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...Now that the competition has finished, please ensure that you get all Sets 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 results entered as soon as possible, following the instructions emailed to coordinators.Thank you to all schools who have returned their Problem Challenge results already. If you haven’t yet then please do it immediately so that your children don’t miss out on appropriate tokens and certificates. Thanks. The absolute deadline is Friday 13th September. NO EXTENSIONS! |
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. |
