Details for 18th ANNUAL MATHLYMPICS FOR ALL SINGAPORE PRIMARY SCHOOLS 2025 (P5 and below)  

   

The 18th Annual Mathlympics 2025 competition is jointly organized by Learners’ Connections Pte Ltd and Marshall Cavendish Education.  

 

The Annual Mathympics is an original idea that was inspired by athletics. It comprises two segments.

The Vault segment contains challenging questions which put the mathematical prowess of our mathlympians to the test. The Sprint segment is a speed round where our mathlympians have to solve as many questions as they can, quickly and accurately.

     

1)   Details of Event

Date        : 8th July 2025, Tuesday
Time        : 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Mode      : Single Round, Written Paper
Venue     : Participating schools’ own premises

2)   Eligibility

Participants must be in Primary 5 or below in 2025.
All participants will take the same paper.

3)   Registration

School Registration will start on 6 January 2025 and end on 16 May 2025. 
School Registration Fee: S$25 (includes GST)
Registration will be done via an online portal: (TBC)
Schools will be e-invoiced within the week of the competition
Contact persons are (TBC)

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Private Registration will start on 3 February 2025 and end on 23 May 2025.
Private Registration Fee: S$80 (includes GST)
Please contact our representative agent: (TBC)

4)   Format and Duration

Duration:     2 hours 
Format:        28 open-ended questions in Vault section + 30 open-ended questions in Sprint section
Calculators may NOT be used.

 

Vault Section: First 1.5 hours
Q1 to Q10:    2 marks each  
Q11 to Q20:  4 marks each          
Q21 to Q28:  5 marks each  
 
Sprint Section: Last 0.5 hours
Sprint Section Q1 to Q30:   1 mark each 
 
Marks will be awarded for correct answers only. 
There will be no deduction of marks for wrong answers or omitted questions. 
All decisions made by the organizers and judges will be final.

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5)   Topics

The topics include the following:

• Arithmetic

• Number Theory 

• Measurement

• Geometry (excluding Circles)

• Combinatorics

• Logic

A reference sheet containing definitions of mathematical terms and selected formulae will be given to participants at the competition.

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6)   Preparing and Practice

A copy of an exemplar paper (without solutions) is available for browsing here.
To order the e-book 5-year compilation of the Annual Mathlympics (2019 to 2023)  (TBC)

7)   Certificates and Prizes

This competition is a high-stake competition because its certificate has implications for placement into schools.

As such, on the reverse side of our Certificate, we will indicate salient information that reflects the competition’s        rigour, such as the total number of participants for the year; number of participating schools and the criteria for         

the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards.

    

Gold Distinction Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to participants in the top 10 positions.

Gold Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to participants in the next 90 positions.

Silver Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to participants in the next 150 positions.

Bronze Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to participants in the next 250 positions.

Certificates of Merit will be awarded to the next 500 participants.
Certificates of Participation will be awarded to all remaining participants.    
 

School Prizes  

Trophies and prizes are given in recognition of the support, training and encouragement that they had given to their school pupils. 

   

Schools with the highest number of Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards, in that order, will receive the following trophies and cash prizes:
                                                                                                                                
Champion School:     Cash prize, 1 trophy for the school and the Challenge Trophy
1st Runner-Up:           Cash prize and 1 trophy for the school
2nd Runner-Up:         Cash prize and 1 trophy for the school
School Distinction:   Subsequent two schools with the highest medal count will receive a School Distinction Trophy 
 
The Champion School shall keep the Challenge Trophy and shall return it to Learners’ Connections Pte Ltd for the next competition. The Challenge Trophy shall be kept permanently by the school which emerges champion in three consecutive years.
 
Individual Prizes 
Personal size trophies will be awarded to the participants with Gold Distinction, as well as the top 3 participants of  each of the 4 school zones.

8)   Release of Results

Results are confidential and will be released to the respective schools by 5 August 2025.
All medals and certificates will be delivered to respective schools by 12 August 2025.

9)   Awards Ceremony

The Combined Mathlympics Competitions Awards Ceremony will be held on 16 August 2025.
At this Ceremony, School Trophies and Individual personal trophies and cash prizes for Gold Distinction Awards for both the Annual Mathlympics and the Visual Spatial Mathlympics will be presented. A donation will also be presented to a representative from KK Women's and Children's Hospital and SingHealth DukeNUS.

10)   Donation 

As we have done so in the past years since 2021, we will continue to donate a percentage of our proceeds from the two Mathlympics towards the support of children battling with cancer through SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatric Academic Clinical Programme – CCF-Psychosocial and Supportive Care for Paediatric Oncology Programme.
 

 

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