Team Challenge
The UKMT Team Maths Challenge is an annual event. One team from each participating school, comprising four pupils selected from year 8 and 9 (ages 12–14), competes in a regional round. No more than 2 pupils on a team may be from Year 9. There are over 60 regional competitions in the UK, held between February and May. The winning team in each regional round, as well as a few high-scoring runners-up from throughout the country, are then invited to the National Final in London, usually in late June.
There are 4 rounds:
- Group Questions
- Cross-Numbers
- Head-to-Head (NB: The previous Head-to-Head Round has been replaced with another, similar to the Mini-Relay used in the 2007 and 2008 National Finals.)
- Relay
In the National Final however an additional 'Poster Round' is added at the beginning. The poster round is a separate competition, and does not count towards the main event. Only one school has won the Junior Maths Team competition twice, Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall.
| Year | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Magdalen College School, Oxford | St Paul's Girls' School |
| 2nd Place | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys | Magdalen College School, Oxford |
| 3rd Place | Clifton College | City of London School |
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