Brenyó Mihály Points Maths Competition

“The desire for knowledge is an innate longing of the soul, …it only needs to be awakened.”
– Bolyai Farkas

Mathematics is one of the sciences in which a gift for above-average achievement shows itself relatively early. It is important that as many children and the people around them as possible recognise this in time, and encourage the gift to develop into ability. To this end, the Mureș County School Inspectorate and Bolyai Farkas Theoretical High School are announcing the Brenyó Mihály Points Maths Competition (Pontszerző) for pupils in grades 3–4 for the twenty-sixth time.

Aims of the competition

To recognise gifts for above-average achievement, to encourage these gifts to develop into abilities, to measure and stimulate logical thinking, to develop perseverance, fighting spirit and willpower, and to promote mathematics.

Registration and participation

• The competition is open to pupils in grades 3–4 in Romania whose mother tongue is Hungarian.
• Any number of competitors may enter from one school.
• Registration is free and voluntary.
• Pupils are entered by their primary school teachers, or by their parents (if the teachers do not do so).

When registering, please send the following details: the name of the teacher preparing the pupil, the official name of the school, the town or village, the grade, the teacher's (or parent's) telephone number and e-mail address, and the name(s) of the competitor(s).

The registration deadline is 23 October 2026. Please send registrations to [email protected].

The first three rounds are correspondence rounds, based on solving problems independently at home. The problem sets are e-mailed to the teachers/parents of the registered pupils, and can also be downloaded here. Each problem set contains five problems; the pupils have three to four weeks to solve them.

Solutions must be sent by the deadline to the following postal address: Horea utca 19. szám, Marosvásárhely. Please write on the envelope: Pontszerző Matematikaverseny.

The solutions submitted are marked and assessed by a committee of primary school teachers and mathematics teachers. The scores and the marking key are e-mailed to the teachers/parents; teachers can collect the marked papers from the reception desk of the organising school. The total scores and the list of pupils who qualify for the county final will be announced by 8 February 2027.

A supervised written competition held in person, on Saturday 20 March 2027 at 9:00, in the Bolyai Farkas Theoretical High School building at Horea utca 19. Only pupils who took part in every correspondence round and collected more than the total score set by the organising committee are invited to this final.

The supervised written regional final will be held on 29 May 2027 at Bolyai Farkas Theoretical High School in Târgu Mureș, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Research, the Mureș County School Inspectorate and Transylvanian sponsors. Each county is represented in each grade by its 1–5 most successful pupils, in proportion to the number of competitors who took part in the county final. Notification of this and the competition programme will be sent out by 31 March.

We wish all competitors the best of luck!
The organisers of the Brenyó Mihály Points Maths Competition