Welcome to Problem Challenge!
Problem Challenge is a mathematics problem solving competition aimed primarily at children in years 7 and 8, and of interest to able children from Year 6.
It has been organised by John Curran and John Shanks, retired members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago, with extensive secretarial help from Leanne Kirk and Sarah Stewart, also of that Department. From 2024 it will be organised by John Shanks, with Sarah processing the book orders.
Children participating in the competition attempt to answer five questions in 30 minutes on each of five problem sheets, which are done about a month apart starting in April.
Full details of the competition Rules and dates
Competition Books
There are six competition books available. These cover 30 years of competition problems from both Problem Challenge and Final Challenge, with full worked solutions.Book details and orders.
Latest News...Registration is now open. All schools in our database should have received an invitation on 26 February.In fact by now all registered schools should have received detailed instructions about how the competition is run. 1 April: We are allowing a few more days for late registrations, but registration must close this week, as the first Set is on 11 April. |
Contact details...If your school takes part in Problem Challenge and you need to change your contact details then remember that you can do this yourself by signing in to your administration page. |
