All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions

[kiasiparent]

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?

No. My boy is only 2 years old.

And i have never won participated in any singapore maths competition before. Only participated in some competitions like the AMC and New South Wales which i got distinction, credit and participation sometimes.

[kiasiparent]

Merlion:

Just to share with you something that I learnt from a talk last month. The speaker of the talk told us that most of the Maths competition winners were not TOP students in their school maths test. The reason is that they found the school maths material too boring and refused to be \"drilled\" with these kind of questions. They still do well in the school tests but not TOP.

Not really. There are some who remain top whether in school syllabus or competition. Look at lim jeck. http://www.limjeck.com/index.jsp

Its not fair to compare a few maths competition winners to the whole cohort.

[kiasiparent]

r1 answers

1) 81
2) 40%
3) 60
4) 75
5) 90%
6) 4
7) 40
8 ) 98
9) 1
10) 30
11) 12
12) 30
13) 25
14) 180 minutes
15) 450
16) 55%
17) 201
18 ) 2
19) 7
20) 60
21) 3
22) 11
23) 97
24) 231
25) 385
26) 4231
27) 3220
28 ) 9990
29) 552
30) 75

r2 answers
1) 2007
2) 126
3) 120
4) 484
5) 784
6) 25
7) 48
8 ) 517
9) 360
10) 6
11) 6
12) 212
13) 88
14) 6
15) 34
16) 6
17) 21
18 ) 74
19) 3
20) 10

My answers may not be correct.

[Merlion]

> Not really. There are some who remain top whether in school syllabus or competition. Look at lim jeck.


That’s why speaker said "Most", not "All".

> Its not fair to compare a few maths competition winners to the whole cohort.

I am not comparing. I am just sharing what I heard / learnt in the talk.

[Merlion]

> No. My boy is only 2 years old.


He should do well in 2017 NMOS Round1. I think you should have all the NMOS 10 years series' questions and answers ready for him by then. Cheers ! :celebrate:

[Suz855]

Original Title: Maths olympia qn - soln anyone?


Qn :
3 boys Albert, Ben and Chris participated in a 100m race. When Albert crossed the 100m mark, Ben was at 90m. When Ben crossed the 100m mark, Chris was at 90m. By how many metres did Albert beat Chris?

Thanks

[corneyAmber]

What level is this question?


Assuming all 3 of them are running at their constant speed throughout the race, the difference between A and C is 20m?[/i]

[fudgemum]

NMOs round 2 results are released.


http://oas.highsch.nus.edu.sg/NMOS/

[Dharma]

ks2me:

What level is this question?


Assuming all 3 of them are running at their constant speed throughout the race, the difference between A and C is 20m?[/i]

Hi ks2me,

Got a slightly different answer.
http://www.postimage.org/

[Merlion]

> NMOs round 2 results are released.


Wow ... RGPS not on the top 10 list. NANYANG PRIMARY not in Final. :shock: Rosyth, Catholic High and Nan Hua in the Final. Rosyth is big winner.