Discussions about teaching mathematics both at school, and universities have appeared in recent years. There are a lot of talks on how to get pupils and students interested and involved in acquiring mathematics. One of the ways to involve the best students into additional mathematics studies is inviting them to participate in the mathematical olympiads. Regular mathematical olympiads in Latvia happen since the academic year 1945/46. Nowadays not only the amount of mathematical olympiads is rising, but also their variety: every year there is a State Mathematical olympiad, Open Mathematical olympiad, RIMS Meridian Mathematic competition olympiad, International olympiad “This much or How much?”, International Mathematic competition – game “Kangaroo”, International Scientific mathematical olympiad. Organization of a student mathematical olympiad is also developing in Latvia. For already 8 years there is a Mathematical olympiad for Baltic states students. The aim of the mathematical olympiads is to promote pupils and students interest about mathematical problem solving to create skills and abilities to solve non-standard tasks.