All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions
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CoffeeCat:
Hi CoffeeCat,
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.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 I usually teach upper primary kids but I find them ok for pri 3-4 for junior 1 and 2. You can start them when they are in primary 3:) -
Wah i just missed the lunch hour discussion.
The nmos may not look challenging but remember most students only start training in p4-5. Like verykiasu said p5-6 is when most students are able to make tremendous progress. The nmos covers the basics of a lot of topics, including p6 topics like speed circle rate and very basic algebra. Actually if we look carefully there are many problem sums that look like psle questions.
The ripmwc 1st round is indeed of a different kind of challenge from smops. My student managed to squeeze into second round by 53% only. Verykiasu just wondering how’s your son did in ripmwc? Does he has the same experience? -
sunflower:
ok ok, something better than nothing....HyperKiasu:
perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...
Aiyo, don't lidat say leh...very demoralising for the kid. At least they got something, better than nothing, which means they have at least attained a certain level. It'll help boost their confidence, not necessarily for DSA. Heard that some platinum also didn't get in thru DSA mah, while others with lesser awards got in. So just be happy that at least the kid got to a certain level, and encourage them to work hard and better themselves. Most importantly, to cultivate their interest in Maths, not to kill it because only got Bronze.
do they release the marks? perhaps bronze is very close to silver.... -
Michteach:
Hi CoffeeCat,
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.CoffeeCat:
[quote=\"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 I usually teach upper primary kids but I find them ok for pri 3-4 for junior 1 and 2. You can start them when they are in primary 3:)[/quote]yea agreed. I was referringto the one that is specifically meant for p1-2. Just warning parents to go easy when they use that book on their p1-2 children. Some difficult concepts are embedded in some questions. -
CoffeeCat:
CoffeeCatWah i just missed the lunch hour discussion.
The nmos may not look challenging but remember most students only start training in p4-5. Like verykiasu said p5-6 is when most students are able to make tremendous progress. The nmos covers the basics of a lot of topics, including p6 topics like speed circle rate and very basic algebra. Actually if we look carefully there are many problem sums that look like psle questions.
The ripmwc 1st round is indeed of a different kind of challenge from smops. My student managed to squeeze into second round by 53% only. Verykiasu just wondering how's your son did in ripmwc? Does he has the same experience?
the 53% you mentioned above is the score ? which percentile does it belong to ?
my kid did not make it to 2nd round of RIPMWC, did not go for the related training....he was focusing on SMOPS
I did an analysis of those RIPWMC top students name list and compared with SMOPS platinum name list and realised that NOT many of them scored in both .... mostly or may be half did well in one or another.... -
CoffeeCat:
perhaps if it appears to easy, parents feel it is nothing different from normal textbook, thus Terry Chew embed some difficult concepts in them....
yea agreed. I was referringto the one that is specifically meant for p1-2. Just warning parents to go easy when they use that book on their p1-2 children. Some difficult concepts are embedded in some questions. -
verykiasu2010:
score 53% 98.6 percentile, 50+th, must be too many students with the same scores. From past experiences top scorers for Australia maths/American maths competitions are also mostly different from smo ones. So each competition requires slightly different training approach.
CoffeeCat
the 53% you mentioned above is the score ? which percentile does it belong to ?
my kid did not make it to 2nd round of RIPMWC, did not go for the related training....he was focusing on SMOPS
I did an analysis of those RIPWMC top students name list and compared with SMOPS platinum name list and realised that NOT many of them scored in both .... mostly or may be half did well in one or another....
So are u sending ur son for further training? 40 prizes up for grabs, theoretical probability-wise apmops is the easiest to get something. -
CoffeeCat:
curious the know the what is the lowest percentile that got into RI's 2nd round ? u have the score ?
score 53% 98.6 percentile, 50+th, must be too many students with the same scores. From past experiences top scorers for Australia maths/American maths competitions are also mostly different from smo ones. So each competition requires slightly different training approach.verykiasu2010:
CoffeeCat
the 53% you mentioned above is the score ? which percentile does it belong to ?
my kid did not make it to 2nd round of RIPMWC, did not go for the related training....he was focusing on SMOPS
I did an analysis of those RIPWMC top students name list and compared with SMOPS platinum name list and realised that NOT many of them scored in both .... mostly or may be half did well in one or another....
So are u sending ur son for further training? 40 prizes up for grabs, theoretical probability-wise apmops is the easiest to get something.
quite undecided where to send my son for the second round apmops -
I quite sure that my student represent the lowest scores because he was in the 50+th position when I count the name. By right only top 50 but 57 invited so at least the last 8 got the exact same score.
Eh where else offered apmops training? I know last year mathoasis did but this year it seems quiet or I just did not check the website very recently. -
CoffeeCat:
that means for RI only the top 1.4% got into 2nd roundI quite sure that my student represent the lowest scores because he was in the 50+th position when I count the name. By right only top 50 but 57 invited so at least the last 8 got the exact same score.
Eh where else offered apmops training? I know last year mathoasis did but this year it seems quiet or I just did not check the website very recently.
mathoasis, maths hub, global math, and yourself .... who else for the APMOPS?
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