Intermediate Maths Challenge 2019

Year 10 students achieved a range of awards in the 2019 UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge.

Of the thousands of students who take the Challenge nationally, certificates are awarded to the top 40%. At BRGS, 66% of those who sat the paper were awarded a certificate at either Gold, Silver or Bronze level.

The top scorer was Joseph, who scored a superb 132 marks out of a possible total of 135. This continues his successes of recent years when he was one of the top scorers in the country on the Junior Challenge and the best at BRGS when he sat the Senior Challenge with sixth form students in November.

Joseph qualified to sit a follow-on paper – the Hamilton Olympiad – which requires full written solutions to problems rather than selecting from multiple-choice options.

In that paper he scored very highly to become one of the top 50 scorers in the entire country!

Other Year 10 pupils to qualify for a further round were Elijah, Josh and Jessica, who took the Pink Kangaroo.

Elijah top scored and received a Merit certificate, while Josh and Jessica received Qualification certificates.

All the UKMT rounds are designed to give the pupils the chance to challenge themselves on more difficult problems that require new skills and approaches outside their normal Maths curriculum.

Maths teacher Mr Wilbraham, who organises the Challenge, said: “Once again, our pupils have performed really well in the UKMT Intermediate Challenge.

“The questions are very different compared to what they will see at GCSE level, but the pupils were able to use the skills they already have, together with logical thinking and mathematical approaches, to achieve an excellent set of results.

“They showed determination and resilience in the Challenge and hopefully that level of commitment will stand them in good stead as they work towards their GCSEs in 2020.

“I would especially like to congratulate Joseph, who continues to amaze us with his mathematical knowledge and ability.

“He has come top of every Challenge he’s taken this year, including two where he outscored sixth form students!.

“Also a big well done to Elijah, Josh and Jessica for qualifying for the Kangaroo round.”

Pictured are Joseph, Elijah, Jessica and Josh.