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Monthly Mathematics Challenge

The UL Lafayette mathematics department Monthly Mathematics Challenge provides an opportunity to engage in problem solving. Each month we will post a set of problems. You will have at least one month to tackle the problems and submit your solutions. We will include problems at various levels of difficulty. We hope that you will find these problems sufficiently challenging to pique your interest.

Solutions (to one or all of the problems) can be emailed to or handed in to Calvin Berry (cberry@louisiana.edu) or Leonel Robert (lrobert@louisiana.edu). Correct solutions will be acknowledged on this web page.

The Challenge is not operating at this time. (12 September 2020)


Fall 2019

September 2019

Problems for September 2019 (pdf). (Solutions may be submitted at any time.)


Spring 2019

April 2019

Problems for April 2019 (pdf). Problem 3 corrected version. (Solutions may be submitted at any time.)


January 2019

Problems for January 2019 (pdf). (Solutions may be submitted at any time.)


Fall 2018

September 2018

Problems for September 2018 (pdf). (Solutions may be submitted at any time.) Problem 2 revised 9-27-18!


Spring 2018

March 2018

Problems for March 2018 (pdf). (Solutions may be submitted at any time.)


February 2018

Problems for February 2018 (pdf). (Solutions may be submitted at any time.)


January 2018

Problems for January 2018 (pdf) (Solutions may be submitted at any time.)


Fall 2017

October 2017

Problems for October 2017 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 12/15/2017.)


Spring 2017

February 2017

Problems for February 2017 (pdf) These problems are carried over from November 2016. (Solutions must be submitted by 3/15/2017.)


Fall 2016

November 2016

Problems for November 2016 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 12/15/2016.)


October 2016

Problems for October 2016 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 11/15/2016.)


September 2016

Problems for September 2016 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 10/1/2016.)


May - August 2016

Problems for May - August 2016 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 08/31/2016.)


April 2016

Problems for April 2016 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 05/15/2016.)

Abhinav Chand solved all of the April 2016 problems

Solutions for April 2016 (pdf) -- These solutions are based on the solutions submitted by Abhinav Chand.


March 2016

Problems for March 2016 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 04/15/2016.)

Abhinav Chand solved all of the March 2016 problems

Solutions for March 2016 (pdf) -- These solutions are based on the solutions submitted by Abhinav Chand.


February 2016

Problems for February 2016 (pdf) (Solutions must be submitted by 03/15/2016.)

Abhinav Chand solved all of the February 2016 problems

Solutions for February 2016 (pdf) -- These solutions are based on the solutions submitted by Abhinav Chand.


Note: You may also be interested in our Math Club.