This year, before February half-term, a record 121 BST students took part in the Intermediate Maths Challenge, a competition from the UK which is also entered by many schools worldwide, and aimed at students in Years 9-11. Each year there are around 200,000+ entries at this level, and the questions are designed to make students think more creatively about problem solving. As a result, there is no topic list or scheme of work, so questions can be asked on virtually anything within Maths. Awards are given out to the same percentage of participants each year, Gold to the top 6-7%, Silver to the next 13-14%, and Bronze to the next 20%, meaning that overall, 40% of participants win awards. This year we are delighted to announce that of our participants, 26 achieved Gold, 25 achieved Silver, and 28 achieved Bronze (in total, 65% of entries). Congratulations to the students below! Silver Bronze Gold Da Yeon Choi Harry Gao Mimi Yu Rinka Kawachi Luke Marrable Eugene Kang (Y7) Pia Oprisan Reuben Heffer Lia Kato-Okumura Shota Hirano Nadya Ismail Lewis Peedle Jinu Lee Joshua Karpelowitz (Y8) Erina Fukuura Ilina Patki Lilica Tomita Liam Oshima Willemijn Eijsink (Y8) Yui Okawara Luke Matthew Yuma Teshirogi Konomi Uejima Marek Karpisek Arno Van Cauteren Emi Hirayama
Masmo Miyakawa Yuta Yoshizaki Mirai Sachno Quinten Vergeylen Claire Liersch (Y8) Kuon Sugawara (Y8) Sennon Hollow (Y8) Ethan Jones Max Oberhellman Harvey Hymas Kio Lovric-Biegler Keegan Lee Kazuki Romeijn Marcus Bowdidge (Y8) Renee Steiner Rafael Albolote Nicolo Gariglio Gabrielle Stoesz Minami Street Sam Liersch Zaia Lovric-Biegler Oscar Raudkepp Paul Poehl Amy Stuart-Box Charlie Wiggins
Ria Borger Emily Ukai Sean Lee Julianne Leung Michael Schultz Fiona Anstey Leon Mehlig Tohma Hulmes Alana Shepherd Minseo Kang Jack Maeda Makoto Tsuzuki Ron Kanashima Emma Shepherd Emma Burns Rebecca Denham Keri Iwata Kana Goto Luke Thornley Toby Barrett Nana Ohashi Karina Mateeva Andrea Giordano Aodhan Hatch Romane Lamoity Jack Soderholm Mohammed Nassar Lily Yamamoto-Sathu
It is always pleasing to see so many awards, but far more so to see so many students seeking to challenge themselves by entering. At this level, only students who choose to take part do so. Yes, that’s correct, 2/3 of BST students in these year groups decided they wanted to sit a hard Maths test! Not only that though, the Intermediate Maths Challenge has several follow-up rounds for students who scored particularly highly. These rounds will take place on the 15th March. The following students have qualified for the Grey (Y9) and Pink (Y10-11) Kangaroo rounds (they would have been in around the top 5500 students in their year groups worldwide). Page 1 of 2 https://www.ukmt.org.uk/
Grey Kangaroo Qualifiers
Pink Kangaroo Qualifiers
Nadya Ismail Joshua Karpelowitz Willemijn Eijsink Yui Okawara Yuma Teshirogi Arno Van Cauteren Yuta Yoshizaki Claire Liersch Kuon Sugawara Sennon Hollow
Pia Oprisan Reuben Heffer Lia Kato-Okumura Shota Hirano Lewis Peedle Jinu Lee Erina Fukuura Ilina Patki Lilica Tomita Liam Oshima Luke Matthew Konomi Uejima Marek Karpisek
Last, but definitely not least, the top 500 students in each year group worldwide are invited to take part in the Mathematical Olympiad papers. These are named Cayley, Hamilton, and Maclaurin, for Years 9, 10 and 11 respectively. The following students have qualified for these rounds due to their exceptionally high scores for their age groups. Cayley (Year 9 or below)
Hamilton (Year 10)
Maclaurin (Year 11)
Eugene Kang (Y7)
Da Yeon Choi Mimi Yu Rinka Kawachi Luke Marrable
Harry Gao
Congratulations to our winners and to all students who took part, in particular those students who requested to take part in order to challenge themselves. I am confident that they have all benefitted from the experience! Feel free to have a go at some of the questions yourself!
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