# Fryer Contest

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## Core facts

- **Organiser:** Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (University of Waterloo) (https://olympiads.co.uk/organisation/cemc-university-of-waterloo)
- **Subjects:** Mathematics
- **Age groups:** Intermediate
- **Activity type:** Competition
- **Format:** In-person
- **Entry route:** Schools order through CEMC
- **Entry badges:** school_entry, open_entry, written_solutions
- **Qualification note:** Fryer does not qualify students for Galois, Euclid or CMO.

## Dates

- **Next/representative edition start:** 2027-04-07
- **End date:** 2027-04-08

## URLs

- **Official website:** https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/fgh
- **Registration:** https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/fgh
- **Olympiads.co.uk page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/event/cemc-university-of-waterloo/fryer-contest
- **This facts page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/ai/events/cemc-university-of-waterloo/fryer-contest.md

## Summary

The Fryer Contest is a University of Waterloo CEMC paper for grade 9: four problems, 75 minutes, 40 marks, mixing short answers and full solutions. Presentation and completeness matter. It is not a CMS olympiad qualifier.

## Context

Waterloo’s grade 9 written-solution paper — four problems in 75 minutes.

## Related competitions

- https://olympiads.co.uk/event/cemc-university-of-waterloo/galois-contest
- https://olympiads.co.uk/event/cemc-university-of-waterloo/hypatia-contest
- https://olympiads.co.uk/event/cemc-university-of-waterloo/pascal-contest

## Guidance

### Parent advice

Fryer is useful practice for written mathematics. It does not lead to CMO. The CMS gateway for that is COMC.

### Student advice

Write full solutions where the paper asks for them. Clarity is marked, not only the final answer.

### Teacher advice

2027 date 7 April in the Americas, 8 April elsewhere. CAD $12 per participant.

## How to prepare

- Work through past Fryer papers
- Practise writing clear solutions, not only answers

## Data provenance

- **Sources:** Supabase activity/event catalogue; Olympiads editorial frontmatter (content/events)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **Representative edition:** yes
- **Projected dates:** no / not applicable

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