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