All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions

[verykiasu2010]

HyperKiasu:

verykiasu2010:

Students who are among the top 10% or the top 200 participants, whichever is lower in the SMOPS will be invited to the Invitation Round and Prize Presentation Ceremony to be held on Saturday 29 May 2010 at the Hwa Chong Institution's campus .


http://www.hci.sg/aphelion/apmops/general_info_SMOPS.htm

Hi, verykiasu2010,

Thank you very much for the information.

I had a misconception that platinum or gold medal winners are as rare as those of Olympic Games...
anyway 59 /50000 cohort = 0.12% or appr. 1 out of 1000, a good indicator of the intensity of the competition....

oh, don't mention it !


it is better to say 59/3000, there may be some genius undiscovered who did not take part in the competition

however, among the 3000 of them, it is still very competitive

[HyperKiasu]

ya, a few undiscovered genius can 卧虎藏龙 until Sec or JC…


perhaps the heaty competition warrants the need for training…

[ApronMama]

verykiasu2010:

HyperKiasu:

[quote=\"CoffeeCat\"]By the way, the smops results are out already (by yesterday afternoon).

but this is round 1, right? so many platinums/golds/silvers/.....out of duno how many participants in total?

Round 1 :

59 platinum
94 glod
159 silver
322 bronze

HCI says platinum is 2%, therefore approx 2950 taken part in the competition

platinum + gold = 5% = 153 (approx 5%)
silver = 5% = 159 (approx 5%)[/quote]A big congratulation to all awarded silver and above. You can join HCI via dsa liao... :celebrate:

[MdmKS]

ApronMama:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"HyperKiasu\"]
but this is round 1, right? so many platinums/golds/silvers/.....out of duno how many participants in total?

Round 1 :

59 platinum
94 glod
159 silver
322 bronze

HCI says platinum is 2%, therefore approx 2950 taken part in the competition

platinum + gold = 5% = 153 (approx 5%)
silver = 5% = 159 (approx 5%)

A big congratulation to all awarded silver and above. You can join HCI via dsa liao... :celebrate:[/quote]So bronze is useless :?

[CoffeeCat]

Sadly but true, with so much competition, how valuable can a bronze be when there is platinum, gold and silver.

[mathsparks]

ApronMama:

A big congratulation to all awarded silver and above. You can join HCI via dsa liao... :celebrate:

:congrats: to all awardees!

Ermm, ApronMama, gold and platinum may be coveted by NUSH, but maybe not so much for HCI/RI.

For last year's dsa, there're kids with gold not accepted in hci, some waitlist in ri, and my son's classmate with platinum didnt get an offer from hci.

Of course, chances of success are higher for the awardees, but please focus on the psle, in case the dsa isn't successful.

[kiasiparent]

smops 2010 results (vietnam)

http://www.kinderworld.net/kinderworld/kw/news/detail.php?nid=192&cid=187
http://www.kinderworld.net/kinderworld/kw/news/img/profile/APMOPS2010-1st_Rnd_Results_Awardees-Vietnam.pdf

On 24 April morning, at Singapore International School at Ciputra Hanoi, Hue and Saigon South, 485 Year 6 and Year 7 students participated in the Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools 2010, second time organized in Vietnam. The organizer, KinderWorld Group, was pleased that the number of students in the 4 cities registered for this competition this year exceeded 2009’s number of 337 students. The test included 30 closed questions and lasted for 120 minutes.



The Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools is organized yearly by Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore and co-hosted by KinderWorld Education Group in Vietnam. Through this competition, students have an opportunity to participate in a challenging mathematics competition at Regional Level. The best students from Vietnam will have the opportunity to travel to Singapore and interact and compete with the top mathematics geniuses in the Asia Pacific Region in the Invitation Round to be held on Saturday 29th May 2010 at Hwa Chong Institution in Singapore.



There are two rounds in the APMOPS 2010 Competition. The First Round was held at KinderWorld’s Singapore International School campuses across 4 locations in Vietnam. All students will receive certificates categorized in Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Participation from Hwa Chong Institution based on the exam result of all students in the Asia Pacific Region.

http://kinderworld.net/kinderworld/kw/news/img/upload/phoca_thumb_l_P10101661.jpg\">

[Michteach]

Hi all,


I dont know if you have heard of assessment books like Maths Olympiad by Terry Chew, I highly reccomend them as I have been using them and find it very easy to teach my kids!!

[CoffeeCat]

Michteach:

Hi all,


I dont know if you have heard of assessment books like Maths Olympiad by Terry Chew, I highly reccomend them as I have been using them and find it very easy to teach my kids!!

are your kids upper primary? I find the upper primary ones good but the lower primary ones some stuff that are very very challenging for the average p1.

[keroppi]

Michteach:

Hi all,


I dont know if you have heard of assessment books like Maths Olympiad by Terry Chew, I highly reccomend them as I have been using them and find it very easy to teach my kids!!

Yes. But if you were to compare it against the questions set in 08/09 NMOS book, you will see the discrepancy in standard. It's a good start, but not enough if your kid intends to sit for NMOS.