Senior Mathematical Challenge
The Senior Mathematical Challenge (SMC) is open to students who are in Year 13 (aged 18) or below. The paper has twenty-five multiple choice questions. A correct answer is worth 4 marks, while 1 mark is deducted from a starting total of 25 for an incorrect answer. This gives a score between 0 and 125 marks.
As with the JMC and IMC, the top 40% get a certificate, the 1300 (approx.) highest scorers are invited to compete in the British Mathematical Olympiad and the next 1500 (approx.) highest scorers are invited to sit the Senior Kangaroo. Mathematics teachers may also, on payment of a fee, enter students who did not score quite well enough in the SMC, but who might cope well in the next round.
Read more about this topic: United Kingdom Mathematics Trust
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