All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions

[verykiasu2010]

CoffeeCat:

Currently the most notables ones are mathoasis, mathshub, learning interactive and to a certain extent, global education. This is what I gathered from kiasuparents, their websites and an industry insider.

from my observation - personal opinion only - math hub in bukit batok has many PRC kids, class size bigger, teacher has less time to go into details....not for the fainthearted nor the quiet learner

for global - class size smaller. two of the teachers are good; today i was not happy with one of the teachers who delayed in explaining a challenging question for two weeks....(just got feedback from my child today in the car)..it seems math oasis is well regarded too

i think math oasis leans more on RI math competition, others are more concentrating on SMOPS and NMOS and AMC

[vlim]

verykiasu2010:

vlim:

just wondering do kids need to attain mo training course before taking part in mo competition? Please advise..thks

short answer : yes, need to

Thks verykiasu!

[CoffeeCat]

verykiasu2010:

CoffeeCat:

Currently the most notables ones are mathoasis, mathshub, learning interactive and to a certain extent, global education. This is what I gathered from kiasuparents, their websites and an industry insider.

from my observation - personal opinion only - math hub in bukit batok has many PRC kids, class size bigger, teacher has less time to go into details....not for the fainthearted nor the quiet learner

for global - class size smaller. two of the teachers are good; today i was not happy with one of the teachers who delayed in explaining a challenging question for two weeks....(just got feedback from my child today in the car)..it seems math oasis is well regarded too

i think math oasis leans more on RI math competition, others are more concentrating on SMOPS and NMOS and AMC

What's the challenging question that was delayed? must be quite challenging indeed.

[Almighty]

Anyone writing SAMMO olympaid on wednessday?

[Almighty]

Sorry it should be

"Anyone writing SASMO coming wednesday?

[Almighty]

Almighty wrote:

HI,
Anyone writing SMOPS 27th of april?

Huh? Anyone writing?

What XXjustakidXX?? What r u trying to convey by yr reply???

[CoffeeCat]

Almighty:

Almighty wrote:

HI,
Anyone writing SMOPS 27th of april?

Huh? Anyone writing?

What XXjustakidXX?? What r u trying to convey by yr reply???

Why do you keep thinking theres a SMOPS on 27th apr??? :?
We only heard of SMOPS on 24th apr which is just over.

[mathsparks]

BusyB:

Thanks to VeryKaisu2010 and CoffeeCat.


NUS too far, so I've gotten from this enrichment centre called Maths Oasis when visiting with a friend. By the way, anyone heard of their Maths Olmpiad courses - are they good? Any recommended ones from any experienced parents / kids?

Thanks in advance.

My son was with Maths Oasis for about 3 semesters. Didn't go to Maths hub as distance was too far, and had no luck with learning interactive.

Maths Oasis don't just specialise on RIPMWC, they cover typical olympiad qns and work on past year qns too. But before each major competition, they would've short modules that focus on just that competition alone, like smops, nmos, etc.

They also have separate classes for PSLE Maths.

Classroom's quite tiny though. Here's their webby http://www.mathsoasis.com/

[HyperKiasu]

CoffeeCat:

HyperKiasu:

Any idea whether there is an age restriction for the competion? Can P4/5 participate?

Which competitions?
For SMOPS, they have recently limited to p6 only.
NMOS is pitched at p5 level, off limit to p6, p4 are allowed to take part.

I checked the websites, NMOS opens to all primary levels except P6. However the NMOS sample questions doesn't read like Olympiad math, much easier than those of SMOPS. care to share why (apart from SMOPS only for P6)

[HyperKiasu]

CoffeeCat:

Depends on your or your kids' motivation. If it's just for fun then nope but if you are hoping for better performance then yes. The competition is stiffer nowadays as compared to in the past since many children are \"motivated\" and undergo mo training.

If the kids are self-motivated+smart+parents' guidance, still need to go training? I thought the benefit from course for this kind of kids is practice, more practice, more and more practice.....then if practice can be done at home, then why still need to go the training course? :? sorry really duno what the training centre can offer....