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Here is some of the feedback from schools.
Pupil's comments:
I
loved the football question
It stretched me - a long way!
Trust me - you don't want to do that with a headache!
Was that maths?
I liked the funny names It made you think! That was
hard but good fun
Cool but cruel
Probably the best test I've ever done
Evil but loads of fun
Nerve wracking at the time
I tried all the options!The octopus was cute!
We should do this more often
Titus the tortoise was cool
Crafty!
My brain ached but I loved it!
I thought I wasn't going to like it but I did.
I tried to work them out logically!
Sneaky
Fun but tricky
Did they ever meet in the pool?
It pushes you to your limit
Who comes up with this stuff?
Teacher's
comments:
Fantastic as usual
Interesting and exciting topics
Raises the profile of maths
Harder than last year
Easier than last year
Harder than last year
Our first PMC and we enjoyed it
Good test of logic, knowledge and strategy
Smooth admin
As always it makes them think
Very useful activity
Great choice of questions
Good Our first time – we will do it again
Pupils were excited and enjoyed the challenge
Straight forward to mark
Q25 brilliant – Q16, 21 clever
Further possibilities (Answers and Notes) very useful
Excellent maths discussion afterwards
It made them think 'out of the box'!
Great questions - I will use them for developing problem-solving
skills
Easy format
Good starting points for discussion Searching questions
in the challenge
The angle question was brilliant
Great set of questions - we all enjoyed it
Definitely a yearly feature on our school calendar Teasingly
good
They always look forward to the PMC.
Brilliant for thinking skills
75% voted to do it again next year
Clear instructions
Thought provoking
They loved the certificates
A different slant on maths - very refreshing
Other PMC matters
The mark distribution showed that
pupils found this year's challenge was more difficult
than last year. Here is the mark distribution collated
from the tally sheets that the office received:
2007 marks
0 - 5 6 - 10
11 - 15 16 - 20
21 - 25 26 - 30
100%
2 20
38 28
10
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The PPMC Problems
Team will create a paper for the November 2008 PMC which
has the majority of pupils scoring more than half marks.
Other comments about the November 2007 PMC: rough paper
is needed - schools provide that - there isn't space
on the challenge paper for working out; please put a
stamp on your return envelopes; pupils scoring 27 or
more marks have been invited to take the PMC Finals
in February 2008 - to see the list of schools which
have a February 2008 Finalist click here: Schools
with one or more February 2008 PMC Finalists.
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Pupils
love their PMC medals