Grey and Pink Kangaroo + Cayley, Hamilton and Maclaurin Olympiads (intermediate)

If you do well in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge then you might qualify for one of the follow on rounds. Like with the Junior and Senior competitions, there are two types of follow on round – the Kangaroo and Olympiad, but at the Intermediate level this is further subdivided based on your year group.

A table of past grade boundaries can be found at the bottom of the page.

Year 9 (S2) or belowGrey KangarooCayley Olympiad
Year 10 (S3)Pink KangarooHamilton Olympiad
Year 11 (S4)Pink KangarooMaclaurin Olympiad
Year groups for England (Scotland in brackets) – for Northern Ireland these are Years 10,11 and 12. Links go to the official competition pages on the UKMT website.

The Kangaroo rounds are only open to students invited (based on their scores in the Intermediate Maths Challenge) from schools and colleges based in the UK.

The Olympiad rounds are open to students both in the UK and overseas. Entries are free for those students qualifying directly from the Intermediate Maths Challenge. Schools may also make `discretionary entries’ for other students, although there is a fee for such entries.

Below you can find a table below shows the scores required in past Intermediate Maths Challenges to qualify for the follow on rounds, but first let me tell you about some online courses I’ve made specifically to help you prepare for maths challenges and to make the transition from GCSE to A-level maths:

There’s also a YouTube video summarising and discussing all of this information here:

Past Intermediate Maths Challenge boundaries with follow on rounds:

YearBronzeSilverGoldGreyPinkCayleyHamiltonMaclaurin
2023425571677795100103
20225065816581101111117
20215568866886100110118
20206072898089110117120
201943557165739199106
2018485973687693100104
2017476178728197106112
20164050626066818995
20153749646168818895
201442557267789096103
201347597473848896103
201250627777879096101
201147597877889299104
20104556707080839197
20093951666677839099
200842547070828595102
200750637878869097103
20064658727280849299
20054050656472768590
200440516867798493100
200346587475868898101
Before 2003 there was a single Kangaroo and Olympiad round for all year groups.