Results of “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest 2009
“The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest (NCC) is a math contest designed for students of Grades 3 to 10 as a warm-up for the Canadian Math Contests. The contest is named after the Chinese ancient classic book "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art". NCC began in 2008. Many attendees of NCC08 achieved distinctive honours this year in Canadian Math Contests, among them including:
A few others also achieved first, second or third places of their schools. Congratulations to all of them!
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest received strong response again this year. The Problems Committee and Problem Editor worked very hard for months to design the contest. They are:
Problems Committee:
Will Ma (Chair)
Shalev Ben-David
Louis Hong
Leanne Hou
Helen Hu
Lucy Xie
Problem Editor:
Amlesh Jayakumar
A total of 56 students wrote the contest this year. The contest results are as follows:
Student Honour Roll:
The Group of Grades 7 through 10 (Group Average Score 58.2)
First Prize (Tied):
Fengyang Wang, Centennial Public School, Score of 100
Tony Tianyi Zhang, Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, Score of 100
Third Prize:
Henry Zhu, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Score of 85
Honourable Mention:
Jenny Yiming Chen, Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School
Elbert Lai, Empire Public School
Arthur Wang, Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School
The Group of Grades 5 and 6 (Group Average Score 40.4)
First Prize:
Lisa Bian, Winston Churchill Public School，Score of 90
Second Prize:
Joshua Bohua Guo, Westmount Public School, Score of 60
Third Prize:
Tony Li, Mary Johnston Public School, Score of 55
Honourable Mention:
George Zhihua Yuan, Northlake Woods Public School
The Group of Grades 3 and 4 (Group Average Score 44.5)
First Prize:
Lanney F. Wang, Southridge Public School, Score of 75
Second Prize (Tied):
Andy Bao, Sandhill Public School, Score of 60
Nancy Huang, Saginaw Public School, Score of 60
Honourable Mention:
Donnel (Donny) Ren，Eadna Staebler Public School
Nicole Zou, Edna Stabler Public School
Mermer Wang, A.R. Kaufman Public School
The above students will receive their certificates/prizes provided by the sponsor, Confucius Institute at the University of Waterloo, during the Chinese New Year celebration of Grand River Chinese School next year. Students may email gr_chineseschool@yahoo.ca to get their scores.
Organizing Committee of NCC09
Questions and Solutions of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC) 2009
Cover Sheet
Part A Part A Solutions
Part B Part B Solutions
Part C Part C Solutions
Part D Part D Solutions
Part E Part E Solutions