UK Maths Trust
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Inspiring a love of problem solving in young people. We're a charity powered by hundreds of volunteers who coordinate maths challenges across the UK.
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Joined March 2010
Problem of the Week is back! .Please do not comment with the solution so other people can work it out too. Instead give the post a like if you think you have the correct answer!.The solution will be posted in the comments on Thurs!.Best of luck! 😄. #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek #Maths
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Problem Of The Week 16. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍. #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek
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We’re still in the midst of processing at the UKMT offices. This is what 200,000 answer sheets looks like. Can you see yours?. #UKMT #IMC #YouDoTheMaths
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Problem of the week 5! ⭐. Please do not comment with the solution so other people can work it out too. Instead, like this post if you think you have the correct answer!. The solution will be posted in the comments on Thursday at 4pm. Good luck! . #UKMT #Problem #Mathematics
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Problem Of The Week 39. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek
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Whilst our offices are closed we'll be bringing you a Problem Of The Day (each provided by the wonderful Alan Slomson) to enable you to keep on top of your Maths skills. We hope everyone is staying positive and healthy. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #YouDoTheMaths
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Problem Of The Week 19. 🔺. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍
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Problem of the Week: Number One 📦. We'll post the Solution on Thursday!. #UKMT #Maths #ProblemOfTheWeek
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It seems appropriate to post one of my favourite IMC questions (taken from 2010 paper). Enjoy! #forkhandles
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Problem Of The Week 32. 🟥 🟧 🟨 🟩. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍. #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek
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Problem Of The Week 30. 🔺. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍
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Good morning, everybody. Hope you all managed a safe and comfortable weekend. Keep those brains ticking over with Monday's Problem Of The Day. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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Good to luck to everyone taking the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge today! #IMC #problemsolving #IMC
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How confident are you on percentages. why not try our Problem of the Day and find out❓. #ukmt #ukmathstrust #problemoftheday
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Here’s one of our Optical Mark Readers in operation today, marking your Intermediate Maths Challenge papers. #UKMT #IMC #IntermediateMathsChallenge #YouDoTheMaths #UKMathsTrust
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Happy Monday!. A lot of people were on the ball with Friday's 'Problem of the Day'. will you find today's just as easy?. #ukmt #ukmathstrust #problemoftheday
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Good luck to all students taking the Junior Mathematical Challenge today! #maths #problemsolving #jmc #ukmt.
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We hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine whether you're on your daily walk, sat in the garden or looking out at it from your window. Here's Problem Of The Day to ponder over. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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Very many congrats to Chair of our Junior and Intermediate Challenge problems group, Howard Groves! Awarded an MBE for services to education in recognition of all his work for UKMT #NewYearsHonours.
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Good Morning, everyone. Hope you all managed a nice weekend. Here's the first Problem Of The Day of this week. Best of luck!. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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Good luck to everyone sitting the Junior Mathematical Challenge tomorrow! #maths #problemSolving.
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Good luck to all students participating in the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge 2022 today and tomorrow!.We wish you all the best and we hope you enjoy the paper. A huge thank you to our sponsors @xtxmarkets for helping make our first Challenge of the year a possibility.
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Presenting today's PROBLEM OF THE DAY. We'll see you back here on Monday for the solution. Have a safe and healthy weekend, everybody. 😺. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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Sharpen those pencils ready for problem solving - it's IMC day tomorrow. Good luck to all students taking part! #maths #MathsChallenge
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Happy Wednesday day, everyone. Here is today's Problem Of The Day. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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PROBLEM OF THE DAY. We'll post the solution tomorrow. Best of luck, everyone. 🥣. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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The first Problem of the Week is here! Feel free to post the solutions below, comment and share it with your friends and family. The solution will be posted next Friday just before the new Problem. #ProblemOfTheWeek.#UKMT.#Mathematics.#UKMTProblemOfTheWeek
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Good morning! Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Time to get your brains churning back over again with a new Problem Of The Day. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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The UKMT office is now closed until 2 January. Time to wind down with this festive Cross-number. Merry Christmas to all our followers! #UKMTProblem
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The International Mathematical Olympiad results are out! The UK team brought home two gold medals, three silvers and an honorable mention. Well done to the team, our incredible volunteers and thank you XTX Markets for supporting them. Full results here:
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It's back! Tomorrow sees the return of our Daily Lockdown Problems. A huge thank you to our Volunteer question setters for putting them together. See you tomorrow for Day One!. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #MathsProblem
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Now flying home from Rio; top 10, *only* team to solve all six questions at this hard #IMO2017, 3 golds, 7th= for Joe - Congratulations all!
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Your #UKMTProblem for this week is taken from the Mathematical Olympiad for Girls. Try your hand at one of the questions used to identify the UK squad members for #EGMO 2018
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Results and certificates are now available for the Junior Mathematical Challenge 2023. Teachers can access these via their Challenges Profile. Well done everyone!. #UKMT #JMC #JuniorMathsChallenge
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Problem Of The Week 21. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍
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Problem Of The Week 8. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution to enable others to work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍. #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek
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We're delighted to be starting off a series of Weekly Maths Puzzles. We'll be posting around three a week aimed at different levels (Junior, Intermediate & Senior). Here's today's puzzle, taken from the Junior Maths Challenge 2005. Enjoy!. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #MathsProblem #JMC
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Problem Of The Week. A good practice question if you're taking part in the Junior Mathematical Challenge on the 30th of April. #UKMT #JMC #YouDoTheMaths
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New Problem of the week is here! Well done for solving the previous one. We especially encourage our younger audience to give it a go! What will be the solution to this one?
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Good morning, all. We will be 'closed' until next Wednesday for the Easter weekend so here is your last Problem Of The Day until then. We hope you have a nice, relaxing break. 🐣 #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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#lockdownproblem #wednesdaymotivation #wednesdaywisdom. Here is the daily problem for #Wednesday . Answers will be posted tomorrow.
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Pencils at the ready? JMC day is here! Good luck to over 300,000 secondary school students taking part! #maths #problemsolving #ukmt.
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We're almost at the weekend - what a quick week!. See how you get on with today's Problem Of The Day. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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Did anyone watch #UniversityChallenge last night? You’ll have seen that two of the answers were mathematicians GH Hardy & Srinivasa Ramanujan which also happen to be the two top levels in our mentoring schemes. 🙂
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The IMC results are in. The 2024 thresholds are: . 🥇Gold: 77+ .🥈Silver: 61+ .🥉Bronze: 47+. 📷 Visit our website: Well done everybody!
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A very Happy New Year, everybody!. Good luck with our first Problem Of The Week for 2020. #UKMT #UKMathTrust #Maths
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Problem of the Week 26!. Please do not comment the solution so other people can work it out too. Instead, like this post if you think you have the correct answer!. The solution will be posted in the comments on Thursday at 4pm. Happy solving!. #ProblemOfTheWeek #Maths #UKMT
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Problem Of The Week 35. 🪣. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek
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We hope you all had a relaxing and restoring Easter weekend. We're back again with our Problem Of The Day! 🙂 . #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #YouDoTheMaths
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Our next inspirational mathematician is Mary Cartwright (1900- 1998), a pioneer of Chaos Theory and known for her work on the butterfly effect. She was the first female mathematics fellow of The Royal Society (1947) & was awarded an OBE in 1969. #InternationalWomensDay
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Happy Friday, everyone. Here's your Problem Of The Day to mull over the weekend with. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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This last weekend, 43 UKMT volunteers met in London and began the process of marking the Cayley, Hamilton, and Maclaurin papers! . Thanks to those that attended and those that marked remotely, we appreciate all your hard work!. #UKMT #Olympiads #Maths #Marking
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Good morning, we hope you managed to find a bit of sunshine over the weekend, wherever you are. Here's this week's first Problem Of The Day. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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Problem of the week 3!. Please do not comment with the solution so other people can work it out too. Instead, like this post if you think you have the correct answer!. The solution will be posted in the comments on Thursday at 4pm. Good luck!. #UKMT #Mathematics #ProblemSolving
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Problem Of The Week 15. 👵. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍. #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek
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Problem of the Week 10! 🃏. Please do not comment the solution so other people can work it out too. Instead, like this post if you think you have the correct answer!. The solution will be posted in the comments on Thursday at 4pm. Best of luck! . #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek #Maths
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Results, certificates and markers feedback are now available for the Senior Mathematical Challenge 2022. Well Done Everyone! . #UKMT #SMC2022 #MathsChallenge
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It's Day One of our FESTIVE CALENDAR!. Make sure and check in every day from now until the 25th of December for fun, festive Maths Problems. We hope you enjoy. 🎅🏻. #UKMT #FestiveCalendar
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Problem Of The Week 26. 🔺. Solution posted on Thursday. *Please don't post the solution so that others can still work on the problem - instead, post a 'thumbs up' emoji if you think you know the answer. 👍
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We have made more past papers FREE on our online shop! . All you will need to do is create an online account to gain access to the free resources. Please spread the word to your peers, friends and family!.
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.@RachelRileyRR we can send you more maths problems if that would help?.
My new conspiracy: @UKMathsTrust are trying to stop me fulfilling a pivotal role for mankind and have sent this to distract and scupper me. Can’t get anything done. Send help.
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Good morning, all. Have fun with today's Problem Of The Day. 🤔. #UKMT #UKMathsTrust #ProblemOfTheDay
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Happy Monday again! These weeks are going so fast. Here is Problem of the Day 54 to brighten your day. #ukmt #ukmathstrust #problemoftheday
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Congratulations to all who participated in the Junior Mathematics Challenge, we hope you enjoyed the paper!. Thank you to all our volunteers who helped make this year's JMC happen!. Remember to keep tagging us in all your posts, we love seeing them 🙂. #UKMT #Mathematics #JMC
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