International Math Championship Syllabus

Grade 1 Syllabus

• Numbers up to 100, place value and number patterns
• Addition and subtraction
• Skip counting and basic multiplication concepts
• Basic measurement: length, weight and capacity
• Time, money and simple word problems

Grade 2 Syllabus

• Numbers up to 1,000, place value and ordering
• Addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Multiplication and basic division
• Fractions: halves, thirds and quarters
• Length, weight, capacity, time and money problems

Grade 3 Syllabus

• Numbers, place value and arithmetic operations
• Multiplication and division
• Fractions and equivalent fractions (basics)
• Factors, multiples and number patterns
• Measurement, perimeter and area (basics)
• Time, money and numerical word problems

Grade 4 Syllabus

• Large numbers and arithmetic operations
• Factors, multiples, prime numbers and divisibility
• Fractions and decimals
• Geometry: angles, shapes, perimeter and area
• Data handling, averages and numerical reasoning

Grade 5 Syllabus

• Decimal and fraction operations
• Percentages, ratio and proportion (basics)
• Factors, multiples, HCF and LCM
• Geometry: angles, triangles, perimeter, area and volume
• Averages, numerical data and multi-step word problems

Grade 6 Syllabus

• Whole numbers, integers and rational numbers (basics)
• Fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion
• Percentages and the unitary method
• Introduction to algebra and simple equations
• Geometry, mensuration and numerical data handling

Grade 7 Syllabus

• Rational numbers and their operations
• Algebraic expressions and linear equations
• Percentages, profit, loss and discount
• Exponents, powers and number patterns
• Geometry, mensuration, averages and probability basics

Grade 8 Syllabus

• Rational numbers, exponents and powers
• Algebraic expressions, identities and factorisation
• Linear equations in one variable
• Percentages, profit, loss, discount, ratio and proportion
• Mensuration: perimeter, area, surface area and volume
• Data handling and probability

Online and Pen-Paper Exam Compatibility

The championship syllabus supports both online multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and pen-paper assessments. Questions may use numbers, mathematical symbols, equations, written descriptions and text-based numerical data. Online questions will not require students to interpret an image or diagram to determine the answer.

Curriculum Alignment

This is an independent, board-inclusive competition syllabus broadly informed by NEP 2020 principles and common mathematics learning objectives across CBSE, ICSE/CISCE and Cambridge curricula. Topic sequencing may differ between boards and schools. This is not an official syllabus issued or endorsed by any of these boards.