15th – 16th August 2015

WELCOME

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 WELCOME
Singapore (SIMOC)
International
Mathematics
Olympiad Challenge
2015

You will be competing in the following events:

Math Warriors
Final Round
Math Olympiad Math Warriors Mind Sports
(Top 16-20
(Individual) (Team) (Team)
teams from
Math Warriors)

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Objectives

Promote Math Olympiad

Promote logical, deductive and analytical

reasoning skills

Encourage and stimulate creative and

critical thinking skills

Realize your multiple intelligence potential

Discover new problem-solving approaches

Enjoy our activities while learning in a group (cooperative learning)

Math Olympiad
Differentiated papers for Grades 2 to 10
90 minutes with translations/English
Contest starts at 9 am, August 15, 2015
Grades 2 to 4:
 Section A – 10 Multiple Choice Questions
(2 points for correct answer, 0 points for unanswered question, penalty
point (deduct 1 point) for wrong answer)

 Section B – 10 Non-routine Questions

(4 points for correct answer, No penalty point for wrong answer)

 Total 70 points. To avoid negative scores, each student begins with 10

points.

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Math Olympiad
Grades 5 to 10:
 Section A – 15 Multiple Choice Questions
(2 points for correct answer, 0 points for unanswered question, penalty
point (deduct 1 point) for wrong answer)

 Section B – 10 Non-routine Questions

(4 points for correct answer, No penalty point for wrong answer)
When a problem introduces a more advanced concept, all necessary
definitions are included.

 Total 85 points. To avoid negative scores, each student begins with 15

points.

Math Olympiad Awards

Perfect Score Award – Full marks
Gold Award – Top 8%
Silver Award – Next 12%
Bronze Award – Next 20%
Merit Award – Next 25%

 Champion and Runner up for Grades 2 to 10 (18 awards)

 Champion, First and Second Runner-up Countries for Overall
Contest based on top 50 medals/awards won in Math Olympiad
(Perfect Score = 9 points, Gold = 6, Silver = 3, Bronze = 1
point)

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 For Maths Warriors Competition and Mind Sports Challenge,
there will be 3 divisions :
•Lower – Grades 2 to 4,
•Middle – Grades 5 to 7
•Upper – Grades 8 to 10
Students select their own teams of 3!
They must be from different countries and
meet the average grade requirement (G3, 6, 9).

Your team takes 2 challenges:

• Maths Warriors Contest

• Mind Sports Challenge

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 Mind Sports ChallengeTM:
• Students are exposed to 50 puzzles.

• You score 1 point for each puzzle you solve.

• You complete the challenge when your team can

solve 25 puzzles (make sure you inform a Judge)
or when time is up.

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Puzzles are:
• Problems that invite solutions
• Problems in a physical form (game).
• Set with :
– objective(s)/goal(s)
- rule(s), which must be followed
• To be solved with thinking, no force is ever required.
(You’ll break the puzzle, NOT solve it!)
• Independent learning aids

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Score sheet for Puzzle
Challenge

Collect only 1 score sheet

per team
Complete 25 challenges
Make sure you write
down all your team
members names, level and
country on your score sheet
Good luck!

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Puzzle Making for Parents and teachers
• Learn to make and solve 2 puzzles

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Sharing:
• Our advisors will share with participants on their strengths
& weaknesses

• Discuss strategies on how to solve some of the difficult

problems

• We’ll also give the solutions for some of the more

difficult problems

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Maths Warriors and Mind Sports
Challenge Awards

Top 16 teams will win prizes (48 prizes)

The scores of the top 16 team members will go towards
calculation of the Champion, First and Second Runner-up
Countries for Overall Maths Warriors and Mind Sports based on
top 16 team members from their countries (First place = 16
points, Second = 15, …. 16th place = 1 point)
Awarded for 3 divisions- Total 9 awards

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Overall Champion Awards

We will add the raw Math Olympiad
score + Maths Warriors score (from 1 to
16) + Mind Sports Challenge Score
(from 1 to 16) to calculate the final
score. Highest Scorer will be declared
the Grand Champion for Each Grade
Level (G2 to 9)

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Prizes / results:
• Results are announced before the end of the day

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Benefits for Students

Improve academic performance

Develop their intelligence
Build concentration
Build psychological strength
Improve memory
Enhance brain power
Improve ability in strategic thinking
Speed-up decision making
Develop a love for problem solving
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Student’s Feedback:
“I feel that the MindGym has developed puzzle-solving skills in Rafflesians.
It was fun and a great way to teach us how to solve problems both in the
academic and in life. It also taught us not to give up easily when facing
challenging problems. In the sec 1 Puzzle Design MindGym brought out
creativity in students when they were asked to make their puzzles, logic when
IQ logic took place and thinking when Puzzle Challenge took place. The
MindGym was good enrichment for us students.”
Sec 1J, Ong Han Yang Raffles Institution

“The West Cluster Inter-School Thinking Sports Day was fun and interesting.
There were many challenging puzzles to solve and I enjoyed doing most of
them especially the one with the 9-coloured cubes – IQ Logic. My team won a
prize in the Mind’s Eye Station and this made us feel extremely happy as we
worked well together.”
Nanthini , Pri.4D Qifa Primary School

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You can invent your own games/puzzles

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 Aug 15, Schedule – 9:00am to 16:15pm
0800h – 0090 hrs Registration of participants

0900 – 1030 hrs Math Olympiad Competition (Individual round)

1100 – 1130 hrs School Hall – forming teams of 3 (different level and
different country) Team bonding
3 divisions (Lower – Grade 2 to 4), Middle (G5 to 7), Upper (G8 to 10)

1135 – 1235 hrs Maths Warriors contest – selection of top 16 to 20

teams
12:40 – 1325 hrs Lunch and Mind Break

1330 – 1430 hrs Mind Sports Challenge

1440 – 1540 hrs Maths Warriors Final Round

1555 – 1615 hrs Announcement of winners and Closing 23

Aug 16, Schedule – Noon to 3:00 pm

 Prize giving and Gala lunch will be held at
SAFRA Jurong Country Club.

 There will be an opening ceremony, Official

speech and shows.

 Prize giving ceremony for Gold Award winners as

well as all prizes for Maths Warriors, Mind
Sports Challenge and Grand Champions.

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