SMO Junior

[ilaks]

Any of your kid took the competition today? What was the feedback?


My girl said better than last year:-)

[ilaks]

SMO Junior 2010

Any of your kid took the competition today? What was the feedback?

My girl said better than last year:-)

[mjl]

Anyone with kids who took SMO(Junior) or SMO(Senior) today? I heard this year's papers are not as difficult as last year's.

[ycpang]

mjl:

Anyone with kids who took SMO(Junior) or SMO(Senior) today? I heard this year's papers are not as difficult as last year's.

sorry just want to ask what is the benefit of winning the SMO?

[justbehappy]

ycpang:

sorry just want to ask what is the benefit of winning the SMO?

Students got selected into the Singapore International Mathematical Olympiad (SIMO) National Training Team through SMO competitions (mainly the Open category). A selection test is held to pick 6 participants among the National Training Team members, to take part in the annual IMO (the most prestigious Maths competition for high school students) taken part by some 100+ countries. Medal winners at the IMO are well regarded/recognised in the world e.g. Gold medal winner will almost guarantee you a place at Ivy League universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT.

[CoffeeCat]

If the student is younger and perform well he/she will get selected for free MO training at NUS. Which will increase their chances of performing better for the smo next year.

[ycpang]

Thank you justbehappy and coffeecat. My DS took the test (SMO junior) today. I think he "肥佬＂le . He told me he could only answer 15 out of 35 questions.

[ilaks]

Need help

Starting from any of the L’s, the word LEVEL can be spelled by moving either up, down, left or right to an adjacent letter. If the same letter may be used twice in each spell, how many different ways are there to spell the word LEVEL?
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxD6HZ0

[CoffeeCat]

ilaks:

Need help

Starting from any of the L’s, the word LEVEL can be spelled by moving either up, down, left or right to an adjacent letter. If the same letter may be used twice in each spell, how many different ways are there to spell the word LEVEL?
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxD6HZ0

The crux lies in the letter V. There is only one V, so all routes must pass through it. It is connected by the 4 Es.
Next we look at E and notice that all the Es are connected to 3 Ls.
Using the concept of route finding, at every E, there are 3 ways of reaching them. Together there are 3*4 =12 ways of reaching the V from any L.
You have 12ways of getting from L to V and 12 ways from V to a L, therefore the number of ways is 12*12 = 144 ways.
Interesting question, may i know where it's from?

[ilaks]

Hi , Thank you. This question is from smo junior this year