RMO, APMOPS, NMOS and SMO-style papers
Maths olympiad practice
A new paper every time in the format of each of Singapore's big maths olympiads: RMO-style for Primary 4 to 6, APMOPS-style for Primary 5 and 6, NMOS-style for Primary 5, and SMO-style Junior and Senior for Secondary 1 to 4. Each is timed and marked the way the contest marks it.
The pattern
| Style | For | Paper | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMO-style Round 1 | Primary 4 to 6 | 20 questions with five choices, 60 min | 4 each for 1 to 10 and 6 each for 11 to 20; a blank earns 1, a wrong answer 0. Out of 100 |
| APMOPS-style Round 1 | Primary 5 and 6 | 30 typed answers, 2 h | 4, 5 and 6 each by tens, nothing off. Out of 150 |
| NMOS-style | Primary 5 | 35 typed answers, 90 min | 1, 2 and 3 each by tens, then 4 for the last 5. Out of 80 |
| SMO-style Junior and Senior Round 1 | Secondary 1 to 4 | 5 with five choices, then 20 typed, 2 h 30 min | 1 each, nothing off. Out of 25 |
| SMO-style Junior and Senior Round 2 | Secondary 1 to 4 | 5 written proofs, 3 h (Junior) or 4 h (Senior) | 7 each, self-marked against a model solution. Out of 35 |
No calculator in any of them. On our APMOPS-style, NMOS-style and SMO-style papers every typed answer is a whole number. Source: Raffles Institution, Hwa Chong Institution, NUS High and the Singapore Mathematical Society.
Questions parents ask
- Which contest should my child practise for?
- The one they are entered for. RMO is entered through MOE primary schools for Primary 4 to 6. APMOPS is open to every Primary 6 and, in Singapore, to Primary 5 entered by a parent. NMOS is for Primary 5 and is the first step towards NUS High's selection. In secondary school, the SMO's Junior section is for Secondary 1 and 2 and its Senior section for Secondary 3 and 4.
- Why does a blank earn a mark on the RMO-style paper?
- Raffles marks Round 1 that way: 1 mark for a blank and 0 for a wrong answer. With five choices, a blind guess is worth less than leaving it, unless you can rule out at least one choice. Our paper marks the same way, so your child practises that decision.
- What topics come up?
- Clever calculation, number patterns, digits and divisibility, counting, logic, angles and area, and word problems on ratio, age, speed and work. The harder questions come last in every paper.
- Are these real contest papers?
- No. Every question is written by Scholar Tests, in each contest's format. We are not connected with Raffles Institution, Hwa Chong Institution, NUS High or the Singapore Mathematical Society, and nothing is copied from a past paper.
- Is it free?
- A free account includes 3 practice tests. The Singapore pack (S$99 for 6 months) opens unlimited tests and shows the right answer and the working for every question.
Pricing
Three free practice tests. Unlimited tests and answers are S$99.
A free account includes 3 practice tests. The pack opens unlimited tests and shows your child what they got right, the right answers and how to reach them, on every Singapore practice paper.
Singapore practice pack
S$99
for 6 months
- Which questions your child got right, after every practice test
- The right answer to every question
- A worked solution for every question, step by step
- PSLE-style Mathematics, Standard and Foundation, both papers, Science Booklets A and B, and English Papers 1 to 4: marked writing, grammar, vocabulary, editing, cloze, synthesis, comprehension, listening and oral
- Primary 3, 4 and 5, and Secondary 1 to 4, Mathematics exam papers, with G3 (O-Level-style) E-Math and A-Math at Secondary 3 and 4, and G2 and G1 Mathematics at Secondary 4
- AEIS-style Mathematics at every level, and English for SEC 1 to 3 with a marked composition
- SASMO-style olympiad papers, Primary 1 to JC 2
- RMO-style, APMOPS-style and NMOS-style primary olympiad papers
- SMO-style Junior and Senior Round 1 papers and self-marked Round 2 proofs, Secondary 1 to 4
- Maths Kangaroo-style competition papers, Primary 1 to Secondary 4, scored the SMKC way
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