MC-based Competitions
MC stands for Multiple Choice. This is a pretty straight forward format because it is just like examinations in school but with slightly advance topics.
- KMC (Kangaroo Math Competition)
- IMONST 1 (International Mathematical Olympiad National Selection Test)
- organized by Committee under Ministry of Education of Malaysia, that is why this test is different to many other competitions organized by other for-profit organizations.
- aims to select students to represent Malaysia to compete in competitions,, e.g TOT, APMO, and IMO.
- SASMO (Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad)
- SMO Education Group organised many competitions and SASMO is one of the most valueable competitions in my opinion as it leads to SIMOC, AIMO, and IJMO.
- AIMO (Asia International Mathematical Olympiad)
- One of the common International MO competitions, consists of two rounds, trial and final.
- Medalists of SASMO will be invited to join AIMO final.
- 陈景润杯中学数学竞赛 Chen Jing Run’s Cup Secondary School Mathematical Competition
- organized by Xiamen University Malaysia
- for secondary school students only and must register through school
- ASMO (Asian Science and Maths Olympiad)
- I don’t recommend this competition because of the poor management and rude attitude. Some Comments about ASMO
- Their past year question sets are pretty terrible too, contain a lot of mistakes and not well-explained at all. Definitely not worth the penny.
Proof-based Compeitions
This type of competitions is typically harder since and it requires proof writing and takes longer period of time, normally 3 to 4.5 hours.