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The Maths Olympiads Contests

2008

 

DIVISION P :

       All Mathletes must be in primary 4 to 6. We will accept on special admission basis, younger gifted student who completed at least the primary 4 syllabus or higher.

 DATES :
       From year 2008 onwards, SASMO will be adopting a new 2 contest structure instead of the old 5 contest structure. This ensures that the results will be ready and released by May 15, enabling Primary 6 students who win our awards to use the results to apply for Direct Schools Admission(DSA) to the top secondary schools. The contest dates are:

 2008

Notice that all DIVISION P contests are on Tuesdays .

FORMAT

Contests are taken in the participating school or it can be taken at selected cluster hosting secondary schools

The first and second contests consists of 10 and 15 non routine problems respectively.

Every problem requires careful mathematical thinking and has a time limit.

Each student, working alone, scores 1 point for each correct answer. Thus, a student may score up to 25 points per year.

Calculators are not permitted.

When a problem introduces a more advanced concept, all necessary definitions are included.

The detailed solution for each problem usually names the strategy required.

Many solutions include follow-up problems and activities.

After each contest, Score sheets are submitted to us for scoring. Our records will determine which awards are to be shipped after the last contest.

   TEAMS
                Each team comprises up to 20 students. Many schools have more than one team. Only schools or homeschool associations, not individuals, may participate. Each team competes in just one division. Teams from more than one school are called "Cluster Teams" and are not eligible for team awards. The team score is the sum of the ten highest individual scores, taken after the second contest.

  AWARDS :
    INDIVIDUAL
                Each participant receives a Certificate of Participation. The high scorer of each team receives a trophy. Each of the top 50% of all participants in each division receives a handsome embroidered Olympiad Collar pin. The top 10% participants receives a gold pin. The next 10% receives a silver pin while the following 10% will receive a bronze pin. Each student who achieves a perfect score of 25 points receives a bronze medallion.

    TEAM
                For each division, each team in the top 10% of all teams receives a plaque; the next 10%, a certificate. The grade level of a team is the highest grade level of any of its members. Special certificates are awarded to the top 20% of all Primary 5 Teams and also of all Primary 4 Teams.