These Junior UKMC past papers are aimed at students in year 8 and below. The papers are produced by the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT), a registered charity and designed to stimulate and cultivate interest in mathematics and a love of solving problems. In this challenge students answer 25 multiple-choice questions only that require the application of mathematical reasoning and problem solving. Test duration is 60 minutes.
Scoring
Questions 1 - 15 recieve 5 marks per correct answer.
Questions 16 - 25 recieve 6 marks per correct answer.
Awards
All students recieve a certificate of participation. Successful students can be awarded a bronze, silver or gold certificate. Each year, several thousand students from the UK with the highest scoring results in this Junior Maths Challenge are invited to take part in a second competition called the Junior Kangaroo. Entry to this challenge, also multiple choice, is by UKMT invitation only and based on a qualifying score, which fluctuates from year to year.
I DO
NOT provide tutoring towards UKMT challenges.
These papers can be viewed online but cannot be downloaded. However, hard copies of these papers can bought directly from the UKMT's shop.
Year | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Kangaroo | Olympiad |
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2000 | 52 | 66 | 82 | 106 | |
2001 | 58 | 73 | 88 | 114 | |
2002 | 45 | 57 | 73 | 100 | |
2003 | 44 | 57 | 75 | 105 | |
2004 | 47 | 60 | 75 | 100 | |
2005 | 51 | 64 | 79 | 102 | |
2006 | 39 | 51 | 66 | 92 | |
2007 | 43 | 54 | 69 | 94 | |
2008 | 45 | 56 | 71 | 99 | |
2009 | 45 | 57 | 72 | 100 | |
2010 | 44 | 56 | 73 | 102 | |
2011 | 49 | 61 | 77 | 104 | |
2012 | 56 | 71 | 86 | 110 | |
2013 | 49 | 63 | 82 | 113 | |
2014 | 50 | 63 | 79 | 108 | |
2015 | 51 | 62 | 78 | 88 | 105 |
2016 | 51 | 65 | 81 | 93 | 113 |
2017 | 52 | 63 | 77 | 86 | 107 |
2018 | 49 | 61 | 75 | 82 | 105 |
2019 | 41 | 54 | 71 | 78 | 106 |
2020* | 70 | 86 | 102 | ||
2021 | 45 | 57 | 73 | 73 | 98 |
2022 | 52 | 66 | 84 | 92 | 120 |
2023 | 52 | 66 | 82 | 88 | 113 |
2020* = an online challenge
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