Junior Mathematical Olympiad
A follow-on Round to the Junior Maths Challenge, the Junior Olympiad is a 2 hour Challenge consisting of 16 problems; 10 answer only questions in Section A and six Olympiad style questions in Section B. Entry to the Junior Olympiad is by invitation based on a qualifying JMC score, or by discretionary entry. Around 1,200 students qualify from the JMC each year.
Time limit
2 hours
Price
£25 per discretionary
entry, sold as single entries
Age group
England, Wales and Overseas: Year 8 and below
Scotland: S2 or below
Northern Ireland: Year 9 or below
Challenge Date
Tuesday 11th June 2024
How it works
1
Register your school
2
Purchase entries
3
Sit challenge
4
Receive results
Preparing for the challenge
We are delighted to be working with Dr Frost Maths to help teachers use UKMT past papers and problems in the classroom.
You can utilise UKMT past papers, solutions and investigations as preparation materials for your students. They are a great resource containing high-quality problems from previous years designed to encourage mathematical thinking.
Instructions
The use of blank paper for rough working is allowed; squared paper, calculators and measuring instruments are forbidden.
Do not hand in rough work
Your answers should be fully simplified, and exact. They may contain symbols such as π, fractions, or square roots, if appropriate, but not decimal approximations.
Only answers are required to the questions in Section A.
For questions in Section B, you should give full written solutions, including mathematical reasons as to why your method is correct. Just stating an answer, even a correct one, will earn you very few marks; also, incomplete or poorly presented solutions will not receive full marks.
To accommodate candidates in other time zones, please do not discuss any aspect of the paper on the internet until 8am GMT on Thursday 13 June 2023. Candidates in time zones more than 3 hours ahead of GMT must sit the paper on Wednesday 12 June 2023 (as defined locally).
