Events & Challenges 2009~2010
Junior UKMT Maths Challenge
On Tuesday 23rd March 2010, a team of 4 pupils entered the regional final of the Junior UKMT Maths Challenge. Jessie Harris and Ella White (both from year 8) joined up with Freddie Evans and George Irwin (both from year 9) to represent the school at the University of Cambridge. Although we finished out of the prizes, they thoroughly enjoyed the event, which involved team rounds, head-to-head contests and a relay race. Well done.
Eastern Region Maths Competition
On Wednesday 10th March the Year 10 team comprising Harry Blackmore, Callum Fleming, Josh Greenwood and Anson Wong respresented the school at the Eastern Region Maths Competition in Chelmsford. They took part in team exercises, a relay race and countdown challenges against other schools. The team finished a very respectable 7th out of 14 teams.
UK Mathematics Trust Senior Team Challenge
On Tuesday 10th November 2009 Jay Chen, Tong-tong Fan, Callum Moore and Tracey Zheng represented Friends’ School in the regional final of the UKMT Senior Team Maths Challenge.
Silver Certificates: Tracey Zheng, Tiger Xi-Hu, Tongtong Fan, Callum Moore
Bronze Certificates: Jay Chen, Ivor Jarman, Jamie Feng, Bruce Wu, David Hu
The event was held at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. There was a group round, a giant cross Number (like a crossword) and a relay round, all of which involved solving difficult problems against the clock.
Although the team did not qualify for the national final, they thoroughly enjoyed the event and gained great satisfaction answering the tricky problems.
Mark Caddy
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UK Mathematics Trust Regional Final
On Tuesday 17th March 09, a team of four pupils Callum Fleming, Tom Taylor, Alex Ma, and Priya Ladwa represented the school in the Regional final of the UK Mathematics Trust at the University of Cambridge. |
The pupils completed a team round, a head-to-head, a crossnumber and a huge team relay race. Well done to the team for their hard work, although we did not claim a prize, the pupils enjoyed the day.
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UK Mathematics Challenges
These challenges, organised by the United Kingdon Mathematics
Trust, are an opportunity for pupils to display their skills and
apply their mathematical knowledge to practical situations.
Click here to visit the UK Maths Challenges website. |
The UKMT Maths Challenges are lively, intriguing papers designed
to stimulate interest in maths in large numbers of pupils. They
are tests of reasoning and mental agility which can be taken without
any special preparation or revision. The three levels cover the
secondary school range 11-18 and together they attract over half
a million entries each year from over 4000 schools and colleges.
The three levels:
· UK Junior Mathematics Challenge for year 8 and below
· UK Intermediate Mathematics Challenge for year 11 and below
· UK Senior Mathematics Challenge for the sixth form and
below.
The Junior and Intermediate Challenges are aimed at the top 35%
of pupils in each year group. The Senior Challenge
is suitable for all students aged 16-19 studying maths below university
level, but enthusiastic younger pupils are also encouraged to enter.
Senior Maths Challenge. Tuesday 10th November 2009. For all 6i and 6ii Mathematicians.
Results. Congratulations to :
Silver: Tracey Zheng, Tiger Xi-Hu, Tongtong Fan, Callum Moore
Bronze: Jay Chen, Ivor Jarman, Jamie Feng, Bruce Wu, David Hu
Intermediate Maths Challenge. Thursday 4th February 2010. For those in top sets and others who are interested in Years 7 to 11.
Results. Congratulations to :
Gold: Callum Fleming, Harry Jeffery, Alex Ma, Aidan Wright
Silver: George Irwin, Harry Blackmore, Sophie White, Rupert Hallawell, Matt Beaumont
Bronze: Calum Davie, Will Wilshere, Kim Wu, James Cochrane, Ross Donaldson
Callum Fleming also Qualifies for the 'Pink Kangaroo' follow-on round
Junior Maths Challenge. Thursday 29th April 2010. For those in top sets and others who are interested in Years 7 and 8.
Results. Congratulations to :
Bronze: Year 7: Luke Fennell, Hannah Irwin, Millie Taylor, Zak Davies and Alex Turnbull. Year 8: Max Fawcett, Ben Winfield and Thailah Joseph.
Silver: Year7: Toby Harris & Grace Pike. Year 8: Josh Rand & Ella White.
Gold & Best in School: Jessie Harris in Year 8.
The papers contain 25 multiple-choice questions. Of these, the
first 15 are more accessible whilst the final 10 will provide more
food for thought. Gold, silver and bronze certificates are awarded
to 40% of participants nationally and the most successful participants
at each level are invited to enter follow-on rounds.
Click
here to find out more and to see samples of the papers.
Try Some Questions
Junior Challenge
1. The sum of seven, single-digit positive whole numbers is 17.
Six of these numbers are equal, so what is the other number?
Intermediate Challenge
1. Alice's room is furnished with three-legged stools and four-legged
chairs. There are 17 legs in all (excluding Alice's!). How many
three-legged stools are there?
Senior Challenge
1. Which of the following networks is not traversable? (A traversable
network is one which can be drawn without taking the pen off the
paper and without going over any line more than once.)
Are you up to the Maths Challenge?
· 580,000 students in 4000 schools across the UK took part last year.
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