Avocado Lab Math & Science Competition Roadmap 2024

2024 High Key Competitions

These are the competitions that add the most value to your DSA math & science portfolio.

Contest Date
Singapore Primary Science Olympiad (SPSO) Around end May 2024

Raffles Science Olympiad (RSO) Trial: Friday 21 March

1stRound: Thursday 4 Apr
2nd Round Thursday 25 Apr

Raffles Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) 26 March 2024 Tuesday

(previously Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics
World Contest RIPMWC) Round 1 (Reg deadline 19 Feb 2024)

RMO Round 2 19 April 2024, Friday

Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools - 18 April 2024, Thursday

APMOPS Round 1 (also known as SMOPS)
(Reg deadline 29 Feb 2024)
APMOPS Invitational Round 27 May, Saturday

National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore (NMOS) Usually late June

Preliminary Round

NMOS Special Round Usually July

The ultimate competition for

primary school. Selected from
International Mathematics & Science Olympiad (IMSO) top performers in NMOS &
SPSO. Grants automatic DSA
to NUS High.

American Mathematics Competition 8 (AMC8) 2024 Jan 19-25 2024

(Will be hosted & Avocado)
American Mathematics Competition 10B (AMC10A) Around Nov 2024
American Mathematics Competition 10A (AMC10B) (Will be hosted & Avocado)

You can only register for RMO/APMOPS/NMOS via your MOE school. Private registration is not
allowed. Please note that registration deadlines and check with your schools!

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About the key competitions

RMO (formerly The contest itself is split into Open Category (P6) and Junior (P4 and
known as P5). The papers for both categories are different. Round 1 is 20
RIPMWC) MCQs. Extremely difficult for the unprepared but the MCQ format
often leads to weird results. 12-15 correct answers will probably get a
By Raffles Gold.
Institution *From 2024, RIPMWC has changed name to RMO, switching from an
India vendor to a SG vendor.

APMOPS/SMOPS – Contest is meant for P6 but each school can send up to 10 P5s
(sometimes more) for the Junior category. Same questions as main
By Hwa Chong category but results calculated separately.
Institution
NMOS/SPSO Top 20 Golds for both will be invited for IMSO training, out of which
12 for math and 12 for science will be picked for the National Team
By NUS High for IMSO. Highly prestigious and grants automatic DSA CO for NUS
School High.

Competition Focus in Avocado Classes

Class Main Focus Secondary Focus
Science Olympiad Increased science acumen SPSO, RSP, IMSO

P3 GEP Prep GEP Selection Test at P3 AMC

P4 Math Olympiad NMOS, IMSO AMC

P5 Math Olympiad NMOS, SMOPS, IMSO, AMC8 AMC

P6 Math Olympiad RMO, SMOPS, AMC8 PSLE

S1 Math Olympiad Singapore Mathematical Olympiad Junior Purple Comet

(SMOJ)

Students at all levels will also be exposed to a wide variety of other high value competitions
(secret list!)

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Other Competitions
These competitions add limited value to your DSA math portfolio in general but getting top
awards in some (AMC, Mathlympics, Waterloo) may get you some credit for specific
schools/countries. They are still good for exposure in any case.

Contest Date Comments

Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad 31 March Perception of tokenism.
(SASMO) 2024 Sunday

Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest (SKMC) 13 Apr 2024 Perception of tokenism.

Saturday
SIMOC Late July Perception of tokenism.

SINGA Google Perception of tokenism.

American Math Olympiad (AMO) Google Perception of tokenism.

This is modelled after MOEMS in the US

ICAS Google Easy to score. Based on school
syllabus, not MO level
Mathlympics 4 July 2024 Difficulty similar to NMOS, but
Thursday some schools do not take part,
reducing prestige. No longer
affiliated with ACS.

AMC (Australian Mathematics Competition) Aug 2023 Great for exposure but
unfortunately suffers from
suspected fraud in recent years
(Will be hosted @ Avocado)
SEAMO Google Terry Chew Academy (TCA)
biased questions.

Waterloo CEMC (Gauss, etc) Google Good exposure

Other Competition like Math Good exposure

Alliance or
Asia Mathematics Olympiad (AMO) - Japan Google
Hua Xia Cup – Hong Kong
Asian Science & Mathematical Olympiad
(ASMO) – Thailand

And many more….

You can register for these competitions directly with the organisers as a private candidate.

Avocado Lab hosts AMC8/10/AIME and the Australian Mathematics Competition.

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Pre-Competition Readings
Avocado Lab proudly offers an extensive assortment of Math Olympiad and
Recreational Math/Science titles tailored for primary and secondary
students, all available for loan.

Notably, our Math Olympiad collection stands as the most extensive we're
aware of. For personalized suggestions, kindly consult your coach.

A small random list of what you can borrow!

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Recommended Online Resources

Beast Academy Excellent MO Learning Platform
www.beastacademy.com (Beginner to Intermediate)

By AOPS, the mother of all MO platforms

Very fun, worth the price

Brillant Very good math and science lessons

www.brillant.org (All levels)

The best there is. Worth the price

Mathigon Excellent MO eLearning platform (Intermediate

https://mathigon.org/ to Advanced). Lots of interesting tools and toys.
(Free)

Alcumus Excellent MO eLearning platform

https://artofproblemsolving.com/alcumus (Intermediate to Advanced)
(Free)

UKMT Diagnostics Questions Excellent MO eLearning platform

https://diagnosticquestions.com/UKMT (Intermediate)
(Free)

ReadTheory (www.readtheory.org) The best English Comprehension resource for

GEP preparation. Lots of inference questions.

Avocado students, please ask for the class code

to remove ads (We paid for a premium school
account)

Chess.com You cannot possibly be doing MO without

(www.chess.com) knowing how to play chess. Strongly correlated
with academic & MO excellence

Dr Frost Maths Excellent MO resources for both MO & school

(https://www.drfrostmaths.com) curriculum math up to A Levels. Take a look at
the UKMT Database for MO questions.

In particular, I highly recommend the videos

(https://www.drfrostmaths.com/videos.php),
especially those that deal with advanced
concepts.

Expii Another great source of intermediate to

https://www.expii.com/ advanced questions

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Advanced Resources
Plus One of the brightest and most refreshing math site. Run by the
https://plus.maths.org University of Cambridge and free for all, Plus offers a great
collection of interesting and relevant articles on mathematics and
related sciences.

I particularly enjoyed the large and fun puzzle collection!

Most articles do not require advanced math and the gist of most
of them can be understood by primary school students, even
though there is obviously rigour and academic quality behind the
articles.

Mathematical Association Paid membership grants access to a large variety of tier-1

of America (MAA) resources.
https://maa.org/
In particular, Math Horizon is accessible by upper primary and
above enthusiasts. MAA Focus and Mathematics Magazine are
also readable by the very keen MO student.

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Last Updated 29 Feb 2024

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