ISFO SASMO Singapore & Asian Schools Math Olympiad 2016

Organization : International Society for Olympiad
Competition Name : SASMO Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad 2016
Registration Last Date : 14th April 2016

SASMO Website : http://sasmo.sg/

Singapore & Asian Schools Math Olympiad

SASMO is a math olympiad contest that stretches not only the brightest students but is aimed at instilling confidence for all students. In the year 2016, Indian students are going to participate through our partner institution, International Society for Olympiad.

Related / Similar Contest : ISFO Math Olympiad 2017

The contest is designed in a way to make every student love Math again. SASMO contest fits nicely into the school curriculum with a high focus on non routine problem sums – preparing for SASMO contest helps students prepare for the PSLE and O-Level exams.

Contest Levels:
** Grade 2 (Primary 2)
** Grade 3 (Primary 3)
** Grade 4 (Primary 4)
** Grade 5 (Primary 5)
** Grade 6 (Primary 6)
** Grade 7 (Secondary 1)
** Grade 8 (Secondary 2)
** Grade 9 (Secondary 3)
** Grade 10 (Secondary 4)

You may have heard of the Cheryl’s birthday puzzle, which went viral on 11 Apr 2015, not only in Singapore and neighbouring countries, but as far as the US, Europe and even New Zealand. This puzzle appeared as one of the most difficult questions in the Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO) – 2015 Contest held on 8 April 2015.

History of SASMO:
Started in 2006 -One Division and 234 students:
** Grew to 37 000 students with 9 divisions from grades 2 to 10
** Differentiated contests for every level.
** By 2014, we have partners in Bulgaria, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
** By 2015, going global, added Uzbeskistan, Cambodia, Australia, Mexico, UK, Mongolia, Laos, Timor-Leste.
** This is the 10th anniversary SASMO.

SASMO :
SASMO is devoted and dedicated to bringing a love for Mathematics to students. Unlike most Math Olympiad Competitions, SASMO caters not only to students in the top 5% but to the top 40% instead. It aims to arouse students’ interest and enthusiasm for mathematical problem solving, develop mathematical intuition, reasoning and logical thinking, as well as creative and critical thinking.

In addition, this can help improve the students’ math grades because they can apply problem-solving strategies learnt during the training to their daily school mathematics. SASMO’s contests are written together with Dr Joseph Yeo from the National Institute of Education, which provides training for all teachers for the Ministry of Education, Singapore.