Math Prize For Girls (MPFG)

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The Math Prize for Girls is the world’s largest mathematics competition created exclusively for young women. Each autumn it gathers about 250 of North America’s most promising middle- and high-school mathematicians on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The competition normally takes place on a weekend in early October annually.

Designed to narrow persistent gender gaps in STEM, the contest prioritizes creative insight over routine calculation. During a fast-paced 150-minute session, participants tackle twenty short-answer questions drawn from algebra, geometry, number theory and combinatorics, problems crafted to challenge even veteran Olympiad contenders. No calculus is required; instead, success depends on elegant reasoning and deep conceptual clarity.

The day offers far more than the test itself. Students attend inspiring keynote lectures by leading mathematicians, share meals and ideas with like-minded peers, and tour MIT’s cutting-edge research laboratories. A celebratory awards ceremony, streamed worldwide, honors each finalist before university faculty, industry leaders and national media.

Since its founding, the event has mentored a generation of female innovators who now thrive at top universities and drive advances across science, technology, engineering and mathematics. By affirming young women’s mathematical identities at a pivotal age, the Math Prize for Girls continues to transform individual lives and the broader STEM landscape alike.

Resources

Links

• Official Website of MPFG and Past Problems & Solutions of all competing years