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NCC13  NCC12  NCC11  NCC10  NCC09  NCC08

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Results of “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest 2014

“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 2014 is organized by Grand River Chinese School, co-organized and sponsored by Confucius Institute at the University of Waterloo, and sponsored by Canadian Mathematical Society.

NCC began in 2008, and since then, attendees of NCC have achieved a lot of distinctive honours in Canadian Math Contests, and have been listed 186 times on honour rolls, including 42 times of perfect scores, gold, silver and bronze medals and/or golden standard. New winners since NCC’13 last year include:
5 persons on 2013 Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest Honour Roll
2 persons on 2013 Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest Honour Roll
3 persons on 2014 Cayley Contest Honour Roll
4 persons on 2014 Fermat Contest Honour Roll
2 persons on 2014 Pascal Contest Honour Roll
3 persons on 2014 Galois Contest Honour Roll
7 persons on 2014 Hypatia Contest Honour Roll
5 persons on 2014 Euclid Contest Honour Roll
8 persons on 2014 Canadian Computing Competition Honour Roll
2 persons on 2014 Canadian Computing Olympiad Honour Roll
1 person on 2014 Thales Contest Honour Roll
5 persons on 2014 Byron-Germain Contest Honour Roll
2 persons on 2014 Fibonacci Contest Honour Roll
3 persons on 2014 Pythagoras Contest Honour Roll
1 person on 2014 Euler Contest Honour Roll
1 person on 2014 Lagrange Contest Honour Roll
6 persons on 2014 Gauss Contest Honour Roll
3 persons on 2013 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge Honour Roll
12 persons on 2014 Canadian Math Kangaroo Competition Honour Roll (11 of them also won Waterloo, Guelph or GTA gold or silver medals)
Among them, including
Fermat Contest West Ontario Champion:
    WANG FENGYANG
Canadian Computing Olympiad Silver Medallists:
    FENGYANG WANG
    ZHEMIN ZHANG
Thales Contest 2nd Place in Canada:
    CHEN STEVEN
Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge “Best in Canada” bronze medal and "Best in Ontario” silver medal:
    Steven Chow
Gauss Contest Perfect scores:
    Daniel Cheriyan
    Odelia Chen
    Henry Hu
    Jeffrey Lin
    Donnel Ren
    Steven Chow
Congratulations to all of them!
 
A total of 92 students wrote the NCC this year, some of them traveled over 100 km to Waterloo. Members of NCC Problems Committee worked very hard for months to design the contest. They are:
 
Problems Committee (in alphabetical order of last name):
Shalev Ben-David (Advisor)
Anton Borissov
Wayne Chang
Helen Hu
Billy Jin (Chair)
Rongzhao Li
Will Ma (Advisor)
Tom Peng
Fengyang Wang
Jim Zhang
Contest Student Honour Roll:

The Group of Grades 9 and 10 (15 attendees, group average score 51.3)
First Prize:
Ben Wei, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Score of 115
Second Prize:
Steven Chow, Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute (Scarborough), Score of 110
Third Prize:
Alexander Kitaev, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Score of 75
Honourable Mention:
Yixiong Sun, Carmeron Heights Collegiate Institute, Score of 65

The Group of Grades 7 and 8 (20 attendees, group average score 56.3)
First Prize (Tied, in alphabetical order of last names):
Jonathan Li, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 105
Andrew Wang, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 105
Third Prize:
Donnel Ren, Home School, Score of 90
Honourable Mention:
Alex Xu, Heritage Glen Public School (Oakville), Score of 80
Hao Yun, Queensmount Public School, Score of 75

The Group of Grades 5 and 6 (28 attendees, group average score 67.1)
First Prize:
David Gou, Elizabeth Ziegler Public School, Score of 100
Second Prize:
Victor Wei, Elizabeth Ziegler Public School, Score of 95
Third Prize (Tied, in alphabetical order of last names):
Tianye Chen, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 85
Emily Wan, Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School, Score of 85
Honourable Mention:
Alex Deng, Sandhills Public School, Score of 80
Aleksandar Pejanovic, Queen Elizabeth Public School, Score of 80
Sijia Li, Sandhill Public School, Score of 75
Michelle Ma, Abraham Erb Public School, Score of 75
Thomas Vukovic, St. John's-Kilmarnock School, Score of 75
Daniel Yu, Edna Staebler Public School, Score of 75

The Group of Grades 4 (10 attendees, group average score 75.0)
First Prize:
Jeffery Peng Qiu, Millen Woods Public School, Score of 110
Second Prize:
Brendan Wong, Lackner Woods Public School, Score of 100
Third Prize:
Harry Wang, Edna Staebler Public School, Score of 85
Honourable Mention:
Steven Chen, Edna Staebler Public School, Score of 80

The Group of Grades 3 (19 attendees, group average score 59.5)
First Prize (Tied, in alphabetical order of last names):
Mia Alexandra Cadsby, Ecole Arbour Vista Public School (Guelph), Score of 100
Bryant Ruan, Lackner Woods Public School, Score of 100
Third Prize:
Jay Ren, Edna Staebler Public School, Score of 95
Honourable Mention:
Melinda Caringal, St. Matthew Catholic School, Score of 80
Jason Li, Edna Staebler Public School, Score of 75
Yinuo Lin, Lester B. Pearson Public School, Score of 70
Anke Mok, Richmond Hill Christian Academy, Score of 70

The award ceremony will be held during the Chinese New Year celebration of Grand River Chinese School in February 2015. The above students will receive their certificates and prizes. Other students who want to know their scores may email office@grandriverchineseschool.com.
 
Organizing Committee of NCC
Nov. 29, 2014


Questions and Solutions of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC) 2014 [2014/11/22 updated 2014/12/31]

Cover Sheet                             Solutions

Part A                                       Solution

Part B                                       Solution

Part C                                       Solution

Part D                                       Solution

Part E                                       Solution

Part F                                       Solution



The 7th Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC14) 


Co-organized and sponsored by Confucius Institute at the University of Waterloo, and sponsored by Canadian Mathematical Society, Grand River Chinese School will host "The 7th Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC14)" on Nov. 22, 2014, 2:30pm to 4:00pm. Students achieving outstanding results in the contest will receive awards and certificates in 5 separate age groups (new this year: winners of grade 3 and grade 4 will be separately awarded).

NCC14 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 NCC 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). 

 

During 2008 to 2013, NCC has tested 424 participants, many of them further wrote various Canadian math contests, and have been listed on honour rolls of those contests for 186 times including 42 times of golden standards, gold, silver and bronze medals, and perfect scores.

Participating in NCC14 is free. Local students who were born in 1999 to 2006 are eligible. Students from other areas may also attend if they are able to travel to Waterloo for the contest. To sign up for this contest, you need to download the registration form, and email the filled form as attachment to office@grandriverchineseschool.com by Oct. 31. 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 NCC14            Rules for Writing the NCC14

 

The questions and answers for previous year's contests can be found at NCC13  NCC12  NCC11  NCC10  NCC09 and NCC08.
 

Grand River Chinese School
2014/10/05