UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Grade Boundaries

This page contains lots of information about the UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge, including a table with links to past papers and solutions and another with grade boundaries for all past papers. Further information, including information about how to sign up for the challenge, can be found at https://www.ukmt.org.uk/.

What is the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge?

The UKMT Senior Maths Challenge is a 90-minute multiple choice maths competition, usually taken by students aged 16-18 in the UK and around the world. Entries are also open to enthusiastic younger students. To understand how the Senior Maths Challenge fits into the system of UK maths challenges take a look at the video below. It also explains how to qualify for the follow-on Kangaroo and Olympiad rounds.

How can I prepare for the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge?

As well as practising with the past papers linked below, you can prepare for the challenge by taking a Mathsaurus online course. In the free course ‘Get Ready for the Senior Maths Challenge‘ you can practise real past SMC questions, each with a video hint and solution. In the upgraded course Go for Gold in Maths Challenges (age 16-18) you can follow tutorials on some of the most important topics and try lots of original practice problems not available anywhere else.

What follow-on rounds are there for the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge?

Students who do well in the Senior Maths Challenge may qualify automatically for the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo or for the British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1 (BMO1). Students who do not qualify automatically but want to take these papers can still make discretionary entries. Resources for the Senior Kangaroo can be found at the page here.

SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE PAST PAPERS:

2023	Question Paper 2023	Solutions 2023	Solutions + Investigations 2023
2022	Question Paper 2022	Solutions 2022	Solutions + Investigations 2022
2021	Question Paper 2021	Solutions 2021	Solutions + Investigations 2021
2020	Question Paper 2020	Solutions 2020	Solutions + Investigations 2020
2019	Question Paper 2019	Solutions 2019	Solutions + Investigations 2019
2018	Question Paper 2018	Solutions 2018	Solutions + Investigations 2018
2017	Question Paper 2017	Solutions 2017	Solutions + Investigations 2017
2016	Question Paper 2016	Solutions 2016	Solutions + Investigations 2016
2015	Question Paper 2015	Solutions 2015	Solutions + Investigations 2015

SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE GRADE BOUNDARIES:

Year	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Kangaroo	Olympiad
2023	49	64	80	80	106
2022	48	62	76	76	100
2021	49	66	85	85	108
2020	59	73	91	91	108
2019	49	61	76	76	100
2018	53	67	83	83	102
2017	57	71	86	85	104
2016	55	71	88	90	106
2015	50	65	82	86	104
2014	57	71	84	89	101
2013	53	67	82	86	100
2012	49	62	77	82	93
2011	52	63	79	84	90
2010	58	70	85		96
2009	54	64	79		91
2008	51	61	74		87
2007	52	61	75		88
2006	57	66	80		91
2005	60	71	84		92
2004	55	66	79		92
2003	61	72	87		98
2002	47	57	70		82
2001	56	67	81		91