The Pascal (grade 9), Cayley (grade 10) and Fermat (grade 11) Contests are an opportunity for students to have fun and to develop their mathematical problem solving ability.
Audience
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.
Date
Occurs in February (date to be announced)
Format
- 25 multiple-choice questions
- 60 minutes
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- 150 total marks
- any calculator permitted
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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.
Past grade 9 to 11 Contests and solutions
Pascal, Cayley, Fermat eWorkshops