Results of “The
Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest
2016
“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
2016 is organized by Grand River Chinese School, co-organized
and sponsored by Confucius Institute in 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 various other Canadian math
contests, and have been listed 304 times on their honour
rolls, including 61 times of distinguished awards and
achievements such perfect scores, gold, silver and bronze
medals and/or golden standard. New winners since NCC15 last
year include:
3 persons on 2015 Canadian Senior
Mathematics Contest Honour Roll
4 persons on 2015
Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest Honour
Roll
3 persons on 2016 Fermat Contest Honour
Roll
2 persons on 2016 Pascal Contest Honour
Roll
1 person on 2016 Fryer Contest Honour
Roll
3 persons on 2016 Hypatia Contest Honour
Roll
1 person on 2016 Euclid Contest Honour
Roll
4 persons on 2016 Cayley Contest Honour
Roll
1 person on 2016 Galois Contest Honour
Roll
4 persons on 2016 Thales Contest Honour
Roll
3 persons on 2016 Byron-Germain Contest Honour
Roll
5 persons on 2016 Fibonacci Contest Honour
Roll
3 persons on 2016 Pythagoras Contest Honour
Roll
2 persons on 2016 Canadian Open Mathematics
Challenge Honour Roll with multiple prizes
1 person
awarded in 2016 CMO
20 persons on 2016 Canadian
Math Kangaroo Competition Honour
Roll
Among them, including
Fermat Contest Gold Medal:
Ben Wei
Euclid Contest $200 cash
prize:
Ben Wei
Canadian
Intermediate Math Contest Student
Champion:
Steven Chow
Canadian Math
Kangaroo Contest Grade 10 National 1st Place
Tied:
Steven Chow
Canadian Math
Kangaroo Contest Grade 11 2nd Place of
Canada:
Ben Wei
Canadian Open
Mathematical Challenge Canadian Champions Gold Award, Best
in Canada Grade 12 Gold Award, Ontario Champions Gold
Award, Best in Ontario Grade 12 Gold
Award:
Richard Chow
Best in
Southwestern Ontario Grade 11 Silver Award:
Ben Wei
Canadian Mathematical
Olympiad $500 cash prize winner:
Ben
Wei
Congratulations to all of
them!
A total of 95 students wrote the NCC this
year, 13 of them traveled to Waterloo for the contest from
other cities outside KW. Members of NCC Problems Committee
worked very hard for months to design the contest. They
are:
Problems Committee (in alphabetical order of
last name):
Wayne
Chang
Helen Hu
Billy Jin (Advisor)
Will Ma
(Advisor)
Fengyang Wang
(Chair)
Ben
Wei
Contest Student Honour Roll:
The Group of Grades 9 and 10 (10 attendees,
group average score 55.6)First Prize:
Andy Dong, Arbour Vista
Public School（Guelph）, Score of 95
Second
Prize:
Andrew Wang, Sir John A. Macdonald
Secondary School, Score of 75
Third
Prize:
Kevin Chen, Bluevale Collegiate
Institute, Score of 65
The Group of Grades 7
and 8 (19 attendees, group average score 69.7)First
Prize:
Tianye Chen, Laurelwood Public
School, Score of 100
Second
Prize:
David Gou, Centennial Public
School, Score of 95
Third Prize (Tied, in
alphabetical order of last names):
Matthews Dayang Ma, Centennial Public School, Score of
85
Victor Wei , Courtland
Public School, Score of 85
Eric
Xiao, Laurelwood Public School, Score of
85
The Group of Grades 5 and 6 (34 attendees,
group average score 79.0)First Prize (Tied, in
alphabetical order of last names):
Scott
Hao, Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School, Score of
110
Brendan Wong, Elizabeth
Ziegler Public School, Score of 110
Third Prize
(Tied, in alphabetical order of last
names):
Steven Chen, Edna Stabler
Public School, Score of 105
Emina
Lai, Edna Stabler Public School, Score of
105
Honourable Mention:
Jeffery
Peng Qiu, Millen Woods Public School, Score of
100
Mia Alexandra Cadsby, Waverley
Drive Public School (Guelph), Score of
95
Kevin Huang, Abraham Erb
Public School, Score of 95
Jay
Ren, Vista Hills Public School, Score of
95
Harry Wang, Vista Hill Public
School, Score of 95
Dana
Yuan, JW Gerth Public School, Score of
95
Lehan Zhu, Waverley Drive
Public School (Guelph), Score of 95
The
Group of Grades 4 (19 attendees, group average score
82.6)First Prize:
Daniel
Zhong, Jack Chambers Public School (London), Score of
120
Second Prize:
Ethan Hyo Jeon,
Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School, Score of 115
Third
Prize:
Daphne Lin, J. W. Gerth Public
School, Score of 110
Honourable
Mention:
Alexandru Rusu,
Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School, Score of
100
Matthew Liu, Lester B. Pearson
Public School, Score of 95
Tobby Meng,
Laurelwood Public School, Score of 95
The Group of
Grades 3 (13 attendees, group average score 51.1)First
Prize:
Benjamin Joseph Cadsby, Ecole
Arbour Vista Public School (Guelph), Score of 105
Second
Prize:
Jerry Wang, Laurelwood Public
School, Score of 90
Third Prize:
Hannah Wu, Fred A Hamilton Public School (Guelph),
Score of 60
Honourable Mention:
Emily
Huang, Abraham Erb Public School, Score of
55
Angie Tan, Millen Woods Public
School, Score of 55
The award ceremony will be held
during the Chinese New Year celebration of Grand River Chinese
School in February 2017. 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. 26, 2016
Questions and Solutions of the Nine Chapters
on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC) 2016
[2016/11/19, updated 2017/01/31]
Cover
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Solutions
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Solution
Part
C
Solution
Part
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Solution
Part
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Solution
The 9th Nine
Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest
(NCC16)
Co-organized and sponsored by
Confucius Institute in Waterloo, and sponsored by Canadian
Mathematical Society, Grand River Chinese School will host
"The 9th Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest
(NCC16)" on Nov. 19, 2016, 2:30pm to 4:00pm. Students
achieving outstanding results in the contest will receive
awards and certificates in 5 separate age groups (winners of
grade
3 and grade 4 will be separately awarded).
NCC16 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 2015, NCC has tested 621
participants, many of them further wrote various Canadian math
contests, and have been listed on honour rolls of those
contests for 305 times including 59 times of golden standards,
gold, silver and bronze medals, perfect scores, national
and regional champions.
Participating in NCC16 is free. Local
students who were born in 2001 to 2008 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 NCC16
Rules for Writing the NCC16
The questions and answers for previous
year's contests can be found at NCC15 NCC14 NCC13 NCC12 NCC11 NCC10 NCC09 and NCC08.
Grand River Chinese
School
2016/10/07