Western Australian Junior mathematics Olympiad (WAJO)
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Announcement of the WA Junior Maths Olympiad (WAJO), 2024:
- 2024 format: combination of online and paper-based formats.
- Confirmed Dates:
- Individual paper: Tuesday, 15 October, 2024 for 100 minutes starting between 2:30pm and 4pm, online at your school
- Team paper: Saturday, 19 October, 2024 for 50 minutes.
Registration at 9:00am. Prize Ceremony finishes 12:30pm.
At two venues:
Perth: UWA, in Arts Building centred around Alexander Lecture Theatre (Search for: Alex).
Bunbury: TBA
- You need:
Pens, pencils, and if you wish, ruler and compass.
- Special conditions: No calculators. Brains only.
- Prize Ceremony (Perth):
- Date: Saturday, 19 October 2024
- Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
- Venue: Social Sciences Lecture Theatre,
near Hackett Entrance No. 1
(see campus map - in SEARCH enter: Social Sciences Lecture T
One selection will come up. Click on it, and a balloon will highlight its location below Car park 3, a good place to park.)
From 2015 to 2018, we ran the competition simultaneously out of 3 centres: Perth, Bunbury and Karratha. In 2019, it ran in the centres Perth and Bunbury. In 2020, it ran online and at school with schools in Perth, Geraldton, Australind and Bunbury participating. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, the Individual paper ran online at school, and the team paper ran in the centres Perth and Bunbury.
WAJO is running again in 2024 as announced above. Statistics and detailed results of WAJO 2023 are available. Individual and Team Results were emailed to school contacts early morning Monday 20 November, and certificates were printed on Tuesday 21 November. Teachers who attended the AMC Awards received certificates on Tuesday 21 November. The remaining certificates were mailed at Wembley Post Office on Wednesday 22 November. Australia Post quote up to 3 working days for delivery in metropolitan Perth.
Questions and Solutions for WAJO 2023 are available.
Thank you to everyone who assisted and participated, in the WA Junior Maths Olympiad, held on 17 and 21 October, 2023, and helped to make it the success it was.
The competition is targeted at the Year 9 Level, and is open to Year 7, 8, 9
students. There are Year 9, Year 8 and Year 7 Prizes awarded.
Occasionally, a younger exceptional student may arise, who you may wish to participate;
please contact Greg Gamble for an alternative pathway.
There's a Statement by a Supplier in the name of the WA Mathematical Olympiads Committee should you need it when organising payment for your registrations:
Note. We do not charge copyright for any materials on this site, when used for educational purposes. All we ask is that you acknowledge their source: WAJO (Western Australian Junior mathematics Olympiad).
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Past WA Junior Maths Olympiads (including Questions and Solutions)
Major Prizes (named for sponsors)
- University of Western Australia Department of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for the most outstanding year 9 student in the WAJO.
- Curtin University Mathematics and Statistics Prize for the most outstanding year 8 student in the WAJO.
- Mathematical Association of Western Australia "Jack Bana Award for Excellence" for the most outstanding Year 9 team in the WAJO.
- Edith Cowan University School of Science "David McDougall Award for Excellence" for the most outstanding Year 8 team in the WAJO.
- The Gifted and Talented Unit of the Department of Education Awards of Excellence, one for an outstanding individual performance and one for an outstanding team performance, by students from a public High School.
- New Edition Bookshop Award of Excellence.
- Data Analysis Australia Award of Excellence.
- Murdoch University Award of Excellence.
- Department of Education Gifted and Talented Selection Unit Award of Excellence.
- Optiver.
Other sponsors
- Casio.
- Australian Mathematics Trust, who have provided the online quiz platform for the Individual competition since 2020.
There are prizes for second and third best in each of the first four categories, and also many merit prizes.
Though not related to the WAJO, the Phill Schultz Prize and the occasional Special WA Mathematical Olympiads Committee Award are awarded at the Presentation Ceremony at the closing of the WAJO.
Contact us ...
- Email:[email protected]
We have set up a WAJO participants list. You may subscribe for your school by entering your details at here.
The WAJO participants list is a moderated list to eliminate spamming. Its intended use is to disseminate announcements directly to Heads of School Mathematics Departments (in particular) or others who will be interested in or involved in the organising of school teams for the WA Junior Maths Olympiad. It is expected that email to this list will be limited to the couple of months before each olympiad.
Last updated 13 Mar 2024 05:13
Location: https://enrichedmaths.maths.uwa.edu.au/wajo