Results of “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art”
Contest 2011
“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 2011 is
organized by Grand River Chinese School, co-organized by St.
Louis Continuing Education Centers, and Confucius Institute at
the University of Waterloo.
NCC began in 2008, and since then, attendees of NCC have
achieved a lot of distinctive honours in Canadian Math
Contests and were listed 26 times on honour rolls, including 6
times of perfect scores. New winners in year 2011 include:
2011 Fryer Contest Gold Standard:
Lisa
Bian
Billy Jin
2011 Fibonacci Contest Honour Roll:
Odelia
Chen
Donnel Ren
Ben Tan
2011 Pythagoras Contest Honour Roll:
Yixiong
Sun
2011 Newton Contest Honour Roll:
Zhenle Cao
2011 Canadian Computing Competition Honour Roll:
Ting
Han Hu
2011 Gauss Contest perfect score of 150:
Lanney Wang
2011 International Math Kangaroo Competition perfect score,
first place in Canada and Gold Medal:
Lanney Wang
Congratulations to all of them!
The Nine
Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest received record
response this year. A total of 83 students wrote the contest,
some of them came from other cities. The NCC Problems
Committee members and Problem Editors worked hard for months
to design the contest. They are:
Problems
Committee (in alphabetical order):
Frank Ban
Shalev
Ben-David (Chair)
Alexei Borissov
Helen Hu
Amlesh
Jayakumar
Will Ma (Advisor)
Lucy Xie
Henry Zhu
Problem Editors (in alphabetical order):
Shalev
Ben-David
Alexei Borissov
Liwen Hou
Amlesh
Jayakumar
Will Ma
Contest Student Honour
Roll:
The Group of Grades 9 and 10
(Group Average Score 71.9)
First Prize (Tied,
in alphabetical order):
Billy Jin, Waterloo Collegiate
Institute, Score of 115
Fengyang Wang , Sir John A.
Macdonald High School, Score of 115
Third
Prize:
Rongzhao Li, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Score of
110
Honourable Mention:
Jim Zhemin Zhang, Waterloo
Collegiate Institute, Score of 95
Elbert Lai, Centennial
Public School, Score of 90
David Mamujee, KWCHEA
(Homeschooled), Score of 85
The Group of Grades 7 and 8
(Group Average Score 75.3)
First Prize:
Kai Tang, Dalwood Middle School, Hamilton, Score of
115
Second Prize (Tied, in alphabetical order):
Lisa
Bian, MacGregor Public School, Score of 100
Andrew Ilyas,
Centennial Public School, Score of 100
Honourable
Mention:
Tony Li , Centennial Public School, Score of
95
Dejia Chen, Laurelwood Public School, Score of
90
Yixiong Sun, Centennial Public School, Score of
90
The Group of Grades 5 and 6
(Group Average Score 80.8)
First Prize (Tied,
in alphabetical order):
Alexander Kitaev, Elizabeth Ziegler
Public School, Score of 120
Lanney Fumitsuki Wang ,
Elizabeth Ziegler Public School, Score of 120
Third Prize:
Hao Yun, Williamsburg Public School, Score of
105
Honourable Mention:
Joyce Ma, Abraham Erb Public
School, Score of 95
Clara Xi, Ryerson Public School,
Cambridge, Score of 95
Andy Bao, Mary Johnson Public
School, Score of 90
Yaoyan Huang, Terry Fox Public School,
Scarborough, Score of 90
The Group of Grades 3 and 4
(Group Average Score 74.3)
First Prize: (Tied,
in alphabetical order):
Andy Dong, John McCrae Public
School, Guelph, Score of 120
Zhening Zed Li, Laurelwood
Public School, Score of 120
Third Prize:
Andrew Wang,
Abraham Erb Public School, Score of 115
Honourable
Mention:
Henry Hu, Mary Johnston Public School, Score of
105
Rachel Kim，Mary Johnston Public School, Score of
105
Mabel Luo, Empire Public School, Score of
95
Michelle Ma, Abraham Erb Public School, Score of
95
The award ceremony will be held during the Chinese New Year
Gala of Grand River Chinese School in January 2012. The above
students will receive their certificates/prizes provided by
Confucius Institute at the University of Waterloo. Other
students who want to know their scores may email office@grandriverchineseschool.com.
Organizing Committee of NCC11
Dec. 9,
2011
Questions and Solutions of the Nine Chapters
on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC) 2011
[2011/11/19]
Cover
Sheet Solutions
Part
A
Part A
Part
B
Part B
Part
C
Part C
Part
D
Part D
Part
E
Part E
Part
F Part
F
The 4th Nine
Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC11)
[2011/10/17]
Sponsored by Confucius
Institute at the University of Waterloo, Grand River Chinese
School will host "The 4th Nine Chapters on the Mathematical
Art Contest (NCC11)" on Nov. 19, 2011, 2:45pm to 4:00pm. NCC11
is a math contest designed for students of Grades 3 to 10 as a
warm-up for the Canadian Math Contests (Thales Contest for
Grade 3, Byron-Germain Contest for Grade 4, Fibonacci Contest
for Grade 5, Pythagoras Contest for Grade 6, Gauss Contest for
Grades 7 and 8, Pascal Contest for Grade 9, and Cayley Contest
for Grade 10). The contest is named after the Chinese ancient
classic book "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical
Art" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Chapters_on_the_Mathematical_Art). Students
achieving outstanding results in the contest will receive
awards provided by the Confucius Institute.
Since the first NCC in 2008, 25
students who wrote the NCCs achieved outstanding scores and
were listed on the honour rolls of Canadian Math Contests,
including 6 persons who achieved perfect scores. The
former and current Chairs of NCC Problems Committee have been
accepted by MIT as Ph.D. candidates in math related
fields.
Participating in NCC11 is free.
Local students who were born in 1996 to 2003 are eligible. To
sign up for this contest, you need to downlaod the registration form, and email the filled form
as attachment to gr_chineseschool@yahoo.ca
by Oct. 31th. Other details will
be notified to eligible students by email.
Candidates who plan to write
the contest are recommended to download and read the following
two documents:
How to
Prepare for the
NCC11
Rules for Writing the
NCC11
The questions and answers for
previous year's contests can be found at NCC08, NCC09, and NCC10.
Grand River Chinese
School