Challenges

Test your numeracy, logic and creativity skills with the Maths Week Scotland challenges.

Maths Tales Contest 2025

This exciting story-writing competition invites young authors in classes P2 - P7 to create a tale incorporating some maths elements.

Finn's Wild Maths Adventure Contest

This creative competition invites children in P1 and ELC settings to explore and record wild maths around them.

Fibonacci Poetry Contest

For our poetry contest, we are inviting young people of secondary school age, as well as independent adults, to write their own poem based on the Fibonacci Sequence.

MWS Daily Challenge

Each morning during Maths Week Scotland, a puzzle set by the Scottish Mathematical Council is shared on BBC Bitesize.

Maths Wi Nae Borders

Inspired by the annual Mathématiques sans Frontières contest, this mini-competition is for any class to complete together.

Sumdog

Celebrate maths and bring children together across Scotland with a fun online maths contest from Sumdog.

Scotland Rocks

A country-wide times tables competition for schools, which usually takes place the week before Maths Week Scotland.

Maths Inside

Maths inside is a photo competition open to everyone in Scotland - get creative and make mathematical connections!