Putnam Exam & Training

The 87th Putnam Competition will take place on Saturday, December 5th, 2026. It is an annual math contest for undergraduates throughout the North America. Beginning this year, the structure of the competition will shift from two three-hour sessions to four ninety-minute sessions (11:00 am - 12:30 pm, 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm) with 3 problems for each session.

You can visit the official website https://maa.org/putnam/ for more information.

The contest questions range from a variety of topics:

• fun questions & games
• calculus & analysis
• sequences & series
• inequalities
• polynomials
• number theory
• counting & probability
• matrices & linear algebra
• abstract algebra
• differential equations
• ......

Dr. Michael Griffin and I are planning to hold practice sessions to gear up your problem-solving skills. Please reach out to us if you are interested.