Maths Olympiad - The Next Lap (Lower Secondary)

ISBN  9789813217546

Originally written for Singapore Lower Secondary students (ages 12-14), Maths Olympiad: The Next Lap is conceived, researched and carefully crafted for students looking to acquire further knowledge in solving problems like the ones given at the Mathematical Olympiad, a yearly competition on mathematics. Also, it provides students with an opportunity to gain an edge in solving problems given in competitions.

• Topics organised into diverse thinking skills and heuristics
• Complex and detailed analyses explained in an easy-to-understand manner
• Extensive exercises to provide for ample practice and application
• Mathematical stories, anecdotes and articles that pique students’ interest and fuel their thirst for history and information on common and popular Maths concepts as well as contributors
• Supplementary reference section to provide extensive resource materials for all chapters covered

Contents

• Chapter 1 Simple Equation
• Chapter 2 Absolute Value
• Chapter 3 Operation of Rational Numbers
• Chapter 4 Operation of Indices
• Chapter 5 Simultaneous Equations, A System of Equations
• Chapter 6 Multiplication of Polynomial
• Chapter 7 Divisibility
• Chapter 8 Prime Numbers and Composite Numbers
• Chapter 9 Square Number
• Chapter 10 Even and Odd Numbers
• Chapter 11 GCD and LCM
• Chapter 12 Permutation and Combination
• Chapter 13 Observation and Induction
• Chapter 14 Other Operations
• Chapter 15 Numbering System
• Chapter 16 Basics of Probability
• Chapter 17 Lines and Angles
• Chapter 18 Triangles
• Chapter 19 Pythagorean Theorem
• Chapter 20 Profit, Loss
• Chapter 21 Area
• Chapter 22 Pigeonhole Principle
• Solutions
• References