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State It or Prove It? A Lookup Table of Named Results You Can Use in a BMO Write-Up
There is no official list of quotable theorems. A topic-by-topic lookup of named results, what you must still justify when you cite one, and when to prove it in two lines instead. Read article
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The China-Region UKMT Season 2026-27, Decoded: SMC on 8 October, Direct Entry to BMO1, and Every Published Boundary
The China organising channel’s 2026-27 handbook is out: the China-region SMC sitting runs Thursday 8 October (registration closes 28 September), BMO Round 1 on 19 November with direct entry for China-based students, and BMO Round 2 on 21 January. UK-centre sittings follow UKMT’s own dates – 7 October for the SMC. Every boundary, fee and… Read article
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What Each BMO Question Stem Requires: A Decoder Table for Determine All, Show That and Prove or Disprove
Determine all and Find the smallest each carry two obligations, not one. A decoder table mapping eighteen BMO question stems to what your written answer must contain. Read article
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Which UK Year Group Are You In? A Grade-to-Year Conversion Table and How Many UKMT Seasons You Have Left
Chinese Grade 11 is not UK Year 11. A conversion table for Chinese, US, IB and A-Level year labels, plus a count of how many autumn UKMT seasons you have left. Read article
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The Autumn Term Hour Budget: A Week-by-Week UKMT Planner for Students Carrying a Full Course Load (2026-27)
Senior Challenge on 7 October, Round 1 in November, school mocks and applications in between. A week-by-week hour budget and a collision map to plan against. Read article
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Where to Get More BMO-Level Problems When the Recent Papers Run Out: A Difficulty-Matched Source Table (2026-27)
You have worked the recent BMO papers. Here is every remaining problem source mapped to a difficulty band, with what each one is good for and what it is not. Read article
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The UKMT Autumn Checklist for Parents and School Maths Departments: Who Does What, and By When (2026-27)
Centre registration, paper orders and discretionary BMO entries are school actions, not student ones. A term checklist of who owns each step, and by when. Read article
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What a UKMT Result Actually Evidences on a University Application: A Line-by-Line Mapping
Milestone by milestone: what each UKMT result honestly evidences, where on the application form it belongs, and what it cannot do. Plus a dated recording checklist. Read article
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Which BMO Past Paper Should You Sit Today? A Stage-Matched Practice Ladder
Six rungs, one promotion test each. A stage-matched table telling you which paper to open, how long to give it, and when you have earned the next rung. Read article
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The BMO1 Readiness Self-Audit: Score Yourself Out of 40 and Fix the Right Thing First
Five dimensions, eight marks each, one honest number out of 40. Score yourself, read your band, and fix the single thing holding your BMO1 attempt back. Read article