Thirty full papers on the olympiad blueprint, written one question at a time. Timed like the real thing, and every wrong answer tells you which mistake it came from instead of just turning red.
35 questions · 40 marks · 60 minutes
5 papers, 175 questions written for this class
Class 3 preparation35 questions · 40 marks · 60 minutes
5 papers, 175 questions written for this class
Class 4 preparation50 questions · 60 marks · 60 minutes
5 papers, 250 questions written for this class
Class 5 preparation50 questions · 60 marks · 60 minutes
5 papers, 250 questions written for this class
Class 6 preparation50 questions · 60 marks · 60 minutes
5 papers, 250 questions written for this class
Class 7 preparation50 questions · 60 marks · 60 minutes
5 papers, 250 questions written for this class
Class 8 preparationThey are scored separately because they fail separately. A child can be strong at the maths and still lose the paper in the section that has no method to remember.
The section that catches children who are good at arithmetic. Nothing here needs a method you were taught in class, which is exactly why practice on it moves a score more than another hour of long division.
400 questions written · see how they work
The largest section, and the one closest to school maths, but pitched a step sideways. The arithmetic is familiar; what is asked of it is not.
500 questions written · see how they work
Word problems with the maths hidden inside a situation. The difficulty is almost never the arithmetic; it is deciding what to calculate before you calculate it.
300 questions written · see how they work
Five questions, worth two or three marks each, and the part of the paper that separates a good score from a rank. These are not longer questions. They are questions with a door in them: see the idea and it is short, miss it and there is no route through.
150 questions written · see how they work
Four sections. Logical Reasoning and Mathematical Reasoning come first, then Everyday Mathematics, then five Achievers questions worth two or three marks each. Classes 3 and 4 sit 35 questions for 40 marks; classes 5 to 8 sit 50 for 60. Both are 60 minutes.
No. These are our own questions, written on the International Mathematics Olympiad blueprint. We are not affiliated with Science Olympiad Foundation, and the official papers, dates and rules are theirs.
One at a time, by hand. None is generated. Every answer key is recomputed by a second route that deliberately differs from the explanation given, so a mistake in the reasoning cannot quietly agree with a mistake in the key.
Every candidate question is checked against all 1,350 already in the bank by two independent models before it is accepted. In the most recent round, 44 of 64 drafts were rejected as duplicates and thrown away rather than reworded.
An ordinary hard question takes several correct steps. An Achievers question needs one idea, and without it no amount of steps gets there. We test that by putting each one to two models with the stem alone and asking whether an insight could be missed. Thirty-four of ours came back as routine and were rewritten.
Not in our papers, so there is never a reason to leave a question blank. Check the current official rules for the real exam.
The first few questions of every paper are open to anyone. The rest of the paper, the timer and the scored report need an account.
Considerably. The reasoning is shared even though the format is not, and our questions carry a Kangaroo difficulty band as well, so the same paper can be read either way.
More than the score. Every wrong option is built from a specific mistake and the paper names it, so a report says which misconception cost the mark rather than only how many were missed.
Their own, first. If they are finishing well inside the hour and losing marks only in the Achievers Section, the class above is the better use of the next paper.
Section names and paper shape follow the Science Olympiad Foundation olympiad blueprint. We are not affiliated with them, these questions are our own, and the official pattern and dates are theirs to confirm.