The shelf, then the habit
For the Euclid Mathematics Contest, the CEMC at the University of Waterloo publishes a complete preparation library, built around writing solutions out in full: an eight-module preparation kit shared with the CSMC, open courseware spanning Grades 7–12, live preparation sessions, and fresh problems weekly and monthly. All of it assumes you will write your solutions out in full.
Start where the CEMC says to start: the General Preparation Advice document. The modules that follow are deliberately unsequenced — contest problems “often combine multiple topics,” and the kit refuses to pretend otherwise.
Eight modules, four parts each
The CSMC and Euclid Contest Preparation Material — aimed at Grades 11–12 — covers eight areas: Exponents and Logarithms; Trigonometry; Functions, Equations and Polynomials; Analytic Geometry; Sequences and Series; Euclidean Geometry; Counting and Probability; Properties of Numbers — the same map as the competition pillar’s syllabus. Every module has the same anatomy:
The concepts that matter, stated compactly — theory sized for contest use, not a textbook chapter.
Worked examples with complete written solutions — the graders’ standard of argument, demonstrated.
Self-practice in each topic — where the reading stops and the writing starts.
Posted separately from the problems — design that insists the attempt comes first.
The kit serves the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest too — a close cousin on the family map.
The rest of the CEMC’s toolbox
Courseware for the gaps, sessions for the edge
The CEMC’s Open Courseware offers “lessons, interactive activities, enrichment challenges, and opportunities for practice with feedback.” Named courses run from Grade 7 & 8 Mathematics through the Grade 9–11 sequence to Advanced Functions and Pre-Calculus, Calculus and Vectors, and Problem Solving and Mathematical Discovery. Its job in a Euclid plan: closing curriculum gaps before contest-level work begins.
Each season the CEMC adds four 90-minute live Euclid preparation sessions, open worldwide and built on the eight modules — the modern successor of the legacy “Euclid eWorkshop.”
A study path by grade
For calibration: student lore includes a writer who reached the top 25% on a couple of casual hours with past papers — a true story and a bad plan.
The desk behind this site also publishes its own Euclid Lecture Notes — billed as “the first dedicated teaching material specifically written for the Euclid Competition,” graded from fundamentals to the hard finish. Ask at the desk to pair them with the official kit.
Materials are free. Direction is the edge.
Take the official toolkits with the desk’s archive and a placed starting level — all four offers stand.
1998–2026 past papers, free — contests, solutions and categorized question banks.
9.9 RMB trial lesson — one full placed lesson before any course decision.
2027 registration service — an authorized test-centre seat, paperwork handled.
488 / 888 RMB scholarships — desk-registered writers reaching Distinction / honour rolls.
Scan to claim on WeChatFive questions about the materials
What does the Euclid preparation material actually cover?
Eight topic modules shared with the CSMC, open courseware across Grades 7–12, live preparation sessions each season, and fresh problems weekly and monthly. For the papers themselves, this desk’s 1998–2026 set is free to claim — scan the code on this page.
Where should Euclid preparation start?
With the CEMC’s General Preparation Advice document, attached to the CSMC and Euclid preparation material. Then work the eight modules in the order of your weaknesses, and move to timed past papers once the toolkits stop surprising you.
What happened to the Euclid eWorkshop?
It was the CEMC’s legacy self-paced online workshop; the name still circulates in older guides. Its role passed to the eight-module preparation material and the live prep sessions — four 90-minute sessions per season, open worldwide.
Which books go beyond the official material?
For geometry, Evan Chen’s text — 311 pages, over 300 competition problems from around the world — takes Euclidean geometry deeper than the official toolkit does. The official kit remains the spine; books are muscle.
Why aren’t the eight modules ordered from easy to hard?
By design. The CEMC keeps the material non-hierarchical because contest problems “often combine multiple topics.” Study by weakness rather than by sequence, and let mixed past papers do the combining for you.