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2025 National MathCON Finals

2025 National MathCON Finals

The National MathCON Finals is an amazing event where only the nation’s brightest mathletes qualify to compete against each other.  This year, the Finals will be held on May 10 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
 
MathCON Finals
 

Only the top percentile of students who competed in the online MathCON competition are invited to the National MathCON Finals. Registration for the MathCON Finals is open, but there are limited seats available for each grade level. 

Finalist registration opens March 14, 2025 at 11 AM CT and closes April 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM CT. There will be no alternate finalist this year. 

Coordinators for the first round MathCON Online competition should log in to their accounts for information about your students’ scores and registration status.

Cost: Registration for the MathCON National Finals is $75 and includes:

  • Compete with North America’s brightest mathletes
  • Make new friends from across the US & Canada
  • Access to our final e-book which includes 10 Practice Tests with solutions
  • Dance to the musical sounds of our DJ
  • Be amazed by one of our entertainers
  • Have the chance to think fast in our Rubik’s Cube Competition and compete on stage in Game 24
 

MathCON 2025 begins promptly at 9 AM and ends with a celebration by 4 PM on Saturday, May 10. Admission for all guests is free.

 MathCON Finals Tentative Schedule

schedule
 

 MathCON Final eBook Practice Tests

  • 10 Practice Tests with solutions in each Final eBook for grades 4–12.
  • Final eBook Practice Tests open on Tuesday, March 14, 2025.
  • Final eBook will be accessible in the student’s portal after Final registration is completed.
  • Maximum score for a Final eBook Practice Test is 300 points.
  • There is no time limit for the Final eBook Practice Tests.
  • Students do not lose any points for wrong or unanswered answers.
  • Students may use a calculator on the test.
  • Students are recommended to take Final eBook Practice Tests before the Final Test.
  • Answers with solutions are provided.
  • Final eBook Practice Tests are open till May 31, 2025.
 

 MathCON Final Test

  • Students will be given 100 minutes to complete 32 problems
  • The first 28 questions are multiple choice and the last four are constructed response questions
  • Paper and pencil only
  • There are no penalties for incorrect answers
  • Calculators are not permitted on the Final Test
 
 
Direction Sheet for Test:
Directions
 

Keynote Speaker - Professor Po Shen Loh

Po Shen Loh
Po-Shen Loh is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the national coach of the USA International Math Olympiad team. He uses math to devise new solutions to real-world problems, and has appeared in national and international newspapers for several discoveries. These days, he runs a program which guides high school math stars to develop extraordinary communication and performance skills while teaching middle and elementary schoolers how to invent their own ways to think about math.
 

Jesse White Tumblers

Jesse White Tumblers
The Jesse White Tumblers is a team, with 7 units, that gives more than 1,500 performances each year at major sporting events and community, business, and charity functions. The Jesse White Tumblers attract national and international attention and have performed throughout the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Belize, China, Israel, Tokyo, Japan, and Zagreb, Croatia. The team has also been featured in commercials, national television shows, and motion pictures.
 

Mentalist Sidney Friedman

Mentalist Sidney Friedman
Mentalist Sidney Friedman combines a telepathic & prediction ability with extraordinary piano virtuosity, plus actually EXPLAINS how it's done. NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS. It's an entertainment and informational show which is unique!! It not only entertains, but it helps you grow and succeed.
 
Sidney is:
  • a mind reader, for lack of a better term
  • a national #1 best-selling author
  • a mind power coach and speaker
  • a futurist
  • perhaps the most accurate prognosticator of news events
  • a pianist, guitarist & composer
  • a "mathemagician"
  • a speaker
  • a believer in helping numerous CHARITIES in their efforts to repair the world
  • and above all, a creative communicator who gets your message across in a way few people are able. He specializes in making corporate entertainment, event entertainment, party entertainment, holiday entertainment, executive entertainment, charity entertainment and all his shows more than just entertainment. He gives his show substance and meaning, leaving your audience feeling something FUN, AMAZING and UPLIFTING, but also with something to think about.

MathCON Room Block Information [SOLD OUT]

 
Hotel: Marriott Marquis Chicago (connected to McCormick Place) [SOLD OUT]
Address: 2121 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616
Room Block Link: https://book.passkey.com/go/math2025
Hotel Phone Number: 1-877-303-0104
Deadline to book: April 11, 2025

Sign Up Forms

At MathCON Finals, we plan on engaging in some fun math games. If you’d like to join us please have your student add their name to the appropriate Google Form. Please sign up for only one game, there are going to be over 600 students at this event and we want to give everyone a chance to play!

10:00 AM Rubik’s Cube Competition for Finalists

Please fill out the Google Form - Get ready for the ultimate challenge at MathCON, where 100 students will go head-to-head, showcasing their skills and speed in our exhilarating Rubik's Cube competition. This game is for MathCON Finalists only.

1:15 PM Game 24 for Finalists

Please fill out the Google Form - In MathCON's Game 24, where strategy meets calculation, 16 selected students will take the stage, creatively employing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to reach the coveted number 24. This game is for MathCON Finalists only.

11:30 AM Game 24 for Guests (Parents/Coaches/Teachers/Family Members)

Please fill out the Google Form - In MathCON's Game 24, where strategy meets calculation, 16 selected guests will take the stage, creatively employing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to reach the coveted number 24. This game is open to all guests.

10:00 AM Adult Volunteer Test Proctor Meeting
Adult Volunteer Google Form - We express our sincere appreciation for our dedicated volunteer test proctors. Your commitment is truly valued. Kindly join us at the proctor meeting starting at 10:00 am and lend your assistance throughout the testing period until 12:40 pm. Thank you for being an integral part of our team!