Math Contests

On Wednesday, 75 eager young mathematicians participated in the Pascal, Cayley, and Fermat math contests. These national contests are for students in grades 9 through 11 and are sponsored, in part, by the University of Waterloo. They involve problem-solving questions which are not directly linked to mathematics curricula in Canada and the questions range from easy to very challenging. Last year, approximately 63,000 students from across the country participated and we had some impressive results with many scores above the 90th percentile. Students who participate in these contests typically have some very strong abilities in mathematics. Our students will anxiously await their scores, which should be available sometime in early May.

– Stephen Cox, Head of Math