CONTEST REGISTRATION INFORMATION
To register for any of these contests, please see either Mrs. Johnstone or Mrs. Seifert in Room 229
If you arein… | Contest to be written | Registration Deadline | Contest Date | Cost |
Grade 9 or 10 | Nov 1 , 2016 | Wed Nov 23, 201 | $10 | |
Grade 11 or 12 | Nov 1 , 2016 | Wed Nov 23, 2016 | $10 | |
Grade 9 | Feb 3, 2017 | Tues Feb 28, 2017 | $4 | |
Grade 10 | Feb 3, 2017 | Tues Feb 28, 2017 | $4 | |
Grade 11 | Feb 3, 2017 | Tues Feb 28, 2017 | $4 | |
Grade 12 | Mar 10, 2017 | Thurs Apr 6, 2017 | $14 |
Time: 8:30 – 10:30 am (2 hours)
Location: cafeteria or library (listen for further announcements)
Format:
- 9 questions: 6 are answer only and 3 are full solution
- marks for full solution questions are assigned for form and style of presentation
- 60 total marks
- non-programmable calculators permitted provided they are without graphic displays
Most of the problems are based on the mathematical curriculum up to and including grade 10. Many of the contest problems test logical thinking and mathematical problem solving.
Time: 8:30 – 10:30 am (2 hours)
Location: cafeteria or library (listen for further announcements)
Format:
- 9 questions: 6 are answer only and 3 are full solution
- marks for full solution questions are assigned for form and style of presentation
- 60 total marks
- non-programmable calculators permitted provided they are without graphic displays
Mathematical Content:
Most of the problems are based on the mathematical curriculum up to and including grade 12. Many of the contest problems test logical thinking and mathematical problem solving.
Audience: Students in grades 11 or 12 as well as motivated students in lower grades.
Location: cafeteria or library (listen for further announcements)
Format:
- 25 multiple-choice questions
- 150 marks total
- any calculator permitted
Mathematical Content:
Early questions require only concepts found in the curriculum common to all provinces. The last few questions are designed to test ingenuity and insight. Rather than testing content, most of the contest problems test logical thinking and mathematical problem solving.
Students in Grade 9 or below are eligible to write the Pascal Contest.
Students in Grade 10 or below are eligible to write the Cayley Contest.
Students in Grade 11 or below are eligible to write the Fermat Contest
Location: cafeteria or library (listen for further announcements)
Format:
- 10 questions: some answer only/some full solution (no multiple-choice)
- total of 100 marks
- non-programmable calculators without graphcial displays are permitted
- marked for form and style of presentation
Most of the problems are based on the mathematical curriculum up to and including the final year of secondary school. Many of the contest problems test logical thinking and mathematical problem solving.
Students in their final year of secondary school or CÉGEP students and motivated students in lower grades.