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Results of “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest 2025

“The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” Contest (NCC) is a math contest designed for students of Grades 3 to 10 as a warm-up for the Canadian Math Contests. The contest is named after the Chinese ancient classic book "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art". NCC 2025 is organized by Grand River Chinese School. A total of 73 students wrote the NCC this year.

NCC began in 2008, and has tested 1377 attendees. The attendees of NCC have achieved a lot of distinctive honours in various other Canadian math contests. By 2019, attendees of NCC have been listed 568 times on their honour rolls, including 118 times of distinguished awards and achievements such perfect scores, gold, silver and bronze awards and golden standard (after 2020, we no longer gather NCC attendee data in other Canadian contests).

Problems Committee this year (in alphabetical order of last name):

    Laindon Burnett (chair)
    Ben Wei
    Lucas Zhu (advisor)

Contest Honour Roll:

The Group of Grades 9 and 10 (13 attendees, group median score 60)
Gold Award:
    Justin Li, Huron Heights Secondary School, Score of 95
Silver Award:
    Aria Luo, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Score of 90
Bronze Awards:
    Richard Zhang，Laurel Heights Secondary School，Score of 85

    Brianna Bicheru, Laurel Heights Secondary School, Score of 80

The Group of Grades 7 and 8 (26 attendees, group median score 45)
Gold Award:
    Hayden Huang, KW Bilingual School, Score of 105
Silver Awards:
    Shengxi David Huang, Laruelwood Public School, Score of 85
    Sophia Huang,  Laurelwood Public School, Score of 85
    Evelyne De Sterck，MacGregor Public School, Score of 80
Bronze Awards:
    Ryan Lin, Lester B Pearson Public School, Score of 65
    Andy Xie, KW Bilingual School, Score of 65
    Andy Xiong, MacGregor Public School, Score of 65

The Group of Grades 5 and 6 (19 attendees, group median score 65)
Gold Award:
    Ruobin Ren, Abraham Erb Public School, Score of 85
Silver Award:
    Joey Feng, Abraham Erb Public School, Score of 80
Bronze Awards:
    Evan Diao, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 75
    Hannah Dong, Vista Hills Public School, Score of 75
    Alec Wang, Abraham Erb Public School, Score of 75
    Haorui Wu, Millenwoods Public School, Score of 75

The Group of Grades 4 (11 attendees, group median score 85)
Gold Award:
    Stella Huang, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 100
Silver Awards:
    Mercy Xu, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 95
    Aiden Yang, Mary Johnston Public School, Score of 95
Bronze Award:
    Wenbin Guan, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 90

The Group of Grades 3 (4 attendees, group median score 65)
Gold Award:
    Vincent Shen, Laurelwood Public School, Score of 105
Silver Award:
    Gavin Liang, Vista Hill Public School, Score of 90

The award ceremony will be held during the Chinese New Year celebration of Grand River Chinese School on February 28, 2026. The above winners will receive their certificates and trophies/medals. Other students who want to know their scores may email office@grandriverchineseschool.com.
 
Organizing Committee of NCC
Nov 24, 2025

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Questions and Solutions of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC) 2025

[2025/11/22]

            Cover Sheet                                 Solutions (to be updated)

            Part A                                             Solution

            Part B                                             Solution

            Part C                                             Solution

            Part D                                             Solution

            Part E                                             Solution

            Part F                                             Solution

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The 16th Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art Contest (NCC25)