February 2008 PMC Finals Results

I love doing the PMC papers

It was a real challenge but fun

The cat and kittens were cute

I'm going to see if my dad can do this

Pink is a girlie colour

It wasn't boring

I liked the funny names

I felt nervous but proud of myself

An answer or two got me through

It is true that teachers need chocolate

Pencil-chewing

They really made me think

Great questions to challenge and enthuse children

Fantastic for the very able

A great extension for the gifted and talented

Pupils were challenged and inspired

Few resourced provide such great material

I used the problems for class discussion

It made the strongest young mathematicians think

Great paper - very enjoyable many thanks

The PMC doesn't reflect the government's numeracy guidelines

There is usually an intuitive way into each question

Excellent - keep it up

Great fun as usual

It stretched the very able children

Challenging but not impossible

It captured their interest

Some cracking questions

Thought provoking

Fun and genuinely interesting

Loved it

Challenging yet do-able

Another masterpiece

She came out buzzing with excitement

 Mark

0–5

6–10

11–15

16–20

21–25

26–30

 % of pupils

2

16

43

31

7

1

Gold

51 pupils scoring 21 - 30

Silver

104 pupils scoring 18 - 20

Bronze

172 pupils scoring 15 - 17