Junior Maths Challenge Past Papers and Grade Boundaries
Below is a table with the grade boundaries for past papers for the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge, as well as a table with links to lots of past papers and solutions. You can also see more info about the JMC, including FAQs, here:
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Junior Maths Challenge Past Papers
This table contains links to past papers for the Junior Maths Challenge – these papers are hosted at the UKMT website. The most recent papers are usually made available a couple of days after the challenge takes place and may briefly be available at the official website before this table is updated.
Junior Maths Challenge Grade Boundaries
| Year | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Kangaroo | Olympiad | Boundaries Released (approx) |
| 2025 | 54 | 73 | 91 | 100 | 125 | 12th May (11 days after JMC) |
| 2024 | 57 | 70 | 86 | 92 | 123 | 1st May (6 days after JMC) |
| 2023 | 52 | 66 | 82 | 88 | 113 | 11th May (15 days after JMC) |
| 2022 | 52 | 66 | 84 | 92 | 120 | 12th May |
| 2021 | 45 | 57 | 73 | 73 | 98 | 20th May |
| 2020 (online)* | 70 | 86 | 102 | n/a | n/a | |
| 2019 | 41 | 54 | 71 | 78 | 106 | |
| 2018 | 49 | 61 | 75 | 82 | 105 | |
| 2017 | 52 | 63 | 77 | 86 | 107 | |
| 2016 | 51 | 65 | 81 | 93 | 113 | |
| 2015 | 51 | 62 | 78 | 88 | 105 | |
| 2014 | 50 | 63 | 79 | 108 | ||
| 2013 | 49 | 63 | 82 | 113 | ||
| 2012 | 56 | 71 | 86 | 110 | ||
| 2011 | 49 | 61 | 77 | 104 | ||
| 2010 | 44 | 56 | 73 | 102 | ||
| 2009 | 45 | 57 | 72 | 100 | ||
| 2008 | 45 | 56 | 71 | 99 | ||
| 2007 | 43 | 54 | 69 | 94 | ||
| 2006 | 39 | 51 | 66 | 92 | ||
| 2005 | 51 | 64 | 79 | 102 | ||
| 2004 | 47 | 60 | 75 | 100 | ||
| 2003 | 44 | 57 | 75 | 105 | ||
| 2002 | 45 | 57 | 73 | 100 | ||
| 2001 | 58 | 73 | 88 | 114 | ||
| 2000 | 52 | 66 | 82 | 106 | ||
| 1999 | 43 | 56 | 71 | 97 | ||
| 1998 | 42 | 55 | 70 | 95 | ||
| 1997 | 54 | 69 | 86 | 108 |
* In 2020 the Junior Maths Challenge was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The usual deductions for incorrect answers to questions 16 to 25 were not applied. After 2020 this rule was kept and there were no penalties for incorrect answers. A video discussing the reasons the boundaries were so high in that year can be found here.