City of Cupertino provides the space, the Math Olympiads TAs proctor the contest and grade them, and Mr. G. and the Chen family provide snacks and awards. Harrison would have liked it this way, so that's the way we've always done it.
Harrison Chen was a gifted student who attended Palo Alto schools through 9th grade until his untimely death during November of 2015. In honor of his contibrutions to the class, the staff of Cupertino Math Olympiads began to organize an annual math competition in his memory.
At HCMMC, we celebrate Harrison's life and the joy of problem solving. The mood will be upbeat. Please join us!