Question about UKMT junior challenge

[TheFirstOfHerName]

I heard somewhere (possibly on here?) that the last few questions are negatively marked.

I have looked on the website but it doesn't mention the marking.

I would be grateful if anyone can provide information on this for DS2, who will be sitting the paper next week.

He is a keen Mathematician but has a tendency to guess if he doesn't know what he is doing. If some of the questions are negatively marked then he should be leaving those ones blank if he can't reach a sensible answer.

Thank you

Look on the past paper on the website.
25 questions
questions 1 to 15 5 points
questions 16 to 20 6pts lose 1pt if incorrect
question 20 to 25 6pts lose 2pts if incorrect

Has he gone through to a higher round like the Kangaroo?

Bruffin: thank you, that's exactly the information I was looking for.

Eastpoint: This is the first, open round. Last year he got a silver certificate and this year he is hoping to score higher.

Does anyone know what sort of mark is needed for the different certificates (gold, silver etc), and how good they need to be to move onto the next level.

The 2014 thresholds for Junior were

Bronze 50-62 Silver 63-78 Gold 79+ Olympiad Qualifier 108+

but they change each year as they award the top 40% a certificate
Bronzes go to the top 40%
Silver go to the top 13.5%
gold go to top 6%
and the top 1200 go onto the Olympiad , and the website says several thousand go onto the kangaroo round
My ds was always the cautious type and dyslexic and got bronze for intermediate and the first year of senior, but the last one he got gold and best in school. He missed kangaroo by one point, so it is possible to improve quite a bit over the years.

Can someone scan and post the 1997 UKMT junior questions for me? I just ordered the ten years past papers book but it has not arrived yet.

Thank you very much.

Chad

Update: DS2 scored 105, which was enough for a gold certificate and eligibility for the junior Olympiad. He is very pleased. Thank you again.

Yes the thresholds have now been published www.ukmt.org.uk/individual-competitions/junior-challenge/

Looks like he scraped through by the skin of his teeth!

Update: he got a merit in the Olympiad, and is happy with his performance. Thank you Bruffin for the help and information.