What is a Math Olympiad?
• A Math Olympiad is a competition where students solve challenging
math problems that test creativity, logic, and problem-solving skills. It
focuses on thinking outside the box rather than just doing routine
calculations.
Benefits of a Math Olympiad
• Boosts Critical Thinking: Develops reasoning and analytical skills.
• Builds Confidence: Helps students approach problems with curiosity
and resilience.
• Fosters a Love for Math: Encourages exploration beyond textbooks.
Basic Problem-Solving
Strategies
• Trial and Error
• Drawing Diagrams
• Break the Problem into Steps
Trial and error
•Try different possible solutions to find what works.
•Example: Solve ?+5=12 by testing numbers until the correct one is found.
( 1 + 5 = 6, which is not equal to 12.
2 + 5 = 7, which is not equal to 12…
and so on, until we reach 7+5 = 12)
Drawing Diagrams
•Visualize problems by sketching or creating diagrams.
•Example: If a problem involves 3 apples and 2 oranges, draw circles
to represent them for clarity.
Example question :
There are 18 people that like both tea and coffee, 21 people that like
tea and 27 people that like coffee. How many people are there?
Break the Problem into Steps
•Divide a complex question into smaller, manageable parts.
•Example: To calculate the total of 3 items costing $5, $8, and $12,
First solve 5+8=13, then 13+12=25.
Number patterns
Find the next term :
2,4,8,16…
3,9,27,81….
1,3,7,15,31…..
5,15,30,50,75…..
5,9,17,33,65….
91,89,85,77,61…..
1,1,2,3,5,8,13…..
More number patterns
Find the 7th term :
4,6,10,18,34….
10,12,14,16…..
2,5,9,14,20…..
10,5,15,10,20,15….
1,3,6,18,21,63,66….
Logical questions
A banana and an apple together weigh 12 kg. The banana weighs twice
as much as the apple. How much does each fruit weigh?
I am a 2-digit number above 50. The sum of my digits is 8, and the
difference between my digits is 2. What number am I?
Tom is twice as old as Jerry. The sum of their ages is 18. How old are
they?
More logical questions
Three numbers add up to 28. The first number is twice the second
number. The third number is 4 more than the second. What are the
numbers?
Sarah’s age is a two-digit number. The digits add up to 9. If you reverse
the digits, the new number is 27 less than Sarah’s age. How old is
Sarah?
On a farm, there are chickens and goats. Together, they have 14 heads
and 32 legs. How many chickens and goats are there?
Challenge question!!
• A code follows this pattern:
• A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, ... Z = 26.
• If the code for "MATH" is 13-1-20-8, what is the code for "LOGIC"?
Pattern recognition question 1
Today is Sunday, what day is 1000 days from now?
Pattern recognition question 2
1 January 2024 is a Monday. What day is 1 January 2025?
Pattern recognition question 3
6! Means 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1
9! Means 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1
Find the last digit of 2024!
Pattern recognition question 4
Pattern recognition question 5
What is the last digit of :
Logical deduction question 1
Clue 1: Ali has a pet that is not a dog.
Clue 2: Bella has a fish.
Clue 3: Only one person has a cat.
Question: Who has a cat?
Logical deduction question 2
• Clues:
[Link] lives in a house with a red roof.
[Link]’s house is not blue.
[Link]’s house is green.
[Link] are three houses: one red, one blue, and one
green.
• Question: Who lives in the blue house?
Logical deduction question 3
• Clues:
[Link] is older than Peter.
[Link] is younger than Peter.
[Link] are three siblings: Jane, Peter, and Mark.
• Question: Who is the youngest?
Arithmetic puzzles 1
• Solve the equations by filling in the blanks:
1.___ + 6 = 12
2.14 - ___ = 9
3.___ × 3 = 15
4.20 ÷ ___ = 4
Arithmetic puzzles 2
🐶=3, 🐱=4, 🐭=5
🐶+🐱=?
🐱×🐭=?
Arithmetic puzzles 3
Four years ago, Jane was four times as old as Tom.
Four years from now, Jane will be twice as old as Tom.
Arithmetic puzzles 4
• Three friends, A, B, and C, have a total of 90 marbles.
• A has twice as many marbles as B.
• B has 10 more marbles than C.
• How many marbles does each friend have?
Arithmetic puzzles 5
3x3 magic squares
These are squares where each row,column and diagonal
must add up to 15. numbers cannot be repeated.
Magic square 1
Magic square 2
Magic square 3
How many triangles are there?
Topics
• time • pigeonhole principle
• addition and subtraction • critical thinking
• multiplication • logical thinking
• odd and even numbers
• division
• sum of a number sequence
• remainder problem • working backwards
• number pattern • speed
• number puzzle • value of ones digit
• counting
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Time 7
Time 8
Time 9
Time 10
Time 11
Addition and subtraction 1
Addition and subtraction 2
Addition and subtraction 3
Addition and subtraction 4
Addition and subtraction 5
Addition and subtraction 6
Addition and subtraction 7
Addition and subtraction 8
Addition and subtraction 9
Multiplication 1
Multiplication 2
Multiplication 3
Multiplication 4
Multiplication 5
Multiplication 6
Multiplication 7
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4
(in total)
Division 5
Division 6
Division 7
Remainder problem 1
• what is the smallest number that when divided by 141, gives a
remainder of 1, and when divided by 80, gives a remainder of 5?
A) 6
B) 151
C) 235
D) 565
E) None of the above
Remainder problem 2
• What is the smallest number that when it is divided by 80,and 100,
leaves a remainder of 3? (except for 3)
A) 403
B) 3
C) 183
D) 199
E) None of the above
Remainder problem 3
Remainder problem 4
Remainder problem 5
Remainder problem 6
Remainder problem 6
Number pattern 1
Number pattern 2
Number pattern 3
Number pattern 4
Number pattern 5
Number puzzle 1
Number puzzle 2
Number puzzle 3
Number puzzle 4
Number puzzle 5
Counting 1
Counting 2
Counting 3
Counting 4
Counting 5
Pigeonhole principle 1
Pigeonhole principle 2
Pigeonhole principle 3
1275 people attended a cricket match. If they came from 17 different cities, then there must be at least ____
people who came from the same city.
Pigeonhole principle 4
Pigeonhole principle 5
critical thinking 1
critical thinking 2
Logical thinking 1
Logical thinking 2
Logical thinking 3
Logical thinking 4
Logical thinking 5
Odd and even numbers 1
The sum of two numbers is
72.
If one number is odd, is the
other
number odd or even? Why?
Odd and even numbers 2
If the sum of an odd number and an even number is
divided by 2, what will be the remainder?
Odd and even numbers 3
How many odd numbers are there between 1 and 100?
Sum of a number sequence 1
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + …. + 100 =
( 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 ) ×(𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎+𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎)
𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔=
𝟐
Sum of a number sequence 2
2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + ….. + 100 = ?
( 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 ) ×(𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎+𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎)
𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔=
𝟐
Sum of a number sequence 3
3 + 5 + 7 …. + 81 =
( 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 ) ×(𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎+𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎)
𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔=
𝟐
𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 − 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎
𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 = +𝟏
𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆
Working backwards 1
A number is divided by 8, and then 3 is added to the
result. The final result is 11. What was the original
number?
Working backwards 2
A number is divided by 6, and then 4 is subtracted from
the result. The final answer is 3. What was the original
number?
Working backwards 3
A number is increased by 20, and then divided by 10.
The result is 8. What was the original number?
Working backwards 4
Emma was solving a mystery where she had to crack a
secret code. She found a number that was first
multiplied by 3, then 5 was added, and the final result
was 26. Emma quickly wrote down the secret number to
use later. Can you help her figure out what the original
number was before any operations were done?
Working backwards 5
A gardener is planting flowers. He starts with a certain
number of flower seeds. He multiplies the number by 8
to get enough for all the pots. After planting, he decides
to give 16 seeds to his friend. He is left with 128 seeds.
How many seeds did he begin with before planting or
giving any away?
Speed 1
A car travels 240 kilometers in 4 hours. What is the
average speed of the car?
Speed 2
A runner completes a race in 36 minutes, covering
a distance of 6 kilometers. What is their average
speed in kilometers per hour?
Speed 3
A cyclist travels at a speed of 15 kilometers per
hour. How far will they travel in 2.5 hours?
Speed 4
A cyclist starts a race at 9:00 AM and travels at a
speed of 18 kilometers per hour. If the race is 72
kilometers long, what time will the cyclist finish the
race?
Speed 5
Speed 6
A man wants to go to work. He leaves his house and walks for 30 minutes to the nearest bus stop at a
speed of 2 km/hour. He then takes the bus for 15 minutes at a speed of 40 km/hour. After that, he goes off
the bus and walks to his office at a speed of 4 km/hour for 15 minutes.
What is his average speed?
Value of ones digit 1
What is the last digit of :
2024
10
Value of ones digit 2
What is the last digit of :
2024
5
Value of ones digit 3
What is the last digit of :
2024
4
Value of ones digit 4
What is the last digit of :
202 5
2
Value of ones digit 5
What is the last digit of :
1633
3 +1
Value of ones digit 6
What is the last digit of :
1 x 3 x 5 x 7 x 9 x 11 x 13 x 15 x 17 x 19?