Our Year 10 students achieved 1 gold, 8 silvers and 4 bronzes in this year's UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. More than 200, 000 students across the UK sat the Intermediate Maths Challenge and, nationally, the top 6% were awarded a gold certificate, the next 13% silver and the next 20% bronze.
Our results are as follows:
Gold Certificates: Ffion H
Silver Certificates: Natasha S, Chloe T, Esther P, Tanya E, Miriam R, Ellie M, Morwenna B, Lauren H
Bronze Certificates: Manon G, Grace M, Jasneet D, Amelia H
Many congratulations to these students on their successes.
Here are two sample questions from this year's Intermediate Maths Challenge:
* Four different positive integers are to be chosen so that they have a mean of 2017. What is the smallest possible range of the chosen integers?
A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6
* The combined age of Alice and Bob is 39. The combined age of Bob and Clare is 40. The combined age of Clare and Dan is 38. The combined age of Dan and Eve is 44. The total of all five ages is 105. Which of the five is the youngest?
A Alice B Bob C Clare D Dan E Eve
Congratulations to Ffion H who has been successful in qualifying for the IMOK Olympiad which takes place on Thursday 16th March. The Olympiad comprise six demanding problems to be tackled in two hours. We wish Ffion the best of luck as she prepares for this competition.