Maths Olympiad: Unleash The Maths Olympian In You! (Beginner) helps students who are mathematics enthusiasts to sharpen their problem-solving skills for non-routine problems. The various non-routine problems are clearly classified for easy comprehension and application. In addition, there are ample examples in each chapter to demonstrate how the non-routine problems are solved. The easy-to-understand analyses and explanations in the examples will definitely help the students to understand better.
Students are able to apply their understanding through working on the questions in each chapter. This book will help students feel more confident in problem-solving.
In Singapore where this book is published, it is recommended for children ages 9 to 10 years. It is also popular in the Australian market for children ages 10+.
Contents
Chapter 1 Looking for a Pattern
Chapter 2 The Story of Gauss
Chapter 3 Working Backwards
Chapter 4 The Chicken-and-Rabbit Problem
Chapter 5 Problems from Planting Trees
Chapter 6 Tricks in Addition and Subtraction
Chapter 7 Tricks in Multiplication and Division
Chapter 8 Logic
Chapter 9 Counting
Chapter 10 Problem on Journey
Chapter 11 The Age Problem
Chapter 12 Solve Using Model
Chapter 13 Solve by Comparison and Replacement
Chapter 14 The Excess-and-Shortage Problem
Chapter 15 Finding Cubes
Chapter 16 The Shortest Path
Chapter 17 Interesting Remainder Problems
Chapter 18 Finding Perimeter
Chapter 19 The Page-Number Problem
Chapter 20 Defining New Operations
Chapter 21 Value of Ones Digit
Chapter 22 Pigeonhole Principle
Solutions
