Junior Maths Challenge Past Papers and Grade Boundaries
Below is a table with the grade boundaries for the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge, plus links to lots of past papers and solutions. You can also find courses, video lessons and everything else you need to prepare for the Junior Maths Challenge at the page here.
Junior Maths Challenge Past Papers
Take our free JMC course
Our free Junior Maths Challenge course takes seven complete JMC papers question by question, with a short video hint before every solution so you get the chance to solve it yourself, and the full worked solution when you want it.
| Year | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Course · YouTube |
| 2025 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Course · YouTube |
| 2024 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | — |
| 2023 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | — |
| 2022 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | — |
| 2021 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Course · YouTube |
| 2020 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Course · YouTube |
| 2019 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Course · YouTube |
| 2018 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Course · YouTube |
| 2017 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | Course · YouTube |
| 2016 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | — |
| 2015 | Paper | Solutions | Extended | — |
Junior Maths Challenge Grade Boundaries
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Aiming for a higher certificate next year? Go for Gold starts with the techniques behind the questions, covering divisibility tests, prime numbers, angles in polygons and the algebra hidden inside word problems, then sets you 75 original questions of its own to practise on.
| Year | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Kangaroo | Olympiad | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 59 | 75 | 80 | 112 | 7 May (8 days after) |
| 2025 | 54 | 73 | 91 | 100 | 125 | 12 May (11 days after) |
| 2024 | 57 | 70 | 86 | 92 | 123 | 1 May (6 days after) |
| 2023 | 52 | 66 | 82 | 88 | 113 | 11 May (15 days after) |
| 2022 | 52 | 66 | 84 | 92 | 120 | 12 May |
| 2021 | 45 | 57 | 73 | 73 | 98 | 20 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.
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Got your answers ready? Use our interactive JMC Answer Checker to instantly calculate your score from any past paper and see if you've earned a certificate or qualified for the follow-on rounds.
