Singapore And Asian Schools Math Olympiad-2016

Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad-20161 Sophia Road, #04-05 Peace Centre, Singapore 228149Website: www.sasmo.sgEmail: sasmooffice@gmail.comTel: (65) 6554 9638/ 9067 2766/ 9746 6181 International Recognition for Mathematical Achievements through Global CompetitionsSASMO celebrates a DECADE in ---------------------------Dear Principal and Maths HOD,2ndMarch, 2016I am the Chairman of the Advisory Council for SASMO (Singapore and Asian Schools MathOlympiad) and I am writing to invite your students to participate in the SASMO 2016Contest, which will be held on 16th, April 2016 (Saturday) in India.You may have heard of the Cheryl’s birthday puzzle, which went viral on 11 Apr 2015, notonly in Singapore or inour neighbouring countries, but as far as the US, Europe and evenNew Zealand.This puzzle appeared as one of the more difficult questions in the SASMO2015 Contest held on 8 Apr 2015.However, most of the SASMO Contest questions were not that difficult. Unlike most MathOlympiads which cater to the top 0.1% of the student population and many participants mightfeel discouraged by the high standards, SASMO Contests seek to stretch the top 40% of thestudent population by making the standards just high enough for them (see attached samplequestions).Unlike some Math Olympiads where each school can only send in a small team and there areonly a few winners, schools can send in any number of studentsfrom each class/level to takepart in the SASMO Contests, which seek to encourage the students by giving awards (Gold,Silver, Bronze) to the top 40% of the participants in each class/level.In order to stretch the participants, they should be trained. All participants will get a freeSASMO 2015 Contest Book to help them prepare for the contest. Your school teacher-incharge can also conduct training for the students.Please see the attached letter from the Executive Director of our partner institution,International Society for Olympiad, in India, for the details. Further queries should bedirected to him.Thank you.Yours sincerely,Dr Joseph Yeo B. W.Chairman, SASMO Advisory Council

Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad-2016International Society for Olympiad, SCO-388,Second Floor, Gurgaon (India), Hand Held: 0124-2573350, www.isfo.in1- Sophia Road, #04-05 Peace Centre, Singapore 228149, Website: -----------------------------------Dear Principal and Maths HOD,2nd March, 2016SASMO is an International fame Mathematics Contest in which several Asian Countries takepart which include Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia,Myanmar, Vietnam, Brunei,Hong Kong,China, Mongolia, Bulgaria, Kazahkstan and Uzbekistan. From this yearInternational Society for Olympiad (ISFO) have been added as SASMO’s Indian partner.We would like to invite your school to participate in the SASMO 2016 Contest. You can sendin any number of students from each class/level to take part. Each class/level will have adifferent paper.The Contest will be held on 16th, April 2016 (Saturday) in Indiain yourschool for your own students.Objectives of SASMO ContestSASMO caters to the top 40% of the student population and it aims to arouse students’interest in mathematical problem solving, and to develop mathematical intuition, reasoning,logical, creative and critical thinking. Your encouragement and recognition of the importanceof the Olympiad objectives will help your students enjoy the Olympiad programme, which inturn will progressively enable them to become more efficient problem solvers.Important Information’s:14th April, 2016 (Thursday): Closing date for contest registration in India15th April 2016 (Friday):School can downloadstudent contest packs (questions / answerentry sheets)16 April 2016 (Saturday):SASMO 2016 Contest in India18 April2016 (Monday):Last day for school to submit the completed papers to SASMO9 May 2016 (Monday):Announcement of results to your school and on www.sasmo.sgand www.isfo.inFree SASMO Contest BookAll participating students will also get a free SASMO 2015Contest Book for the class/levelthat they are taking part in. The teacher-in-charge will also get some free copies. The ContestBookcontains the 2015 Contest questions andstrategiesto help them prepare for the SASMO2015 Contest. The Contest Books will be given to the school along withthepurchase ofregistration forms. Students can also purchase more past years contest papers fromwww.sasmo.sg.

Registration Fee:The entry fee is Rs. 1000/- per student in India for school sign-up. Students from each schoolwill register as a group. Every participating school must have a total of at least 25 students,who can be from different classes/levels (class 2-appearing/passed to class 10appearing/passed). The school will appoint a teacher-in-charge who will be responsible toliaise with ISFO, including submitting the registration forms, conducting of the contest andgeneral administration. The closing date for the contest registration in India is 14thApril2016 (Thursday).If there are fewer than 25 students, they can sign up as private participants (entry fee of Rs.1100/-) and they will take the contest at our SASMO Math Olympiad centres. Please informthem to contact us through email or phone directly.Format of ContestSection A: 15 Multiple Choice Questions (2 points for each correct answer; 0 point for eachunanswered question; deduct 1 point for each wrong answer)Section B: 10 Non-routine Questions (4 points for each correct answer; no penalty for wronganswers)Total: 85 points (to avoid negative scores, each student will begin with 15 points)Awards1. Topper of each class will get to participate in Level-2 contest in Singapore2. Top 3 students of each class will get to participate in summer camp in Delhi to get trainedby National and International Math Olympiad experts3. Top 3 schools to get the trophy4. Top 8 % of each class will get gold award certificates5. Next 12% to get silver award certificates6. Next 20 % to get bronze award certificates7. Certificate of participation and International Rank to allSASMO/ISFO reserves the rights to amend the rules when necessary without informing anyparty.Contact UsIf you have further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us:Phone: 0124-2573350, E-mail: sanjay@isfo.inYours Sincerely,Sanjay K SinghExecutive DirectorInternational Society for Olympiad (SASMO Partner - India)

Sample SASMO Contest Questions for Primary Schools (Class 2 to 6 appearing/passed)There are some easier questions (to encourage students) and some more difficult questions(which is why students need to prepare themselves or go for training). Some of the questionsare related to what they have learnt in their school maths, but require a bit of higher orderthinking.1.The diagram shows some cubes of the same size stacked at a corner of a room. Howmany cubes are there altogether? (Note: The floor is horizontal and the two walls arevertical. There are no gaps or holes behind the visible cubes.)2.The Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is held once every two years, except in 1963 (i.e.it was held in 1961 and 1965, but not in 1963). Singapore hosted the 28th SEA Gamesin 2015. When was the first SEA Games held (although it was known as South EastAsian Peninsula Games at that time)?3.A bag contains some sweets that can be divided equally among 3, 4 or 6 children withno remainder. What is the smallest possible number of sweets in the bag?4.The following bar graph shows the favourite colour of a class of 40 students (eachstudent chooses exactly one colour). The tic marks on the vertical axis are equallyspaced. How many students’ favourite colour is blue?No. ofstudents0Favourite ColouryellowgreenblueredColour5.What is the largest number of parts that can be obtained from cutting a circle using 4straight cuts? (Note: Do not count the parts outside the circle.)6.A particular month has 5 Fridays. The first and the last day of the month are notFridays. What day is the last day of the month?

7.A circle is inscribed in a square as shown in the diagram. The perimeter of the squareis 32 cm. Find the area of the circle in terms of .8.A bag of candy is shared between Amy and Ben in the ratio 5 : 3. After Amy gives2of her share to Ben, Ben has 18 pieces of candy more than Amy. How many pieces ofcandy are there altogether?9.In a chess tournament, each player has to play one game with every other player. Fiveplayers, Albert, Ben, Charles, Dennis and Ethan, took part in the tournament. So far,Albert has played 4 games, Ben has played 3 games, Charles has played 2 games andDennis has played 1 game. How many games has Ethan played?10.A drawer contains 40 coloured socks: 10 black, 14 blue and 16 white. Daniel takessome socks from the drawer without looking at the colours of the socks. What is theleast number of socks he must take so that he has at least 2 socks of the same colour?[Hint: Consider the worst case scenario.]11.Find the last digit of 320. [Hint: The last digit repeats.]12.The police arrested four suspects who know one another. The suspects know whichone of them has stolen the watch, but the police could not find the watch on any oneof them.1Albert:Bernard:Cecilia:Denise:I did not steal the watch.Albert is lying.Bernard stole the watch.Bernard is lying.If only one of them is telling the truth, who stole the watch?

Sample SASMO Contest Questions for Secondary Schools (Class 7 to 10appearing/passed)There are some easier questions (to encourage students) and some more difficult questions(which is why students need to prepare themselves or go for training). Some of the questionsare related to what they have learnt in their school maths, but require a bit of higher orderthinking.1.Find the least value of n such that its LCM with 6 is 18.2.A man walks for 5 metres in one direction, turns 45 to his right and walks for another5 metres in that direction. Then he turns another 45 to his right and walks for another5 metres in that direction. He continues walking in this pattern until he reaches hisoriginal starting point. Find the total distance that the man has walked.3.What is the largest product that can be formed from using the digits 2, 3, 4 and 5, andone multiplication sign? You are only allowed to combine the digits to form twonumbers, e.g. 2 345, but you are not allowed to use indices, e.g. 23 45 is notallowed.4.There are two circles, each of radius 8 cm, lying on a plane and tangential to eachother (i.e. the two circles just touch each other at one point). Find the number ofcircles of radius 16 cm lying on the same plane and tangential to the first two circles.5.The following histogram shows the average amount of money spent by students in theschool canteen every day.No. ofstudentsMoney Spent200100001234Money(in dollars)Which one of the following statement is true?(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)6.The median is 1.The students spent more money in the canteen during the middle of the day.If the school decided to increase the price of the food in the canteen, then theheights of the columns would get higher.The mode is 200 students.None of the aboveAlice throws a ball into the air. The path of the ball can be modelled by the equationh t 2 4t 1, where t, in seconds, is the time from the moment the ball is thrown,and h, in metres, is the height of the ball above the ground. Find the difference inheight between the ball at its highest point and at the point from which it is thrown.