And for students who have been invited for the Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad, can sharpen your skills here


==> http://www.mathsoasis.com/2015/apmops15.pdf

Maths Olympiad problems serve to increase students flexibility of thinking and increase their problem solving abilities.


Looking at the infamous ‘Cheryl’s birthday’ problem that is currently circulating online, it’s a problem that on first glance seems quite impossible to solve bu through elimination and logical thinking, the problem can easily be solved.

Participating in competitions serves to give students an aim to work towards and winning medals is a bonus. The training serves to enrich a child’s learning through life.

For Question 3, is the number of books shown on the banner?

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Hi,

Can anyone share what are the benefits of joining the P6 Math Olympiad Training in school? Not so much on the competition. More on what they have learn from the training. Am deciding if I should let my child participate. Thanks.

There are usually 3 types of questions that are contained within the Primary Maths Syllabus and they revolve around A) Knowledge B) Comprehension C) Application.

Maths Olympiad Training normally trains the students to apply their knowledge of maths in various situations. Hence the benefits to the child for a good MO programme is flexibility of thinking, enhanced problem solving skills and ability to apply prior knowledge to solve problems creatively.

HI I think the NMOS is likely to be on first week or second week of July. They are usually held the first Wednesday after the school reopens on Term 3.

Hi,

It’s very natural to feel stressed at the PSLE year as the stakes are now higher esp if you want to go for DSA.

Yes I agree that there is a ‘big jump’ from Primary 4 to 5 maths.
Our local syllabus test students in 3 main areas that is knowledge based questions, followed by comprehension and application based questions.
Most of the primary 5 & 6 maths questions now involved application questions that is they require students to apply concepts in maths in order to solve them. Thus the game has changed into one one in which students have to learn how to interpret the questions before they can apply the various heuristics to solve them.

If a child is weak in their concepts in maths, they will find it tougher to solve the more challenging questions that is the 4-5 mark questions in paper 2.

If your child has a ‘sudden’ drop in their marks, the first thing is to
1) Calm down
2) Do post -mortem. Find out from the teacher if the level has been raised significantly. Try to cluster the questions in which your child has made errors in. Are they mostly percentage questions/fractions/geometry etc etc.
3) Do an evaluation test to find out where the child is at now instead of calling in tutors or pile on tuition. As finding out the root cause provides a better way to solve the problem. Thus step 2 is important.
For a short evaluation, can pm me. if you are keen on a full evaluation with detailed reporting, we have one on 15 Feb.

The views expressed are based on my personal experience with primary 6 pupils and some parents who have come to us for their psle maths.
Hope it helps.

Yes, Maths Hub has a way of contacting parents of students who made it through to NMOS Special Round. I think they produce some Math magazine which a lot of kids subscribe to so they have a database.[/quote]



Hi yukilei,
Would like to clarify, Maths Oasis is the publisher of the interdisciplinary mathematics theme based magazine by the same name -Maths Oasis instead of the former.-Maths Oasis