The 2024 Canada Jay Mathematical Competition Results Are Available!

 

OTTAWA, Ontario – The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is excited to announce the results of the 2024 Canada Jay Mathematical Competition (CJMC). Aimed at students in grades 4 to 8, the CJMC is an engaging activity that sparks students’ enthusiasm for mathematics, while helping teachers enhance their math curriculum and develop their students’ problem-solving skills. This year’s competition was held on November 21, 2024.

For its fifth edition, the 2024 CJMC attracted nearly 3,500 participants. This included 640 participants from 10 different countries outside of Canada. The mean score was 38.5 out of 80, with a median score of 36 out of 80. The top quartile scored 52/80 or higher. This year, 75 students obtained perfect scores. Congratulations to all!

The Chair of the CMS-CJMC Committee, Dr. Nicolae Strungaru (MacEwan University), is pleased with this year’s competition:

“We are happy to see that the contest is growing, and we hope to see even more people next year”

Further statistics are available on the competition website. Detailed awards tables are available here. 

The CMS wishes to congratulate all participants, and to thank its sponsors and partners for supporting the 2024 CJMC. 

About the Canada Jay Mathematical Competition
The Canada Jay Mathematical Competition (CJMC) is open to students in grades K-8, with questions based primarily on grade 5-8 curriculum. This competition has been created by mathematicians from across Canada.  It was renamed in 2022 from the original name Canadian Mathematical Gray Jay Competition (CMGC) to match the renaming of the Canada Jay bird.

The problems are meant to be a fun fall activity for students and teachers to complement their math curriculum and build students’ problem solving skills. The CJMC offers engaging problems that allow for discussion after the competition and get students excited about math. The competition has 15 questions which take place over 90 minutes. It consists of 3 blocks of 5 questions with an increasing level of difficulty from beginning to end.

About the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is the main national organization whose goal is to promote and advance the discovery, learning and application of mathematics. The Society’s activities cover the whole spectrum of mathematics including meetings, research publications, and the promotion of excellence in mathematics competitions that recognize outstanding student achievements. The CMS is a registered non-profit, charitable organization and depends on grants, funding, and generous donations from sponsors, benefactors and community members to be able to carry out its activities.

For more information about the Canada Jay Mathematical Competition, please contact:

Dr. Dorette Pronk (Dalhousie) Chair, CMS-Competitions Committee Canadian Mathematical Society pronk@mathstat.dal.ca

or

Dr. Nicolae Strungaru (MacEwan)        Chair, CMS-CJMC Committee        Canadian Mathematical Society        strungarun@macewan.ca