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UKMT Junior Maths Challenge

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shank2 · 27/04/2017 19:11

Did your y/y8 son /daughter sit the Maths challenge today and if they did -did they find it easy/hard

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PaleAzureofSummer · 17/05/2017 18:32

Dd got silver. She was the one earlier in the thread who didn't read/listen to the instructions about not filling the questions in with guesses. (I've name changed since then.) No idea what she would have got if she had listened and whether she got lucky/unlucky. Pleased anyway with the silver.

GHGN · 17/05/2017 15:23

The puzzles on these key rings are interesting and hard. I gave my lot theirs and they were spending a whole bus journey to figure it out like any maths geek would do. They decoded the message on the key ring this year but couldn't work out what it is about. I would be interested to know if anyone else knows.

LadyPeterWimsey · 17/05/2017 14:13

DS would explode with happiness at a key ring, let alone an actual medal.

GHGN · 16/05/2017 19:52

Pupils (and teachers) get a goodies bag each if the school takes part in the team challenges. Over the year, I have built up a collection of pencil cases, pencils, rubbers, note pads, a water bottle from this year Senior team national final :)

For the individual challenge, you get a key ring and a book contains the 2nd round papers & solutions.

Get to the top of the Olympiad competitions, you get book prizes. Also in the British Olympiad, you get actual medals.

LadyPeterWimsey · 16/05/2017 19:07

Team maths challenge sounds likely, thanks.

noblegiraffe · 16/05/2017 18:57

If you qualify for the Olympiad you get a keyring with a maths puzzle on.

There's a team maths challenge that would be held somewhere else that you might be remembering?

LadyPeterWimsey · 16/05/2017 18:55

We definitely have a kitbag with the UKMT logo on floating about, but this was years and years ago - will ask older DC when they wake up in their present time zone!

Fortunately DS can think of nothing better to do with a weekend then to try some maths questions Hmm so we'll do what you did, chasingsquirrels, and download some papers.

Chasingsquirrels · 16/05/2017 18:44

Ds didn't get any goodies from the Olympiad, and I'm pretty sure there isn't another stage - just the higher levels as you get older, so Junior, Intermediate, Senior and then the International competitions.

LadyPeterWimsey · 16/05/2017 18:41

Thanks, chasingsquirrels, that's good to know about the different format.

We have a vague memory of older DC doing a maths challenge somewhere other than school and coming back with freebies of various sorts - is that the Olympiad stage or a further stage beyond that?

Chasingsquirrels · 16/05/2017 18:24

For those through to the Olympiad - the format is completely different, written proofs of questions. I downloaded some past papers for ds last year and he was just flummoxed at first look. I talked him though a few, he actually knew the answers but didn't know how to go about presenting what they asked for, and he did quite a bit of practice in his own - and did quite well in the actual Olympiad. But if he'd have gone into it without seeing those practice papers he'd have had no idea.

iseenodust · 16/05/2017 18:21

LadyP that's fab !

socialanxietysrus · 16/05/2017 18:18

Peter, that's great!!

socialanxietysrus · 16/05/2017 18:17

Empress, Silver is great!

EmpressoftheMundane · 16/05/2017 17:04

DD told us last name got that she got a silver which is marvellous. Nothing about kangaroos or olympiads. I assume that is for the DC scoring really, really well.

She is pleased and so are we.

LadyPeterWimsey · 16/05/2017 16:46

DS (Year 7) very happy as although he doesn't know his score he is through to the Olympiad, and came top of both his year and the year above.

Unfortunately, even though we have a DC who has done all this Maths Challenge stuff before, we can't remember anything about the Olympiad. Does anyone know what happens next?

noblegiraffe · 16/05/2017 10:34

Results were emailed to schools yesterday, so expect to hear soon!

iseenodust · 16/05/2017 09:31

Happy for DS that he scored into Kangaroo terrority. Nice surprise as he is in yr8 and I don't think school put him in for this in yr7.

BettertoChange · 15/05/2017 11:35

Sorry! got last year's thresholds wrong. Last year Kangaroo 93-112, Olympiad 113+.

BettertoChange · 15/05/2017 11:30

The 2017 JMC follow-on round qualification scores are: Kangaroo - 86; Olympiad - 107! 10 marks less than last year.

ifunsurejustask · 11/05/2017 17:16

They announce it on Twitter when they release the results, but nothing there yet. See here: twitter.com/UKMathsTrust

Fab39ish · 11/05/2017 16:20

My Dd has done it in the past but not this year sadly due to a new head of maths. She normally gets bronze or silver

Peanutbutterrules · 11/05/2017 08:42

We've not heard anything...was wondering if it was because DD didn't do well enough to get an award of any sort.

socialanxietysrus · 09/05/2017 22:10

Bumping as I'm expecting the results to be released soon?

ToffeeCaramel · 29/04/2017 12:51

Yes, I wrote earlier in the thread that it would be a good lesson for her for future exams.

Allthebestnamesareused · 29/04/2017 12:13

ToffeeCaramel The mark scheme is printed on the front page anyway so it wouldn't be down to not listening but also not reading the instructions too!

That should be a valuable "exam life" lesson for your DD too. Always read the instructions and what you are being asked to do.

As regards the certificates which are sent to the schools as blanks to complete my understanding is that the schools can opt in or out of this as there is a small fee to pay for this part of the service.

The papers and solutions are already online
www.ukmt.org.uk/individual-competitions/junior-challenge/