Results of “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest 2022
“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 2022 is organized
by Grand River Chinese School, co-organized and sponsored by Confucius
Institute in Waterloo, and sponsored by Canadian Mathematical Society. A total of 72 students wrote the NCC this year.
NCC
began in 2008, and has tested 1137 attendees. The attendees of NCC have
achieved a lot of distinctive honours in various other Canadian math
contests. By 2019, attendees of NCC
have been listed 568 times on their honour rolls, including 118 times
of distinguished awards and achievements such perfect scores, gold,
silver and bronze awards and golden standard (after 2019, we no longer
gather NCC attendee data in other Canadian contests).
Problems Committee this year (in alphabetical order of last name):
Laindon Burnett (Chair)
Billy Jin (Advisor)
Zed Li
Contest Honour Roll:
The Group of Grades 9 and 10 (16 attendees, group median score 60)
Gold Award:
Jerry Wang, Laurel Heights Secondary School, Score of 85
Silver Award:
Alexandru Rusu, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Score of 75
Bronze Award:
Angel Qiu, Laurel Heights Secondary School,
Score of 70
Max Peng, Laurel Height Secondary School,
Score of 70
James Li. Laurel Heights Secondary School, Score of 65
Jerry Liu 1 (of grade 10), Laurel Heights Secondary School, Score of 65
The Group of Grades 7 and 8 (19 attendees, group median score 70)
Gold Award:
Justin Yunqi Li, Doon Public School, Score of 110
Sunny Xu, Centennial Public School, Score of 100
Silver Award:
Dasia Yuan, Doon Public School,
Score of 95
Chenglong Li, Ecole Arbour Vista Public School, Score of 90
Bronze Award:
Jeffrey Chen, Pearson Online Academy,
Score of 80
Leonie Gaiotto, Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute,
Score of 75
Richard Zhang, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 75
Tianshu Van Altena, St. Andrews Public School, Score of 75
The Group of Grades 5 and 6 (20 attendees, group median score 80)
Gold Award:
Brianna Bicheru, KW Bilingual School, Score of 115
Silver Award:
Aria Luo, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 110
Hayden Huang, KW Bilingual School, Score of 110
Bronze Award:
Yunyang Zhang, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 105
Annabelle He, KW Bilingual School, Score of 100
Jasper Qiu, Mary Johnston Public School, Score of 100
The Group of Grades 4 (11 attendees, group median score 80)
Gold Award:
Sophia Huang, Williamsburg Public School,
Score of 105
Silver Award:
Emma Peng, Laurelwood Public School,
Score of 100
Bronze Award:
Andy Ye, Abraham Erb Public School,
Score of 95
Florence Li, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 85
The Group of Grades 3 (6 attendees, group median score 57.5)
Gold Award:
Haorui Wu, Millenwoods public school,
Score of 100
Silver Award:
Evan Diao, Laurelwood Public School,
Score of 80
Bronze Award:
Alexa Jia, Laurelwood Public School,
Score of 60
We
will notify the above winners to receive their certificates and awards
once ready. Other students who want to know their scores may email office@grandriverchineseschool.com.
Organizing Committee of NCC
November 29, 2022
Questions and Solutions of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC) 2022
[2022/11/19] [updated 2023/01/20]
Cover Sheet Solutions
Part A Solution
Part B Solution
Part C Solution
Part D Solution
Part E Solution
Part F
Solution
The
13th
Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest
(NCC22)
Co-organized
and sponsored by Confucius Institute in Waterloo, and
sponsored by Canadian Mathematical Society, Grand River
Chinese School will host "The 13th
Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest
(NCC22)"
on Nov. 19,
2022,
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).
NCC22
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 2019,
NCC has tested 1065
participants, many of them further wrote various Canadian
math contests, and have been listed on honour rolls of those
contests (by
2019) for
568 times including 118 times of golden standards, gold,
silver and bronze medals, perfect scores, national and
regional champions.
Participating
in NCC22
is free. Local students who were born in 2007
to 2014
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 submit registration
form here 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 NCC22 Rules for Writing the NCC22
The
questions and answers for previous year's contests can be
found at
NCC19
NCC18 NCC17 NCC16 NCC15 NCC14 NCC13 NCC12 NCC11 NCC10 NCC09 and
NCC08.
Grand
River Chinese School
2022/10/06