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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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shank2 · 28/04/2017 05:47

My daughter sat it today - was quite hopeful before going in and but came out saying it was much harder than expected - she had been practicing the past papers.

if you cannot work out the answers 1-15 you might as well guess because it is multiple choice and you do not loose points for a wrong answer but for 16 upwards more marks but marks off if you get it wrong.

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Bach2Bach · 27/04/2017 22:12

I think each incorrect answer to Q 16-20 loses 1 mark and each incorrect answer to Q 21-25 loses 2 marks.

whatstheplanphil · 27/04/2017 20:47

My year 8 ds did it he said it was ok but he didn't answer some of the questions from 16 - 25 because if he got them wrong he would have dropped points .

Sostenueto · 27/04/2017 20:43

My gdd has done the test since yr 7 and is now in year 10 so does the intermediate level. She said this years one harder than last years but she hopes to scrap a bronze. The school doesn't tell them when it is they just get told on the day. The test is meant to stretch their abilities and are hard so they can't guess the answers, also lots of trick questions too, not meant to be serious really but great if they go on to the further olympiads. My gdd hasn't got further than a gold but isn't fazzed about it.

annandale · 27/04/2017 20:29

DS did it (year 8), he said it was hard and nothing else after that. He seemed not too bothered about it which is OK with me.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 27/04/2017 20:25

My Y7 did something, might have been this. She found it very hard. Didn't complete all the questions.

GU24Mum · 27/04/2017 20:23

Ah, was it a national thing? My DD is in Y8 and did one today. She said that Qs 1-15 were OK (ish) but that from 16-20 if you got the question wrong you dropped a mark and I can't remember what the marking was for qs 21-25.

notsomanky · 27/04/2017 20:02

DD did it. She said it was harder than last years.

Peanutbutterrules · 27/04/2017 19:56

DD sat it - said it was hard. A bit dispondant about it.