Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) is Canada's largest and most recognized outreach organization for promoting and creating activities and materials in mathematics and computer science housed within the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. It was founded in 1995 with origins dating back to the 1960s. Its mission is to increase interest, enjoyment, confidence, and ability in mathematics and computer science among learners and educators in Canada and internationally.
The CEMC administers the Canadian Mathematics Competitions (CMC), written annually by over 200,000 students from around the world,[1] as well as contests in computer science. The contests are listed by grade below.
- Grade 7 - Gauss 7
- Grade 8 - Gauss 8
- Grade 9 - Pascal and Fryer
- Grade 10 - Cayley and Galois
- Grade 11 - Fermat and Hypatia
- Grade 12 - Euclid
- Grade 9 and 10 - Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest
- Grade 11 and 12 - Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest
- All grades - Canadian Computing Competition (CCC)
- All grades, by invite only - Canadian Computing Olympiad (CCO)
- Grade 7/8 - 10 - the Beaver (Bebras[2]) Computing Challenge for Grade 7/8 - 10 students. More information can be found on the BCC contest page itself at https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/bcc.html (Beaver[3])
The CEMC also holds other activities to enrich mathematics in high school communities, such as math circles and teacher education programs. Several publications include Problems Problems Problems (English and French), Is this going to be on the Math test?, Problems and How to Solve Them, Shaking Hands in Corner Brook (and other Math problems), Mathematics Resource Manual for High School Students and Undergraduate Studies, Invitations to Mathematics, and Problems from the Inv. Math Challenge with Hints and Solutions.[4]
Gauss 7
The Gauss 7 is offered to all grade 7 students as well as being offered to interested students in lower grades. Test includes material generally covered in the Ontario 7th grade curriculum, it focuses largely on geometry, number sense, and mathematical thinking. Generally written by approximately 45000 students all over Canada, most from Ontario. The mean sore on the test is 90/150 with around 500-600 students scoring in the 136-150 range.
Gauss 8
The Gauss 8 contest is offered to all grade 8 students as well as being offered to interested students in lower grades. Test includes mostly the same material as the Gauss 7 with more emphasis on some algebra that is apart of the grade 8 curriculum. Generally written by approximately 45000 students all over Canada, most from Ontario. The mean score on the test is 90/150.
Pascal/Cayley/Fermat
PCF (Pascal/Cayley/Fermat) is the multiple choice contests that are offered to secondary school students. The max grade you may be in to participate in the contests is 9/10/11 respectively. Each test covers material that is standard for each particular grade, and may be taken by students in lower grades. The max score is 150 with an average score of around 100 for each contest. Awards are given to some of the top scorers.
See also
References
- ^ "Mathematics and Computing Contests: Results".
- ^ "Bebras Contest".
- ^ "Beaver Computing Challenge".
- ^ "CEMC Official Website". CEMC, University of Waterloo. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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