The CCA Math Bonanza (CCAMB) is an annual math competition for middle and high school students in the Southern California region ran by the Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) Math Team. The 2025 CCAMB will take place Saturday, March 8th, 2025. More details are on its website: https://ccamb.org.

Predict the total number of participants that will attend the 2025 CCAMB. This is defined as the number of participants that compete in the individual round. This should be approximately the total number of participants, but excludes, e.g. not showing up after getting sick on contest day or competing in the team round but skipping the individual round to attend some other event (very rare).

Historical participant counts can be found on the archive section of the website (https://ccamb.org/archive) under the extended results. The 2021 and 2022 Math Bonanzas were online. All other CCAMBs were held in-person at the CCA Campus.

We recently migrated to a new website, and previous announcements / information related to the CCAMB were posted on our website (https://ccamathteam.wordpress.com/ccamathbonanza/), whose historical versions have likely been archived somewhere.

I am the president of the CCA Math Team and am organizing the event. I'm willing to answer questions about behind the scenes stuff. Some other potentially relevant information:

Traditionally, most CCAMB competitors are from San Diego. This year, we're aiming to attract more competitors from Orange County, and we're planning on emailing math circles / schools in that region, which we haven't done too much in the past AFAIK.

This year, CCAMB will have two divisions with separate problems and prize pools. We've had a separate middle school prize pool in the past, but this is the first time the divisions will have separate problems as well.

Last year, our initial competition date conflicted with CSU's Math Day at the Beach (which we weren't aware of), and we moved the competition from Saturday to Sunday ~2 weeks before the planned date. We tried to pick a conflict free date this year.

We're planning on advertising the competition by emailing schools that have participated in the past, local math circles, posting on the Art of Problem Solving forums, and social media (WeChat being the most likely to attract participants). I'll also try to post updates on what we're doing here.

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The CCA Math Bonanza is an excellent opportunity to hone your problem-solving skills, meet other passionate students, and engage in some friendly competition. Join us on our lovely campus for a day full of math, sandwiches, and fun!