UK Junior Mathematical Challenge 2017 On the 27th April, 113 BST students took part in the Junior Maths Challenge, a competition from the UK which is also entered by many schools worldwide. Each year there are around 200,000+ entries, and the questions are designed to make students think 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, 15 achieved Gold, 24 achieved Silver, and 20 achieved Bronze. Congratulations to the students below! Gold

Silver

Bronze

Jack Maeda Yui Okawara Yuta Yoshizaki Joelle Booth Hidesato Kasai Joshua Karpelowitz Eugene Kang Kuon Sugawara Minami Street Luke Thornley Sennon Hollow Marcus Bowdidge Claire Liersch Yuma Teshirogi Ria Borger

Emma Shepherd Sean Freeman Nana Ohashi Haruka Kimura Jun Kim Tommy Drews Jack Soderholm Matthew Morimoto Yuri Henwood Yuu Kunisada Renee Steiner Filip Jezewski Jaki Shirahata Joaquin Chie-Fisher Aya Albolote Maina Abe Hana Heffer Max Oberhellman Joey Tomita James Hill Nadya Ismail Rydll Pegarido Arno Van Cauteren Yukina Kasai

Ella Devesa Kana Goto Max Worrall Sota Hoshina Erika Moussis Anais Voisey Daniel Hill Emma Austwick Robert Knight Matthew Atkin Skye Reilly Cocone Clayton Yujin Lin Amy Cassidy Kay Lewis Caroline Sheehan Leon Mehlig Marie Sellier Ethan Jones Oscar Raudkepp

The Junior Maths challenge also has 2 follow-on rounds, the Junior Kangaroo and the Junior Olympiad, aimed at students whose scores were exceptionally high. Unfortunately as an overseas school we are not eligible for the Junior Kangaroo (unlike the Intermediate challenge where we can enter students for it). The following students’ scores would have been high enough to qualify though! Kangaroo Threshold Joelle Booth Hidesato Kasai Joshua Karpelowitz

Eugene Kang Kuon Sugawara

UK Junior Mathematical Challenge 2017 Last, but definitely not least, around 1200 students are invited to take part in the Mathematical Olympiad. This will be taking place on the 13th June and involves students writing up full worked solutions and explanations of their answers to more complex problems. An example looks like this:

The following three students have qualified for the next round due to their exceptionally high scores on the JMC paper – start preparing! Junior Olympiad Qualifiers Jack Maeda Yui Okawara Yuta Yoshizaki A big congratulations to all the students who took part and challenged themselves by entering. It is worth noting that in Year 8 no students have to take part, they only sit the paper if they want to. Despite this, over 80% took part – a real demonstration of resilience!