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An Outstanding Achievement in HYPATIA Contest

The Hypatia Mathematics Contest is a  state-level international competition in Canada,  which is named after the famous mathematician Hypatia. This contest is held  once a year on the third Tuesday of April by the Canadian National Computer and  Mathematics Education Centre which referred to CEMC. It mainly faces to the  senior students in Grade 11, which contains 4 problems out of 40 points. The  aim of this contest is to provide an opportunity for students to develop their  mathematical problem solving ability through a written mathematical activity,  and also for the selection of Canadian Olympic athletes in the future. Now, it  becomes more important and useful for the international students who want to  declare the famous universities in Canada  even apply their scholarships.
In a total of 48 students took part in this  Hypatia contest on the date of April 17 in 2008. In an excellent result we have  29 winners accounting for 60% of a total number of participants. The tutor is  Xuhua.
 Here are the results:


Award CutoffsNumber of winners
Gold Standard38 1 student
Silver Standard3514 students
Bronze Standard3314 students