Individual Competitions

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The UKMT Individual Maths Challenges are lively, intriguing multiple choice question papers, which are designed to stimulate interest in maths in large numbers of pupils. The three levels cover the secondary school range 11-18 and together they attract over 600,000 entries from over 4000 schools and colleges.

Dates and Age Groups

Challenge	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Challenge
Senior	Year 13 or below	S6 or below	Year 14 or below	Tuesday 6 Nov 2012
Intermediate	Year 11 or below	S4 or below	Year 12 or below	Thursday 7 Feb 2013
Junior	Year 8 or below	S2 or below	Year 9 or below	Thursday 26 April 2012

Competition rules

The Junior and Intermediate Challenges are aimed at the top third of pupils in each year group (see table above). The Senior Challenge is suitable for all students aged 16-19 who enjoy maths and are not yet at University. Enthusiastic younger pupils are also encouraged to enter the Challenges.

The Maths Challenge question papers are taken in school on the date shown above and returned to the UKMT for marking. The Senior Challenge takes 90 minutes and the Intermediate and Junior Challenges are an hour long.

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 which require full written answers.

Follow-on round dates

Challenge	Follow-on round	Date
Senior	British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1	Friday 30 November 2012
Senior	British Mathematical Olympiad Round 2	Thursday 31 Jan 2013
Intermediate	Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad and Kangaroo	Thursday 15 Mar 2012
Junior	Junior Mathematical Olympiad	Tuesday 12 June 2012