HOPE Contest
A monthly international contest built entirely around critical thinking.
monthly · grades 2 to 12 · open to every HOPE student
Next contest
September 12, 9:00am EDT
Saturday, September 12. Start any time between 9:00am to 12:00pm EDT, then the clock gives you 30 minutes.
- 10
- questions
- 30
- minutes, once you start
- 9-12
- start any time in the window
- 2-12
- grades, in five divisions
How it works
Four steps, and the first one is the whole entry.
Sign up for HOPE.
Start any time between 9:00am to 12:00pm EDT.
10 questions, 30 minutes.
Most solved wins. Time breaks the tie.
Ranked first on how many your child got right, then on how long they took to do it.
Divisions
Your child races their own grade band.
Each band sits a paper written for it, so a grade 2 student is never ranked against a grade 5 one.
Grades 2 & 3
Grades 4 & 5
Grades 6 & 7
Grades 8 & 9
Grades 10 to 12
Prizes
First place takes a gold medal.
A real medal, posted to them, plus a handful of fun prizes. Every division has its own winner, so there is a first place for every grade band, every month.
How to practise
Do math on HOPE. That is the whole training plan.
HOPE already serves problems at the edge of what your child can do, and the contest is written in the same spirit. Every session is practice.
Why we run it
Kids like competing. A math contest is one of the few things that makes a child want to do more math than anyone asked them for.
Want in? Sign up for HOPE.
An account is the entry and the practice. Nothing else to do.
Questions about the contest? Email pasha@usehope.app.