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Results of “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest 2023
“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 2023 is organized
by Grand River Chinese School, and sponsored by Canadian Mathematical
Society. A total of 94 students wrote the NCC this year.
NCC
began in 2008, and has tested 1231 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)
Henry Hu
Zed Li
Contest Honour Roll:
The Group of Grades 9 and 10 (19 attendees, group median score 50)
Gold Award:
Chenglong Li, Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute, Score of 85
Keri Walter, Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute, Score of 85
Jerry Wang, Laurel Heights Secondary School, Score of 85
Silver Award:
Justin Li, Doon Public School, Score of 80
Sunny Xu, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Score of 80
The Group of Grades 7 and 8 (20 attendees, group median score 65)
Gold Award:
Brianna Bicheru, KW Bilingual School, Score of 100
Richard Zhang, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 100
Silver Award:
Aydan Jia，Laurelwood Public School, Score of 90
Aria Luo, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 90
Bronze Award:
Abigail Lin，Lester B Pearson Public School, Score of 80
The Group of Grades 5 and 6 (29 attendees, group median score 70)
Gold Award:
Andy Chang, KW Bilingual School, Score of 105
Silver Award:
Hayden Huang, KW Bilingual School, Score of 100
Haorui Wu, Millenwoods Public School, Score of 100
Bronze Award:
Sophia Huang, Williamsburg Public School, Score of 95
Ryan Lin, Lester B Pearson Public School, Score of 95
Daniel Chen, Vista Hills Public School, Score of 90
Maximilian Wong, KW Bilingual School, Score of 90
The Group of Grades 4 (11 attendees, group median score 80)
Gold Award:
Evan Diao, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 105
Silver Award:
Jason Han, KW Bilingual School, Score of 95
Oliver Yang, Mary Johnston Public School, Score of 95
Bronze Award:
Brian Chen, Rickson Ridge Public School, Score of 90
Chenxi Zhe, Vista Hills Public School, Score of 90
The Group of Grades 3 (15 attendees, group median score 70)
Gold Award:
Max Chang, KW Bilingual School, Score of 105
Silver Award:
Catherine Qu, École Arbour Vista Public School (Guelph), Score of 95
Bronze Award:
Andrew Williams, Millen Woods Public School, Score of 85
Austin Li, KW Bilingual School, Score of 75
Nathan Yu, Scholars' Hall, Score of 75
The
award ceremony will be held during the Chinese New Year celebration of
Grand River Chinese School on February 10, 2024. The above winners will
receive their certificates and trophies/medals. Other students who want
to know their scores may email office@grandriverchineseschool.com.
Organizing Committee of NCC
November 24, 2023
Questions and Solutions of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC) 2023
[2023/11/18]
Cover Sheet Solutions
Part B Solution
Part C Solution
Part D Solution
Part E Solution
The
14th
Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC23)
Sponsored
by Canadian Mathematical Society, Grand River Chinese School will host
"The 14th
Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC23)"
on Nov. 18,
2023,
2:30pm to 4:00pm. Students achieving outstanding results in the
contest will receive awards and certificates in 5 separate age
groups.
NCC23
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 2022,
NCC has tested 1137
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 NCC23
is free. Local students who were born in 2008
to 2015
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 NCC23
Rules for Writing the NCC23
The
questions and answers for previous year's contests can be found at
NCC22
NCC19
NCC18 NCC17 NCC16 NCC15 NCC14 NCC13 NCC12 NCC11 NCC10 NCC09 and
NCC08.
Grand
River Chinese School
2023/10/03
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