About Algebra Contest
Algebra Contest is a free resource for students, educators, and math enthusiasts who want to go deeper than the syllabus — through the kind of problems competitions are built on.
What you'll find here
Our Resources library covers the ground you'd expect and a bit more:
- Core techniques — factoring, substitution, completing the square, systems, inequalities, logarithms, the binomial theorem
- Advanced topics — polynomial identities, complex numbers, symmetric sums, modular arithmetic, matrix algebra
- Contest strategy — preparation plans, pacing, estimation, and what to do when a problem stalls
- Foundations — the common mistakes that cost marks, and how to translate a word problem into an equation
- Practice & puzzles — problems worth solving for their own sake, with full reasoning
- Competition culture — where algebra contests came from and where they're going
When you're ready to put it into practice, our Algebra Activities turn passive reading into something you actually did.
Our approach
Every article starts from the problem, not the formula. We show the method being chosen, the algebra being done, and the check at the end — because the gap between "I understand this" and "I can do this under time pressure" is exactly where contest marks are won and lost.
Get in touch
Spotted an error? Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Using our material with a class? Drop us a line — we read every message.