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Junior Maths Olympiad

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PenguinsRabbits · 12/06/2019 20:58

DD just sat this and has asked me to ask if anyone else's child sat it and how they found it or anyone know how they mark.

DD thinks she got 10/10 on A and on B thinks she had 2/6 correct answers with full method on all. One of others she said method was all correct then she wrote down wrong answer. Confused She's not had any help with method though so not sure how good will be compared to their marking system.

Thanks!

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PenguinsRabbits · 09/07/2019 17:24

Have you got results yet? DDs school say Olympiad hasn't arrived but just asked UKMT and they said they should have them. They have Kangaroo but that's e-mail.

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GrouchingTiggerHiddenSomething · 28/06/2019 09:42

Yes the thresholds are much higher than last year! I think we heard first Wednesday of July last year so I expect we'll hear next week. It will be very interesting to see how they have marked it.

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PenguinsRabbits · 27/06/2019 17:15

Guardian published three of the B questions and solutions.

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PenguinsRabbits · 27/06/2019 17:14

Thresholds have just came out - are much higher this year than last though. Says solutions out soon. DD thinks papers posted today to schools. Think she will just have merit unless they've been very generous with marking which I doubt. Good luck to your DS. Be interesting to see how they marked it anyway.

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PenguinsRabbits · 13/06/2019 13:38

Thanks very much and well done to your DS. Think it says answers out w/c 24 June. DD did all the questions in full but she is very impatient with results. She was initially confident all her answers were right but now thinks all A were right and only 2/6 on B right because others online gave different answers to her. Though until official answers are out hard to know. Think only 3/10 marks per question are awarded for right answer and 7/10 for method though looked up BMO by accident and that was 0/10 for right answer and all method. She only made slight mistakes on others but no idea how that will affect score. She's assuming she will have 10 for A and 10 each for 2 right and done in full on B (though don't know if that's right) but presume they mark strictly.

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GrouchingTiggerHiddenSomething · 13/06/2019 13:14

P.S. The results take about 3 weeks(?), they try and get them back before the end of term and a lot of the candidates are at private schools so will break up quite early. I think it was the first week of July we heard last year.

GrouchingTiggerHiddenSomething · 13/06/2019 13:12

Hi, my DS did it, enjoyed it and managed all the questions this year. He misread the first one in section B so won't get full marks for that one.

I think they do give some marks for shown working, last year he started a couple of the questions but did not complete them and got 1 mark (I have just found his paper from last year!) And he ran out of time before attempting the last question. They send the scripts for section B back with marking shown.

The medals which are awarded are marked only taking marks from section B which are above 5 into account. Last year DS got a bronze medal (so by this mark scheme he got 36 out of 70). He also got a distinction (awarded to the top 25% as his total was 38/70). He is hoping for a medal again this year but it depends on how well everybody else did as medals are awarded to the top 210 (30 gold, 60 silver, 120 bronze).

Well done to your DD, sounds like she will certainly get at least a certificate of merit.

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