Preamble:

The first official Talent Competition started in the year 1968.

rd
53
NATIONAL
MATHEMATICS
TALENT CONTESTS
Organised by

Last date for Response: 15th November 2021

Office
B – 19, Vijay Avenue,
New No : 85, Old No : 37, Venkatarangam Street,
Triplicane, Chennai – 600 005.
Phone : 044-2844 1523.
E-mail: support@amtionline.com
Website: amtionline.com
For more details, please see our website (Under NMTC head)
The AMTI is a pioneer organization in promoting and
conducting Mathematics Talent Tests in India. Last
year (in the 52nd National level tests), in spite of
prevailing pandemic, 1142 institutions spread all over
India participated at the screening level. About 10% of
them were selected for the finals. Merit certificates and
prizes were awarded to the deserving students selected
in the final.
We now announce
the 53 rd
Inter - State Competitions.
AIM OF THE TESTS:

To identify and encourage students who have the

capacity for original and creative thinking,
willingness to attempt unfamiliar and non-routine
problems, exhibiting a general mathematical ability
appropriate to their level.

PARTICIPANTS:

Students from Schools, Junior Colleges of all boards,

Degree Colleges and Technical Institutions in India.

Primary Gauss Contest V and VI Standards

Sub-Junior Kaprekar Contest VII and VIII Standards
Junior Bhaskara Contest IX and X Standards
Inter Ramanujan Contest XI and XII Standards
Degree Classes in
Senior Aryabhata Contest Arts, Science &
Technical Institutions

MEDIUM:

The medium will be only ENGLISH (for all levels).

FEES :
Rs.150/- per candidate ( Out of this, Rs.125/- only
per candidate should be sent to AMTI, institution
retaining Rs.25/- only per candidate for all expenses;
no further claim can be made by the institution for
any type of expenses).

SYLLABUS:
Recommended topics for NMTC exam
PRIMARY:
ARITHMETIC: Fractions, percentages, profit and loss, tests
of divisibility, LCM, HCF, Ratio and proportion, Calendar
MENSURATION: Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles.
ALGEBRA: Algebra as literal Arithmetic, Addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division of simple Arithmetic
expressions.
GEOMETRY: Straight lines, parallel lines, Angle properties
of triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons.

SUB JUNIOR:
All the topics for primary and,
ARITHMETIC: Square roots and cube roots, Allegation,
average , time and work, time and distance, Races, Games
of skill, Travelling around a circle.
MENSURATION: Three Dimensional: cubes, cuboids,
sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramids.
ALGEBRA: Algebraic equations of degree 1 and degree 2.
Algebraic identities, factorization of algebraic expressions,
laws of indices, basics of surds.
GEOMETRY: Triangle inequalities, parallelograms,
trapezoids, Pythagoras theorem.
NUMBER THEORY: Prime and composite numbers,
divisibility.
[Note: Apart from these, the children shall practise to
solve logical questions in basic mathematics].
JUNIOR:

All the topics for Primary, Sub junior and the

following:

ALGEBRA: Quadratic and Higher degree Algebraic

equations, Remainder theorem, Logarithms,
Sequences and series, Scales of notations,
Mathematical Induction, Basic inequalities.
GEOMETRY: Circle theorems, Chords, Arcs, Angles in
segments, Cyclic Quadrilaterals, Tangents, Alternate
Segment theorem, intersecting chord theorem,
Apollonius theorem, and Stewart’s theorem.
NUMBER THEORY: Modular arithmetic, Greatest
Integer function, least integer functions.
COMBINATORICS: Fundamental principle of
counting, Basics of permutations and combinations,
Principle of inclusion and exclusion, Pigeon hole
principle.

INTER:
All the topics for Primary, Sub Junior, Junior and the
following:

ALGEBRA: Polynomials, inequalities, (C-S inequality),

Functional equations.
GEOMETRY: Trigonometric, vector, Coordinate
Geometric and Complex number methods may be
used.
NUMBER THEORY: Fermat and Wilson theorem,
Diophantine equations.
COMBINATORICS: Counting techniques, Recurrence
relations.
SENIOR:
(ARYABHATTA CONTEST FOR COLLEGE LEVEL):
It is a three hours examination of subjective questions
with the syllabus of typical B.Sc Mathematics course.

MODE OF EXAMINATION

Every candidate except the senior level will take two

tests- Preliminary Test and Final Test.
Senior (Degree College) level students will take only the
final test.
The date and time of the examination stipulated by
AMTI should be strictly followed and can not be
altered by the centers.

PRELIMINARY TEST:
The Preliminary test will be conducted by the
participating schools, the venue being the respective
schools and the Question paper will be sent by AMTI
on the day of the test. The Principal or the person
authorized by him/her shall be the centre-in-charge
for the proper conduct of the examinations.
The top 10% of students based on the Preliminary test
performance will be selected by the respective schools.
 Preliminary test will be of objective type for
Primary, Sub-Junior, Junior and Inter levels and
will be of 2 hours duration.
 As the objective of the Competition is to spot out,
encourage and recognize the young talents, the
papers will be set to match these objectives.
 In order to encourage the participation of students
from various institutions following various
curriculums across the Nation, the question papers
in the first level will comprise of questions that test
 their problem solving skills in their respective
levels.
 The Preliminary level questions will comprise of
Multiple choice , Fill in the blanks problems, etc.
roughly with the following levels of difficulty:

 20% of the questions that are of moderate level

 80% of questions with higher level of difficulty,
somewhat similar to Olympiad.

The responses in the preliminary test will be written

in the response sheets which will be provided by the
AMTI. The institution will conduct the preliminary
test in its own premises; the objective type
preliminary papers will also be evaluated by the
respective institutions (based on the key that will be
supplied by AMTI on the next day of preliminary
exam.) and the list of top 10% scorers only at each
level in the Preliminary Test will be intimated to us.

Important Note: If more students qualify for any level

from an institution, please use your discretion to
shortlist and send only 10% to AMTI. In case,
additional names are communicated to AMTI, the
excess students over and above10%, will be dropped
by us.

Students selected at the Preliminary level test will get

certificates which may be treated as the Hall Ticket
for the final examination.

FINAL (SECOND LEVEL) TEST:

Only the candidates selected at the preliminary level

can appear for the final.
It is 3- hours test of subjective type questions
reflecting the syllabi of PRMO, RMO, INMO and IMO.
These second level tests will be conducted only at the
centres authorized by the AMTI.

Special Note:
Answer books of the final test containing the solutions
written by participants should be dispatched on the
same day of the examination and delayed receipts will
not be entertained.
Answer sheets (un-ruled only, preferably A4 size) for
the Final test have to be supplied by the respective
schools.

The date and time of the examination cannot be altered

by the centers on any account.

TIME SCHEDULE
th
Last Date for entries 15 November 2021
th
Stage-1 Preliminary Test 04 December 2021
(Saturday) 2 p.m. to 4 p.m
th
Declaration of results of Stage-1 18 December 2021
test
nd
Stage-2 Final Test 22 January 2022
(Saturday) 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Dispatch of Answer Books from The same day
the Centres to AMTI (Speed Post or courier)
st
Announcement of Results 31 March 2022
* Late entries may not be entertained

THE DECISION OF THE AMTI IS FINAL IN ALL MATTERS.

FOLLOW UP PROGRAMME:
Cash Awards to the top 3 winners in each level at the
finals, (1st position Rs.5000/-, 2nd Rs.2500/- and 3rd
Rs.1250/-), Merit Certificates for them and others
selected at the final level with some cash award for the
latter also will be given based on their revealing a
reasonable level of mathematical maturity. Enrichment
contact courses are likely to be organized for the
promising toppers.

How to apply:

Institutions:

 Download the Institution- Data Consolidation

Sheet and Excel format from our website -
amtionline.com under the head “NMTC” .
 The school should fill up both Institution - Data
Consolidation Sheet and Excel format. After that
scan both of them and send it to AMTI through
email support@amtionline.com along with the
details of fees transfer. Incomplete entries are not
acceptable.
 Fill in the details (in English)
 Amount transfer appropriately (Online account
transfer (NEFT, IMPS, etc.) (Namely, Rs. 125 
number of entries – only for institutions).
Bank : Axis Bank
Account Type : Saving account
Account Number : 920010074677919
IFSC code : UTIB0000006
Branch : Mylapore, Chennai-600004.
 Registration will not be done without payment
completed properly.
 The amount paid once is NOT REFUNDABLE on
any account.
Open Quota:

A few institutions, due to some difficulties, may not be

able to send their students to participate in the
contest. Such students can register directly under
open quota. Contest for these open quota students will
be conducted only at the centres listed in the form.
(Select any one Centre from the AMTI available
list) Requests for any other centre will not be
entertained.

Such students shall adhere to the following procedure:

 Download the Open Quota- Data Consolidation

Sheet – from our website- amtionline.com under
the head “NMTC” -
 Open quota students also fill up the Open Quota -
Data Consolidation Sheet and send the scan copy
along with the fees transfer details to AMTI through
email support@amtionline.com along with the fees
transfer details.
 Fill in the details (in English)
 Amount transfer appropriately (Online account
transfer NEFT, IMPS, etc.) (Namely, Rs. 150 per
individual entry).
Bank : Axis Bank
Account Type : Saving account
Account Number : 920010074677919
IFSC code : UTIB0000006
Branch : Mylapore, Chennai-600004.
 Inform AMTI by email support@amtionline.com
 Registration will not be done without payment
completed properly.
 The amount paid once is NOT REFUNDABLE on
any account.
 POINTS TO REMEMBER: NMTC 2021-22
 Read the details of 2021-22 NMTC.
 Fill in the Application Form with relevant details
properly.
 Make the payment by online to complete your
registration.
 Keep checking our website for updates and further
information on NMTC 2021-22.

ADDITIONAL POINTS TO NOTE

1. Entries in the proforma given only will be
processed.
2. Last date of receipt at Chennai office will be
15th November 2021.
3. The exact registered name of the institution as in
bank should be incorporated in the application
form. There have been instances of names not
registered suitably with post offices and banks as
our communications were not delivered.
4. For final examination candidates should report
only at the centres fixed and no change will be
permitted. If for any reason they are unable to do
so they will forfeit the chance. No further claim will
be entertained. Candidates may report with photo
ID cards issued by respective institutions where
they study in the centre for taking the final exam
along with our certificate of the preliminary exam.
5. Results are declared after taking enough care,
checking and cross checking only. No claim for
change communication of individual scores etc.,
will be entertained.
6. Every effort is taken by AMTI to communicate
particulars well on time. Individual reminders (by
 telephone or email) cannot be done except in cases
of emergency.
7. This being a talent contest at all India level for
final, marks alone do not speak. We may decide
merit holders by interviews also, if found
necessary.
8. Centres for final level will be intimated to
participating schools later well on time.

A few recommended books for Guidance :

1. AMTI PUBLICATIONS: Available at AMTI office.
Contact: support@amtionline.com. (See our website)
amtionline.com under the head of “Book list”)
2. Combinatorics for Mathematical Olympiads by Dr. S.
Muralidaran. Contact support@amtionline.com.
3. Problem solving strategies by Arthur Engel.
4. Elements of Geometry (Part I –VI) by S. Barnard, J.M.
Child
5. Mathematical circles ( Russian Experience) by Dmitri et
al
6. Olympiad Maths by M.K. Singhal and A.R. Singhal
7. Elementary Trigonometry by H.S.Hall & S.R. Knight
8. Elementary Algebra for School, by H.S. Hall and S.R.
Knight
9. Challenge and Thrill of Pre college Mathematics, V.
Krishnamurthy et al, New Age International Publishers
10. Adventures in Problem solving by Shirali Shailesh,
University Press.

DR. R. SANTHI DR. M. PALANIVASAN

Secretary Talents Exams., General Secretary,
AMTI AMTI