All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions

[kiasiparent]

mjl:

lim jeck has neither received formal training in primary school (a neighbourhood sch, not any of the GEP schools who get maths trainers to teach the p4-6 GEP maths) nor in any training centres. he only gets the maths training at NUS High (part of the school maths curriculum) and at NUS (after doing well in SMO and got selected into the national-level training teams).


I think external training is not necessary if one is passionate about the subject and has some talent in it.

How you know lim jeck's primary school didnt hire MO trainer to train the class? :shock:

[mjl]

kiasiparent:

mjl:

lim jeck has neither received formal training in primary school (a neighbourhood sch, not any of the GEP schools who get maths trainers to teach the p4-6 GEP maths) nor in any training centres. he only gets the maths training at NUS High (part of the school maths curriculum) and at NUS (after doing well in SMO and got selected into the national-level training teams).


I think external training is not necessary if one is passionate about the subject and has some talent in it.

How you know lim jeck's primary school didnt hire MO trainer to train the class? :shock:

My daughter is from the same primary school (Queenstown Primary). No MO trainer was hired. He was the only student with Platinum award in SMOPS in the school's history.

[turquoise]

I understand his older sister also does very well at Math Olympiads. Perhaps they had external training in primary school?

[justbehappy]

turquoise:

I understand his older sister also does very well at Math Olympiads. Perhaps they had external training in primary school?

I happen to know them, they did not have any external/formal training when they were in primary school. Formal training for them starts when they go to sec sch. Schools like RI, RGS, NUSH and HCI have their own regular MO training in the school - could be conducted by seniors, teachers or external trainers. These few schools usually take majority of the top 30 positions in the MO competitions in Singapore. Then the good ones will be selected to join the jnr/snr/national team training conducted at NUS Maths Dept. These are all free training (by the schools and by NUS), no need to pay a cent

[JustKP]

justbehappy:

I happen to know them, they did not have any external/formal training when they were in primary school. Formal training for them starts when they go to sec sch. Schools like RI, RGS, NUSH and HCI have their own regular MO training in the school - could be conducted by seniors, teachers or external trainers. These few schools usually take majority of the top 30 positions in the MO competitions in Singapore. Then the good ones will be selected to join the jnr/snr/national team training conducted at NUS Maths Dept. These are all free training (by the schools and by NUS), no need to pay a cent

If he can get platinum award in primary school without any training, he is really a rare talent! Are his parents also good in Maths?

[turquoise]

justbehappy:

I happen to know them, they did not have any external/formal training when they were in primary school. Formal training for them starts when they go to sec sch. Schools like RI, RGS, NUSH and HCI have their own regular MO training in the school - could be conducted by seniors, teachers or external trainers. These few schools usually take majority of the top 30 positions in the MO competitions in Singapore. Then the good ones will be selected to join the jnr/snr/national team training conducted at NUS Maths Dept. These are all free training (by the schools and by NUS), no need to pay a cent

They are indeed gifted in math to be able to perform so well with no training.

[PowerPuff Mum]

turquoise:

They are indeed gifted in math to be able to perform so well with no training.

Some children are born with such ability without additional help or special training, they are born with that innate talent, that's why they are called gifted. As parents, we should provide them the opportunity to shine and provide exposure for them to do well in what they are good at.

It becomes a problem only when parents has unrealistic expectations and compare with other high ability children. We are all different. Children should be loved and appreciated in whatever form they come in.

[mummyloves]

Yeah, keen to know which level is this qn for? :? Not so easy eh...

[Dharma]

mummyloves:

Yeah, keen to know which level is this qn for? :? Not so easy eh...

Hi mummyloves,

Qn is pitched at P6 level. Taken from one of the early SMOPS papers, I think.

Need to have understanding of distance, time and speed relationship. Then use ratios to solve.

[Courage]

Need :?: for the following questions:


(1) If we write whole numbers starting from 1 to form a 1000-digit number N as follows: N=12345678910111213.... what is the unit digit of N?

(2) How many whole numbers from 1 to 2009 contain the digit \"2\"?

(3) Study the following pattern:

1=1: 1(1+1)/2=1
1+2=3; 2(2+1)/2=3
1+2+3=6; 3(3+1)/2=6
1+2+3+4=10; 4(4+1)/2=10
1+2+3+4+5=15; 5(5+1)/2=15

Find the value of 22+24+26+....+200.

TIA.