Global Math Challenge (GMC) is a worldwide math competition held online and hosted by Sony Global Education, Inc.
Great brainteasers in this contest will excite & fascinate math lovers both young and old. Enjoy competing with math fans all over the world, from the USA to Japan, China and beyond!
Sign Up
Register your email address to get started. We'll then soon be in touch to help you make an account – simply follow the link in the email.
Test Registration
Here you can sign up for an account - choose if you would like to take the free Trial Plan or the Standard Plan which provides in-depth analysis based on your results.
Online Test
On the day of the test log in to My Page and take the test alongside challengers from all over the world.
Score Report
Shortly after the test you will be able to check your results on My Page. Standard Plan users will be able to get access to the in-depth test analysis in addition to their results and global ranking.
Challenge your true mathematical creativity
Global Math Challenge gives you carefully selected, beautifully presented questions devised by the Japan Prime Math Olympic Committee*.
Different from what you may find in other math contests, GMC asks you to combine both your intelligence & intuition every step of the way. Discover your true math sense with Global Math Challenge.
* The Japan Prime Math Olympic Committee have been running the premier math contests in Japan for over 20 years. Supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, the Prime Math Olympics helps to draw out and enhance ability in mathematics.
Compete with math lovers worldwide
Everybody can equally compete in math. It's the same language worldwide, with no cultural or national boundaries.
Challenge yourself and measure your skill against math fans worldwide, from Bengaluru to Beijing, Tokyo to New York.
Take your thinking skills to the next level
Once you have completed the challenge, The GMC 5 Thinking Strategies will give you unique insights into your thinking process. Do you rush through questions? Take a more considered approach? The 5 Thinking Strategies will help you find out and give actionable advice on how to improve your growth mindset.
Math is the world’s common language.
Math exists everywhere across the globe - you can communicate with people all over the world using math as a ‘language’.
Your math skills can be your passport to the forefront of almost any field of endeavor.
Kenichiro Mogi
Japanese brain scientist. Senior researcher of Sony Computer Science Laboratories. Graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree of science and law. Received a Ph.D. with the thesis "Mathematical Model of Muscle Contraction” in 1992. Completed PH.D program in Cambridge University.
Use math as a way to view the world.
Math is an essential component of the STEM equation and is crucial for students' futures. Through the Global Math Challenge we are not only encouraging young people to engage with math, we are encouraging them to use math as a way to view the world, a way to find patterns and reason, and a way to seek answers that builds confidence when addressing personal and global challenges.
Celina Morgan-Standard
Senior Vice President of Global Business Development at The New York Academy of Sciences
The world is made of math.
Math is a language that enables communication beyond all kinds of walls. It is a fruit of human wisdom that has been created over the years. You are part of the world that is made of math. Let's use your math skills to challenge the world.
Susumu Sakurai
A Japanese Science Navigator®. Graduated from Department of Mathematics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He started his series of lectures as the first Science Navigator from Japan in 2000, and has also written several books on math.
