UKMT Intermediate Math Challenge 2024 - Discussion

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K thanks, in that case I got silver, 68... 😭

That's good tbh, I got silver last year aswell. Somehow I got a gold and into pink kangaroo this year, probably scrapped it in tbh. I also did a bit of past papers aswell to get used to it.

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Sumikko

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Original post by UndecisiveBoy

That's good tbh, I got silver last year aswell. Somehow I got a gold and into pink kangaroo this year, probably scrapped it in tbh. I also did a bit of past papers aswell to get used to it.

wait you got your results?

Reply 42

UndecisiveBoy

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Original post by Sumikko

wait you got your results?

Yeah they're out, my teacher gave them yesterday.

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Sumikko

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Original post by UndecisiveBoy

Yeah they're out, my teacher gave them yesterday.

Ohh guess I have to wait till next week to get my results 🥲

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qaztcx

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what did you people with results back get? also roughly how common is each grade and getting into each further challenge?

Reply 45

UndecisiveBoy

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Original post by Sumikko

Ohh guess I have to wait till next week to get my results 🥲

yep you should get them soon!

Reply 46

UndecisiveBoy

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Original post by qaztcx

what did you people with results back get? also roughly how common is each grade and getting into each further challenge?

Our teacher just told ours, we'll get our certificates later I assume. Grade boundaries can be found here: https://mathsaurus.com/intermediate-maths-challenge-grade-boundaries/

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qaztcx

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Original post by UndecisiveBoy

Our teacher just told ours, we'll get our certificates later I assume. Grade boundaries can be found here: https://mathsaurus.com/intermediate-maths-challenge-grade-boundaries/

ok thanks
still waiting for my score sadly but not a lot i can do

Reply 48

UndecisiveBoy

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Original post by qaztcx

ok thanks
still waiting for my score sadly but not a lot i can do

no problem! yeah there isn't much, unless you remember your answers or the questions you were confident you got right on, you can possibly calculate a rough score from your memory and see if you were able to smash a boundary.

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qaztcx

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Original post by UndecisiveBoy

no problem! yeah there isn't much, unless you remember your answers or the questions you were confident you got right on, you can possibly calculate a rough score from your memory and see if you were able to smash a boundary.

yeah, i did this just now
thanks for the idea :smile:

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Muttley79

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Original post by UndecisiveBoy

Our teacher just told ours, we'll get our certificates later I assume. Grade boundaries can be found here: https://mathsaurus.com/intermediate-maths-challenge-grade-boundaries/

https://ukmt.org.uk/intermediate-challenges/intermediate-mathematical-challenge-awards

Use the official website please :smile:

Reply 51

π/2=Σk!/(2k+1)!!

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How do I prepare for the Hamilton Olympiad? Would I need to know inequalities i.e. Cauchy-Schwarz, AM-GM? Also, if one gets full marks in the Hamilton Olympiad using advanced techniques e.g.Vieta Jumping, would they have a chance of getting into the International Math Olympiad Easter Camp (British Team)? Also if so, how would one revise for that?

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mqb2766

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Original post by π/2=Σk!/(2k+1)!!

How do I prepare for the Hamilton Olympiad? Would I need to know inequalities i.e. Cauchy-Schwarz, AM-GM? Also, if one gets full marks in the Hamilton Olympiad using advanced techniques e.g.Vieta Jumping, would they have a chance of getting into the International Math Olympiad Easter Camp (British Team)? Also if so, how would one revise for that?

You may be overthinking it a bit. Its less about learning new stuff and more about making sure you understand the "basics". AM-GM for instance might appear on bmo1 but would be expected for bmo2 ... but saying that the actual result is fairly basic and the usual proofs of it are fairly simple (square, semicircle, binomial, pythagoras, ...) and more useful for (more advanced) olympiad questions. For instance, the 2023 hamilton paper
Q1 - is a fairly basic quotient/remainder/factors (mod arithmetic) question
Q2 - a bit of algebra and then factors (diophantine) and quadratic
Q3 - a "simple" inequality ...
Q4 - similar, thales ....

The olympiads are more about how you set up the problem in the first place, and think about how you can work out a solution, rather than expecting you to use advanced methods. I doubt the markers would comment on your method (and you may not use the more advanced stuff correctly), so Id honestly just practice on the hamilton (and maybe the maclaurin if youre getting full marks) to get a good score.

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Reply 53

UndecisiveBoy

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Original post by qaztcx

yeah, i did this just now
thanks for the idea :smile:

no problem!

Reply 54

UndecisiveBoy

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Original post by Muttley79

https://ukmt.org.uk/intermediate-challenges/intermediate-mathematical-challenge-awards

Use the official website please :smile:

I don't see a problem with using mathsauras, only reason I've used it cause he uploads all the past grade boundaries for comparison and somehow when I checked the additional round boundaries, it was only on his page for a while.

Reply 55

Muttley79

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Original post by UndecisiveBoy

I don't see a problem with using mathsauras, only reason I've used it cause he uploads all the past grade boundaries for comparison and somehow when I checked the additional round boundaries, it was only on his page for a while.