All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions

[CoffeeCat]

optimistforum:

Hi


SAP Publications have published the Olympiad Maths Trainer Books; 1,2 and 3 now and 4, 5 and 6 later.

Book 1 says ages 7-8, does that make it a P1 or P2 book? Can anyone clarify.

I ask this as DS1, here in UK, is in Year 2, which is same as your P1. In UK, Year 2 is ages 6 to 7. School finishes in two weeks, when DS1 will also be 7.

In September he starts Year 3 (ages 7 to 8 ), the equivalent of your P2, I think.

Quick answer would be much appreciated.

when the book says for age 7-8, the author is estimating that smart 7 yrs old will be able to grasp his materials as well as the average 8 yrs old. Because the materials presented in the book are meant to be enrichment materials and therefore not really tied to school syllabus (\"out-of-syllabus) so please do not worry about the school year. You can let your son browse through the books and see whether he will want to attempt, it's ok to try a book stated for younger age as long as your son feels he can learn a lot from the books.

[yorknell]

hi everybody! i’m a beginner interested in trying to learn math challenging questions for sec 1-2 as well as preparing for DSA SEC 3. could anybody here recommend me good resources to read? Is that smo past 10 years book worth enough? I have downloaded IMO , and AJMO aswell. thanks

[yorknell]

please help me… i’m very clueless:(

[kiasiparent]

yorknell:

hi everybody! i'm a beginner interested in trying to learn math challenging questions for sec 1-2 as well as preparing for DSA SEC 3. could anybody here recommend me good resources to read? Is that smo past 10 years book worth enough? I have downloaded IMO , and AJMO aswell. thanks

If you can do ALL the smo questions (Just the Junior Level) all by yourself, you are good to go for the DSA exam.

[justbehappy]

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2010 Results for Singapore:


http://www.imo-official.org/team_r.aspx?code=SGP&year=2010
http://www.postimage.org/

Complete Results: http://www.imo-official.org/year_country_r.aspx?year=2010&column=total&order=desc

[vlim]

This IMO is for which group of students? (how old are they?)

[justbehappy]

vlim:

This IMO is for which group of students? (how old are they?)

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the most prestigious and grandiose annual Maths competition among high school students (up to JC2). It is also the oldest one among the international scientific Olympiads – the first IMO was held in Romania in 1959, this year it is held at Kazakhstan. All the scientific olympiads (IMO, International Physics Olympiad IPhO, International Chemistry Olympiad IChO and International Biology Olympiad IBO) are held in July each year. IPhO, IChO and IBO will be held at the later part of July but typically all results will be announced by MOE by the end of July. Winners of these International olympiads are sought after by top universities all over the world.

Team Singapore and their ages (from 14 years old to 18 years old; Lim Jeck from NUS High is the youngest, he also participated in last year's IMO held in Germany when he was 13):
http://www.imo-official.org/year_reg_team.aspx?year=2010&code=SGP

[vlim]

oic thanks! Congratulate to our Singapore team!

[verykiasu2010]

what is the selection criteria to participate in the IMO ?


how about SMO - any one can join ? or must it be nominated by school ?

anyone could enlighten please

many thanks !

[CoffeeCat]

verykiasu2010:

what is the selection criteria to participate in the IMO ?


how about SMO - any one can join ? or must it be nominated by school ?

anyone could enlighten please

many thanks !

First they will have to be selected to join the National Team Training, which is via the SMO (Open). Then after some tribulations will the 6 be selected to represent Singapore at IMO.

As for SMO, by right every maths teacher will notify the class and any student interested can sign up. However there are certain special instances that will result in an individual not being signed up by the school. In any case SMO is open to the public, anyone can sign up as long as they are not overaged, so we see some p6 students taking part in smo junior. One can do walk-in registration at his /her own school on the actual day (if he/she missed the sign up deadline) or otherwise at NUS itself (its like a general testing centre).