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Math Circles Presentations

Math Circles is a free weekly enrichment activity for grade 6 to 12 students organized by the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Waterloo.

Information about the audience, dates and location.

Listed in the tables below are summaries of the weekly presentations and related student exercises for the current year. Links to materials from previous years are below the tables. These resources are provided for both students and teachers. Please use them!

2020 - 2021 Weekly Presentations and Exercises


Fall 2020
Junior Grade 6 Oct 14/20 Modular Arithmetic [pdf, prob set, solns]
Oct 21/20 Counting I [pdf, prob set, solns]
Oct 28/20 Counting II [pdf, prob set, solns]
Nov 11/20 Logic Puzzles [pdf, prob set, solns]
Nov 18/20 Bijections & Binary Strings [pdf, prob set, solns]
Nov 25/20 Graph Theory [pdf, prob set, solns]
Junior Grades 7 & 8 Oct 14/20 BCC Prep - Problem Set [pdf, prob set, solns]
Oct 21/20 BCC Graph Theory Proofs [pdf, prob set, solns]
Oct 28/20 Propositions and Control Flow [pdf, prob set, solns]
Nov 11/20 Algorithms [pdf, prob set, solns]
Nov 18/20 Intro to Vectors [pdf, prob set, solns]
Nov 25/20 Interest [pdf, prob set, solns]
Intermediate Oct 14/20 Perfect Squares [pdf, solns]
Oct 21/20 Sunken Treasure [pdf, solns]
Oct 28/20 Sheldon's Shells [pdf, solns
Nov 11/20 Triangles, Circles and Area [pdf, prob set, solns, prob set 2, solns 2]
Nov 18/20 Counting [pdf, prob set, solns]
Nov 25/20 Addition Magician [pdf, prob set, solns]
Senior Oct 14/20 Polar Coordinates [pdf, solns]
Oct 21/20 Crocodiles [pdf, solns]
Oct 28/20 Polar Curves [pdf, solns]
Nov 11/20 Mathematical Games [pdf, solns]
Nov 18/20 Partitioning Puzzles [pdf, solns]
Nov 25/20 Dwellings with Many Doors [pdf, solns]

Winter 2021
Junior Grade 6
Junior Grades 7 & 8
Intermediate
Senior

Previous Weekly Presentations and Related Student Exercises


Junior Grade 6 Junior Grades 7 & 8 Intermediate Senior