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:

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

SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE GRADE BOUNDARIES:

YearBronzeSilverGoldKangarooOlympiad
202349648080106
202248627676100
202149668585108
202059739191108
201949617676100
201853678383102
201757718685104
201655718890106
201550658286104
201457718489101
201353678286100
20124962778293
20115263798490
201058708596
200954647991
200851617487
200752617588
200657668091
200560718492
200455667992
200361728798
200247577082
200156678191