Competition 3.9 Results 2021

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition 9: Mathematics of Natural Selection! Given the nature of maths, it’s easy to make a minor mistake and miss out on a perfect answer; each submission was given our full consideration, and prizes have still been awarded based on the overall quality of the entries and on the ways in which problems were approached, even where mistakes were made. We’ve uploaded our example answers for you to see how we tackled the questions and to compare your solutions to! You check out some of the winning entries below.

1st place (Year 10): Alexandre C.

1st place (Year 11): Amelia T.

2nd place (Year 10)

Charlotte M.

2nd place (Year 11)

Tom A.

Finalists (Year 11)

Sarah B.

Jia Wei C.

Emma F.

Calla O.