Australian Maths Trust

Maths Enrichment

Maths Enrichment

Date

Monday 30 March to Friday 16 October 2026

Time

 12–16 weeks

Cost

AUD $55.20 Ramanujan, Newton, Dirichlet

AUD $56.00 Euler, Gauss

AUD $56.20 Noether, Pólya

Maths Enrichment is an extension program for talented students to widen their mathematical knowledge and skills.

Teachers receive comprehensive printed support material to extend both student learning and their own mathematical teaching practice. Enrichment material develops mathematical concepts not covered by the standard curriculum. Printed materials can be retained by students as an enduring reference through their school years. 

Teacher sets include:

  • a Teacher Guide with full problem solutions and detailed marking schemes
  • one Student Problems booklet per student with unique problems each year
  • one Student Notes book per student with a structured course of extension material.

Maths Enrichment is designed to be run over 12–16 weeks, with around 1 hour of class time and around 2–3 hours of individual study time per week.

Like all our competitions and programs, Maths Enrichment contains unique problems designed each year by leading educators and academics to challenge and extend your students’ problem-solving skills.

Key Dates

2026

  • Entries close:
    Friday 24 July 2026
  • Submission of student solutions (if marked by AMT) closes:
    Friday 25 September 2026
  • Submission of Enrichment Results Spreadsheet closes:
    Friday 16 October 2026
  • Late submission of Enrichment Results Spreadsheet closes:
    Friday 13 November 2026

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Divisions

  • Stages are not limited to school years, however general recommendations are as follows:

    Ramanujan – Australian Years 4 and 5

    Newton – Australian Years 5 and 6

    Dirichlet – Australian Years 6 and 7

    Euler – Australian Years 7 and 8

    Gauss– Australian Years 8 and 9

    Noether – Capable or very capable Australian Years 9 and 10

    Pólya – Top 10% Australian Year 10

Question and Answer Format

  • Ramanujan, Newton, Dirichlet – 8 problems, written answers
  • Euler, Gauss – 10 problems, written answers
  • Noether, Pólya – 16 problems, written answers

Delivery Option

  • Printed problems provided, marking is done by teacher and marks submitted online
  • The experience of teachers using this program has been that students’ understanding of the problems is enhanced when teachers mark the student submissions and use the materials provided to give feedback.

TOPICS

Ramanujan

Includes fast arithmetic, special numbers (squares, triangular numbers, primes), counting techniques, polyominoes and specific problem-solving techniques.

Newton

Includes estimation, polyhedra, divisibility, sequences, patterns (including Fibonacci numbers), colouring graphs, arithmetics in different bases and specific problem-solving techniques.

Dirichlet

Includes logic problems, sequences, tessellations, counting techniques, primes and composites, clock arithmetic and specific problem-solving techniques.

Euler

Includes prime decomposition and the Euclidean algorithm, further counting techniques, graphs and networks, methods of proof including
the pigeonhole principle, introductory Diophantine equations, properties of angles, other number bases, sequences and figurate numbers, and modular arithmetic.

*New edition in 2024.

Gauss

Includes further sequences and counting techniques, properties of area and parallel lines, prime decomposition, congruence and similarity, expanding and factorising, the extended Euclidean algorithm and nonlinear Diophantine equations, Pythagoras’ theorem, and further modular arithmetic.

* New edition in 2026

Noether

Includes expansion and factorisation, inequalities, sequences and series, number bases, methods of proof, congruences, circles and tangents.

Pólya

Includes functions, symmetric polynomials, geometry, inequalities, functional equations, number theory, counting and graph theory.

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Scoring System

Ramanujan, Newton, Dirichlet – 8 problems of 4 marks each. Total 32 marks.

Euler, Gauss – 10 problems of 4 marks each. Total 40 marks.

Noether, Pólya – 16 problems of 4 marks each. Total 64 marks.

Award Criteria

All students receive an award according to the criteria below.

Ramanujan, Newton, Dirichlet, Euler and Gauss

  • High Distinction top 10%
  • Distinction the next 15%
  • Credit the next 25%
  • All other students receive a Participation certificate.

Noether and Pólya

  • High Distinction top 15%
  • Distinction the next 15%
  • Credit the next 30%
  • All other students receive a Participation certificate.

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