Math Contests

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MATH Enrichment Fall 2024-2025:

any students, grades 7 to 12 at LDHSS, interested in enrichment opportunities...

Intermediate (Grades 7-10) and Senior (Grades 11-12) Canadian Math contests

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 in the school CAFETERIA 8:55 am to 11:30 am.

The Canadian Senior and Intermediate Mathematics Contests (CSMC and CIMC) provide challenging math problems for students to enjoy and enhance their problem-solving skills using a mix of short answer and full solution questions.

Ordering deadline: Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 No registration after this date can be permitted.

Pascal (Grades 7-9), Cayley (Grade 10), and Fermat (Grade 11) Math contest

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 in the school CAFETERIA from 9 am to 10:10 am.

Please make sure you choose the correct contest based on your current grade when you are registering online here for the contest: Pascal (Grades 7-9), Cayley (Grade 10) and Fermat (Grade 11) Math contest.

Contest Format: 60 mins. 25 multiple-choice questions

Pascal (Grades 7-9), Cayley (Grade 10), Fermat (Grade 11) Math contest - Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 in the school CAFETERIA from 9 am to 10:10 am.

Contest DATE: Wed. Feb. 26th, 2025Contest Format: 60 mins. 25 multiple-choice questions

Register via School Cash Online. Cost: $6.18

School Cash Online Registration opens Monday, January 20th, 2025

The deadline to register is Mon. Feb. 10th, 2025

To register for this math contest, sign into your online payment link at: https://ocdsb.schoolcashonline.com/

Once you pay then you will be automatically registered to participate WITHOUT any further action. Just SAVE the CONTEST DATE and show up to the Cafeteria that morning. This is Day 2 for Secondary students so contest writers please let your block B subject teachers know that you are registered for the contest from 9 am to 10:10 am and will be responsible for the work you will miss in that block. If you are absent from the contest, there is no refund as the registration fees to UWaterloo is non-refundable so please save that date.

Practice Questions and Solutions AVAILABLE https://cemc.math.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html

Remember to follow us on Instagram @ldh_mathletes OR Join our Google classroom using classroom code: dykousm to keep updated with events and workshops.

Note: LDHSS math club meets regularly and our next meeting before this contest is Wednesday, Feb. 12th, 2025 after school 3:15 to 4 pm in room 324. All students, all grades, and new members are always welcome to join. No math background is required.

All links above are also posted on the school’s Secondary Math Department website

Euclid Math contests (for grade 12 and any motivated grade 11 students)

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 in the back classroom in the library from 8:55 am to 11:30 am.

Fryer (Grades 7-9), Galois (Grade 10), and Hypatia (Grade 11) Math contests

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 in the school CAFETERIA 8:55 am to 10:30 am.

Practice Questions and Solutions available at https://cemc.math.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html

Register via School Cash Online.

Remember to follow us on Instagram @ldh_mathletes OR text @ldhssm to 613-519-1059 for updates on Remind to have reminders sent to your phones prior to the event.

Note: LDHSS math club meets regularly and our next meeting prior to this contest is Wednesday, March. 8th, 2023 after school 3:15 to 4 pm in room 324 (secondary side - third floor) All students, all grades, and new members are always welcome to join. No math background is required.

Pascal Cayley Fermat math contest: FEB 22nd, 2023

The Pascal, Cayley and Fermat (PCF) Contests are a fun opportunity for participants to explore the potential of mathematics and their role in it. Designed to be accessible both to those that have written math contests in the past and to those who haven’t, these multiple-choice contests can help learners build confidence and inspire them to get excited about math.

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.

Format: 25 multiple-choice questions

3 parts: Parts A and B follow a traditional multiple-choice format where the answer is A, B, C, D or E. In Part C, participants select a whole number from 0 to 99.
60 minutes [Score out of 150]
Questions are based on curriculum concepts common to all Canadian 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.

Deadline to register is Febuary 5th on a First come First serve basis. There will be no late registrations allowed after this registration deadline. Online payments open January 20th, 2023.

Paying the online fee is sufficient for registration purposes. Make sure you bookmark Feb. 22nd on your calendar.

Also, our secondary Math club's free numeracy enrichment after-school workshop is

Wednesday Feb. 8th after school 3:15 pm to 4 pm in Secondary classroom 324.

No registration or skills are required for this free in-school workshop.

November 16th, 2022 Canadian Senior Intermediate Math contest results are in: Congrats to the following students!

CISM MATH CONTEST: (intermediates grade 7/8 and secondary 9 to 12)

For any students interested in enrichment opportunities, the first and upcoming University of Waterloo's CISM - Canadian Intermediate-Senior Math Contest (only applicable if you signed up): online registration starts October 1st. The CISM contest will take place Wednesday, November 16th, 9 - 11:30 in our Secondary Cafeteria.

Go to SCHOOL CASH ONLINE on the school's homepage for the link to register.

Certificate of Distinctions (Top 25% in Canada)

Aaron Yang Alec Kamawar Macleod Hargoun Kanwar Rowan Anderson Morven Cui Zuhan Wang

Chun Ho Hui Jadon Nguyen

Honourable Mentions goes to:

TINA XIA LINH DO HAIDER IKRAM GEONU PARK DEV JOGALEKAR ALEXANDER ZHAN MINJUN KANG HARRY JAMES GONZALES JOEL CHERIAN EMILY LOVE SARA RASTIN JODIE AYLESWORTH

YEONWOO LEE ANN SAM RAAIDAH HOSSAIN VIVIAN WANG ALVIN ZHANG EVAN ZHUANG KEVIN ZHUANG SAMUEI SOMA KZHU JENNY JIANG VISSAR KAUR HAYTHAM ATAMNA

School CISM Contest Medal Champions:

Aaron Yang (senior) Chun Ho Hui (intermediate)

We are currently taking a poll here to see if there is enough interest for our senior grade 11/12 students to write this Euclid year's math contest. Based on this poll results, we will determine if we as a school will run as it will be in person. Using the QR code above in the poster, sign up that BEFORE Feb 28th to show your interest with your email in the google form.

With some of the cohorting restrictions currently still on, other math contest will not be running due to the typically large size of participants and need for space. In the past Euclid contest have more manageable participants numbers.

** 2022 Math Contest Updates **

We will hold off on Math contests for the time-being. Once we resume, updates will be announced here. :)

Remember to follow us on Instagram @ldh_mathletes OR text @ldhssm to 613-519-1059 for updates on Remind.

CISM Canadian Intermediate-Senior Math Contest - November 17th, 2021

WE will be running In-Person MATH contest this year with limited Space Capacity!

CISM Math Contest Canadian Intermediate-Senior Contest Nov. 17th, 2021

2021 CISM Canadian Intermediate-Senior Math contest will be held in the main school cafeteria Wednesday, November 17th from 9 to 11:30 am with limited space so first-come-first-served and no late registrations can be permitted. For all information about the first and upcoming in-person University of Waterloo math contest, check out the following poster below. See attachment for school poster at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s6MrtVdWrklyDhaNRGYjtVV22yCl7alS/view?usp=sharing

Register via School Cash Online. Cost: $12.50

The deadline to register is Monday, October 25th, 2021 School Cash online opens Monday, October 18th, 2021

The intermediate contest is for students in grades 7 to 10 & the Senior contest are for students in grade 11 to 12. Past contest questions and solutions are found at https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html#csimc

Please make sure that when you pay for your $12.50 registration to write the contest that you choose please CAREFULLY choose the option Intermediate contest if you are in grades 7 to 10 and Senior contest if you are in grade 11 to 12. Once you pay for the contest in School Cash online then you will be automatically registered to participate without any further action. Students are responsible to reach out to their subject teachers to catch up on the work they will be missing as the contest is 2 hours long. See you at 9 am Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 in the secondary main Cafeteria.

Remember to follow us on Instagram @ldh_mathletes OR text @ldhssm to 613-519-1059 for updates on Remind.

Note: LDHSS math club meets regularly and our next meeting is Thursday, November 11th after school with a special LDH Mathletes and Alumni as our upcoming guest speaker. All members and new members are always welcomed to join. To sign up for joining our next mathletes meeting, fill out this quick google form https://forms.gle/XFfcuK3jjpCAQ9JM9

2021 RESULTS

The moment everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived! The results from the 2020 University of Waterloo Pascal Cayley and Fermat Mathematics Contests. Please congratulate our exceptional mathematicians for their participation.

We would also like to give an honourable mention to those who scored among the top 25% of Canadian participants. Not only do these students get to boast about it for years to come but they also will be receiving a Certificate of Distinction for their outstanding achievement! These Raven Rockstars are..

Pascal Certificate of Distinction Winners goes to ...

MAHMOUD ZEID IVEY ZHANG RAIHAAN SANDHU OLIVIA FAN DONYAL FALLAHI PUSHTI DESAI

DEV JOGALEKAR MORVEN CUIVEN ANOJAN SIVARANJAN SHANTANU NATH NATHANIEL HASLIP

MARGARET LEE HARGOUN KANWAR HAIDER IKRAM

Cayley Certificate Winners goes to ...

BRADLEY ZAINE THOMAS TRAN TIMOTHY DAO HONGYI WU SANJEEV EASPARAN

Fermat Certificate Winners goes to...

ALLEN ZHU OMAR ABDUL SHIYAM VASANTHAN YASHICA CHOUDHARY AUDREY LUN

Math Contest Medal Winners (top in school) goes to ...

ALLEN ZHU for the Fermat contest

BRADLEY ZAINE for the Cayley contest

MAHMOUD ZEID for the Pascal contest

WU HONGYI for the CIMC Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest

HASSAN ALI for the CIMC Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest

MICHAEL BLAIR for the CSMC Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest

Thanks to everyone who participated! If you would like your individual student score, please email Ms. Gil at Elena.Gil@ocdsb.ca or Ms.Hoffman at Keri.Hoffman@ocdsb.ca In the meantime, we wish you all a very safe and healthy time at home with your family.

Sincerely,

Math department at LDHSS

Updates on the April Math 2020 contest:

Due to current global events, CEMC, the University of Waterloo has postponed their Fermat Galois Hypatia and Euclid math contest until further notice. While we do not have a definite date for when the CEMC will return, they will continue to monitor the situation and updates will be on the CEMC website. https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/contests.html

Quick overview of 2019-2020 contest dates (more details of each below)

CISM Canadian Intermediate Senior (gr 7 to 12) Math contest Wednesday, Nov. 20th 2019 am

Pascal, Cayley, Fermat (gr 7 to 11) Tuesday, Feb. 25th, 2020 am

Euclid (grade 11-12) Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 am

Fryer, Galois, Hypatia (gr 7 to 11) Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 am

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Please note that the LDHSS math contest submission and registration deadlines are strictly enforced.

There are no late submissions/registrations after a deadline for all math contests. Thanks for your cooperation.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2019-2020 school year Math contests:

Canadian Senior (Grades 11-12) and Intermediate (Grades 7-10)

Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 Click here for contest details (past contests and solutions)

Registration starts October 7th and ends October 31st, 2019

To take place in the CAFETERIA [9am to 11:30am]

The Canadian Senior & Intermediate Contests (CSMC and CIMC) are two U. of Waterloo contests designed to give students the opportunity to have fun and to develop their mathematical problem solving ability.

Audience: Students in Grades 7-10 (Intermediate contests) and Grades 11-12 (Senior contests);

motivated students in lower grades are also encouraged to write these contests. Cost: $12.50

* Please indicate which contest you wish to write when ONLINE payment opens at School Cash Online Payment Sign In.

We also offer a contest prep. workshop the week before the contest which will be on Tuesday, November 12th,2019 in room 324 after school. No charge for the workshop and no skills (open to all students grade 7 to 12) or registration required - just come join the fun!

Pascal (Grades 7-9), Cayley (10) and Fermat (11)

Click here for details

Tuesday, Feb. 25th, 2020

[Registration online starts January 15th, 2020 and ends Feb. 7th, 2020]

To take place in the CAFETERIA [8:50 am to 10:10]. Cost: $ 5.15

To register for this math contest, sign into your online payment link at: https://ocdsb.schoolcashonline.com/

Euclid (Grade 11-12) Math Contest

POSTPONED until further notice (updated March 10th, 2020)

Click here for details ** 2019 group shot below

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 [Registration starts in March 7th, 2020]

To take place in classroom 324 [9:00 am to 11:30]. Cost: $ 16 plus 3%

To register for this math contest, sign into your online payment link at: https://ocdsb.schoolcashonline.com/

Deadline to register is Thursday March 17th, 2020.

Fryer (Grades 7-9), Galois (10) and Hypatia (11)

Click here for details

POSTPONED until further notice (updated March 10th, 2020)

Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 [Registration starts in March 7th, 2020]

To take place in the CAFETERIA [8:50 am to 10:20am] Cost: $ 10 plus 3%

To register for this math contest, sign into your online payment link at: https://ocdsb.schoolcashonline.com/

Deadline to register is Thursday March 26th, 2020.

* Please indicate which contest you wish to write when ONLINE payment opens.

Please congratulate our Ravens who stood out in our recent Pascal Cayley & Fermat Math Contest Feb. 2019.

We have twenty-four Certificate of Distinction winners and five school Medal winners who will each receive certificates and medals from the University of Waterloo for their outstanding accomplishments. Here are the Contest Results (with a few pics of the event below): Certificate of Distinction goes to the students who achieve results amongst the top 25% of Canadian math contest participants in this contest.

Certificate of DISTINCTION Top score:

ASHWIN BONI BANGARI FAYE YANG ERIC WANG MICHAEL BLAIR

TAHMEED KHAN ISHTI HOSSAIN MAATHUMAI JEGATHEESWARAN DAHLIA ZERROUK

ASHLEIGH POMERANT AUDREY LUN TIMOTHY DAO BRADLEY ZAINE

HONGYI WU JASON TANG MORVEN CUI WANG ZUHAN

HASSAN ALI KAVI JEEVAKUMAR DEV JOGALEKAR ANOJAN SIVARANJAN

NATHANIEL HASLIP ALLEN SAM EMMA WANG HANNALEE WU

MEDAL winners:

ASHWIN BONI BANGARI and FAYE YANG (Fermat contest)

ISHTI HOSSAIN and MAATHUMAI JEGATHEESWARAN (Cayley contest)

TIMOTHY DAO (Pascal contest)

LDHSS University of Waterloo grade 12 Euclid Math Contest 2019 Team

LDHSS University of Waterloo grade 12 Euclid Math Contest 2018 Team

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MATH CONTEST & Enrichment Fall 2022-2023:

any students interested in enrichment opportunities...

Next contest is the multiple choice Pascal Cayley Fermat math contest.

The Pascal, Cayley and Fermat (PCF) Contests are a fun opportunity for participants to explore the potential of mathematics and their role in it. Designed to be accessible both to those that have written math contests in the past and to those who haven’t, these multiple-choice contests can help learners build confidence and inspire them to get excited about math.

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.

Format: 25 multiple-choice questions

3 parts: Parts A and B follow a traditional multiple-choice format where the answer is A, B, C, D or E. In Part C, participants select a whole number from 0 to 99.
60 minutes [Score out of 150]
Questions are based on curriculum concepts common to all Canadian 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.

Deadline to register is Febuary 5th on a First come First serve basis. There will be no late registrations allowed after this registration deadline. Online payments open January 20th, 2023.

Paying the online fee is sufficient for registration purposes. Make sure you bookmark Feb. 22nd on your calendar.

Also, our secondary Math club's free numeracy enrichment after-school workshop is

Wednesday Feb. 8th after school 3:15 pm to 4 pm in Secondary classroom 324.

No registration or skills are required for this free in-school workshop.