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Yesterday I took part in the Senior Mathematical challenge. This is a test that is created by the UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematical Trust) which is designed to test your mathematical skills more than your actual knowledge. The paper lasts 90 minutes and is multiple choice. Unlike most exams if you get questions wrong you lose a mark however you gain 4 marks for every question you answer correctly. Since there are 5 choices per question you are likely to end up with negative marks for randomly answering questions. This is so that people work them out rather than randomly guessing at the end.

The UKMT have a website which has a few past papers on it including the one that I did. I will post again when I find out my result. I have done the tests in three previous years, Twice with the junior and once with the intermediate. I have done 2 junior second rounds and 1 intermediate so perhaps I might get through again, but I am not sure because it is meant to be quite a bit harder. The paper is 3 1/2 hours long for the second round though.

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