All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions

[kiasiparent]

joconde:

I notice in the result namelist there are a few with private training centre instead of primary school names. I thought students can only register for this competition through their school ?? My son missed the opportunity because his school doesn't want to participate

Registration are allowed through private centres. However, primary schools have priority over private centres and the students have to go under school if the school selects him/her.

[PowerPuff Mum]

Merlion:

Different maths competitions have different age requirement. For example NMOS is for P4 and P5. I think P1 or P2 is a bit too young to think about maths competition. you might want to think about GEP selection test first because if your son is really gifted in maths, there is a very good chance that he will be selected for GEP. Please take note that school text book's maths is quite different from competition's maths. A kid can score 100% in school test but that does not mean that the kid can do well in maths competition. You need to be truely gifted in maths in order to do well in maths competition.

I totally agree. My son got through the special round for NMOS without any training whatsoever. He goes to a neighbourhood school which doesn't give any special preparatory classes either. We've always known that he is good in Maths and we let nature take its own course.

[Merlion]

That's what I called GIFTED. Your son is in P4 or P5? Anyway, good luck in the special round! :celebrate:

[PowerPuff Mum]

Merlion:

That's what I called GIFTED. Your son is in P4 or P5? Anyway, good luck in the special round! :celebrate:

He's in P5. He has a natural inclination for maths and science. Thank you for your well wishes. He's been working hard preparing for the next round which will be on this Sat 1st Aug.

[kiasiparent]

Merlion:

I know and this is not a problem. Just curious where did Kiasiparent get the questions from? :?

To my understanding, some schools returned the preliminary exam paper back to the students.

Anyway, today was NMOS round 2. All students can take their question papers home too i think.

[kiasiparent]

The NMOS exam round 1 was relatively easy. Any students who have decent calculation skills and good logical mind should be able to do well. Round 2 was rather difficult.

[joconde]

kiasiparent:

The NMOS exam round 1 was relatively easy. Any students who have decent calculation skills and good logical mind should be able to do well. Round 2 was rather difficult.

anyone has any idea how many correct answers qualifies to second round ? And roughly what are the cut-off marks for gold, silver and bronze ?

[kiasiparent]

joconde:

kiasiparent:

The NMOS exam round 1 was relatively easy. Any students who have decent calculation skills and good logical mind should be able to do well. Round 2 was rather difficult.

anyone has any idea how many correct answers qualifies to second round ? And roughly what are the cut-off marks for gold, silver and bronze ?

If i am not wrong, round 1 has 30 questions and first 10 questions are worth 1 mark each, then next 10 are worth 2 marks each, and finally, last 10 are worth 3 marks each. giving a total of 60 marks.

A candidate should get into round 2 if he scores more than 25/60. (I believe top 10% of the students are invited into round 2 so the the entry score changes every year depending on the difficulty of the competition paper)

By getting into round 2, one is assured of a silver or gold i think.
As for round 2, each question is worth 4 to 5 marks and they add up both the round 1 and round 2 scores just like the SMO Junior, Senior, Open. Only the top 3% of the students will get gold i think and the next 7% will get silver.

Just what i think.

[Merlion]

> By getting into round 2, one is assured of a silver or gold i think.


This is not truth for previous years but maybe for this year. The number of students who got selected to Special Round this year is lesser (by a lot) than previous year due to H1N1.

May I know why the ANSWER sheet for Round 1 that you posted on 16/7 is removed? Also, your posting on 17/7 has been edited? Is there a reason behind this? :? Thanks.

[PowerPuff Mum]

kiasiparent:

The NMOS exam round 1 was relatively easy. Any students who have decent calculation skills and good logical mind should be able to do well. Round 2 was rather difficult.

I have only one question for Kiasiparent.
Have any of your offsprings won a gold or silver medal for any Maths Olympiad WITHOUT any training?