Senior Mathematical Challenge Awards
Scoring
Scoring rules for the Senior Mathematical Challenge are as follows:
- All participants start with 25 points
- 4 marks are awarded for each correct answer
- 1 mark is deducted for each incorrect answer
- Answers left blank will be marked as 0
Awards and Thresholds
To recognize the highest performers in the Challenge, we award the top-scoring 66% of participants Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates in the ratio 3:2:1. Students that are ‘Best in Year’ or ‘Best in School’ will also receive a badge to denote this on their certificates. Students not amongst the high scorers will receive a Certificate of Participation.
The 2023 award thresholds are:
Gold 80+
Silver 64+
Bronze 49+
Senior Kangaroo
80+ (UK only)
British Mathematical Olympiad
106+
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Junior Kangaroo: 88+ (UK only)
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