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Senior Mathematical Challenge(SMC) England Wales and Overseas: Y13 or below Scotland: S6 or below Northern Ireland: Y14 or below October 90 mins 25 Questions 1-25 (multi-choice) 4 marks each / penalty of 1 if wrong answer chosen All participants start on 25 points. 125 Top 66% of candidates in ratio 3:2:1 get: Bronze, Silver, Gold. Senior Kangaroo
In 2005, UKMT changed the system and added an extra easier question meaning the median is now raised. In 2008, 23 students scored more than 40/60 [ 6 ] and around 50 got over 30/60. In addition to the British students, until 2018, there was a history of about 20 students from New Zealand being invited to take part. [ 7 ]
The first national mathematics competition was the National Mathematics Contest, established in 1961 by F. R. Watson. [11] This was run by the Mathematical Association from 1975 until its adoption by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT) in 1996 and has in recent years been known as the Senior Mathematical Challenge.
The 9-1 grading system for GCSEs began in 2017 in England.
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The rule of thumb is that four good answers (to a reasonable level of completion) will gain a grade 1; more may gain an S, and fewer will gain a correspondingly lower grade. The grade boundaries shift from year to year, and the boundaries for STEP 3 are generally lower than those for STEP 2. [2] All STEP questions are marked out of 20.